Manso Tetremhene Empowers Community through Skill Training
In a significant effort to uplift the community and tackle unemployment, the Chief of Manso Tetrem, Nana Akwasi Koo II, in collaboration with the V-Nosh Foundation, organized a skill development training program.
The event, held in the Amansie West District of the Ashanti Region, aimed to equip single mothers and residents with valuable skills and alternative sources of livelihood.
The training program, which focused on soap making, covered a range of essential products such as Liquid Soap, Shower Gel, Washing Powder, and Antiseptics.
Participants were enthusiastic about learning these practical skills that could potentially open doors to entrepreneurship and financial independence.
Nana Akwasi Koo II, in an exclusive interview with Opemsuo News Reporter, Johnson Owusu Aduomi, shared his vision for the initiative. He expressed his heartfelt desire to empower the youth and single mothers in his community, encouraging them to embrace self-employable skills.
He acknowledged that the local youth often overlooked traditional apprenticeships due to the presence of mining activities in the area. By offering training in skills like soap making, he hopes to ignite their interest in alternative career paths.
“My basic aim is to equip the youth and single mothers with self-employable skills. The youth in this community have less interest in apprenticeship because of the mining activities in this area so I want to arouse their interest in skills training as a source of livelihood for them,” said Nana Akwasi Koo II.
The visionary leader also urged the young participants to seize this golden opportunity and take their training seriously. He stressed that dedicated efforts in skills development could create not only a brighter future for themselves but also a chance to provide for their families and loved ones.
“I will advise the youth who do not have formal education to take apprenticeship seriously to secure a brighter future and to take care of their families.”
Partnering with Nana Akwasi Koo II, the V-Nosh Foundation, a non-governmental organization, played a vital role in making this training program a reality.
Akua Yeboah Asiamah, the foundation’s founder and a dedicated Media Practitioner, emphasized their special focus on supporting single mothers.
The collaboration aimed to provide these mothers and the local youth with practical skills that would alleviate hardship and burden on their families.
Story by George Addo
