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EU provides $10,000 to Makoi Women’s Vocational Training Centre to support underprivileged women

EU provides $10,000 to Makoi Women’s Vocational Training Centre to support underprivileged women

By Dhanjay Deo
Friday 21/08/2020
European Union has provided $10,000 to the Makoi Women’s Vocational Training Centre to support underprivileged women attain livelihood skills and eventually become economically empowered

The European Union has provided $10,000 to the Makoi Women’s Vocational Training Centre to support underprivileged women attain livelihood skills and eventually become economically empowered.

The funds provided to the centre today were intended for the EU Delegation’s public diplomacy activities, but due to the restrictions put in place to contain the COVID-19 outbreak, the EU Delegation had to cancel some of its activities and as a result redirected the funds to help people beat the current challenging times.

This financial support will enable the Fiji Muslim League’s Makoi Women’s Vocational Training Centre to provide livelihood training on cooking, pastry, sewing, embroidery and hydroponics for marginalized and poor women.

It will also support women set-up small income generation projects.

The European Union Ambassador to Fiji and the Pacific, Sujiro Seam says the EU stands in solidarity with their Fijian friends during this pandemic and provides support to mitigate the impact of the crisis on the economy and people.

Fiji Muslim League’s National President, Hafizud Khan says the Centre, since it’s commencement in 2015, has assisted close to 1,100 women to learn a skill and change their lives.

He says these courageous women come from all over Fiji and the selection, for totally free training, is directed towards the needy - irrespective of their ethnic, religious or age grouping.




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