The “project” includes financing the tuition fees of 12 orphans
Big Heart and Nama support the professional empowerment of 300 women in Kenya
The Nanyuki Spinners and Weavers Foundation works on vocational training for women.
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The Big Heart, the global humanitarian organization concerned with helping refugees and the needy, based in the Emirate of Sharjah, has provided 252,500 dirhams ($ 68,748,000), with the aim of supporting a project to professionally and economically empower about 300 women in the city of Nanyuki in the Republic of Kenya, in cooperation with the Nama Foundation To advance women, whose contribution amounts to about 100,000 dirhams ($ 27,174,000) of the total value of the project.
The Big Heart explained that the project, which was launched last October and is expected to be completed in December 2021, is a professional development program aimed at teaching women in the city the skills of spinning, knitting, dyeing and weaving wool, under the supervision of the Nanyuki Spinners and Weavers Training Foundation. Professional.
The Foundation stated that the project includes the construction of a building for the workshop that will attract the targets of the project, provided that it covers the expenses of materials needed for work and meals provided to women during training, and the financing of tuition fees for 12 orphan children of the targeted children.
The Director of the Big Heart Foundation, Maryam Al Hammadi, said: “The sustainable humanitarian projects implemented by the Foundation to build the capabilities and skills of individuals aim to create positive, sustainable change in low-income communities, which we seek through our project in the Kenyan city of Nanyuki, by providing training services. Professional education for women to enable them to depend on themselves and support their families. ”
The director of the Nama Foundation for the Advancement of Women, Reem Bin Karam, said: “The project to develop professional skills for women in the Kenyan city of Nanyuki confirms the directions of the Nama Foundation for the Advancement of Women regarding empowering women to play their role in the development and revival of their society, which is done through upgrading their capabilities and creating an incubating environment for their projects. And its activities ».