Download or read book Ghana Tarkwa Women s Income Generating Activities twiga Report of Evaluation Mission written by and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: OBJECTIVES: External evaluation of final phase of project to reinforce the vocational training system and support rural women in income-generating activities, daily life skills and leadership using local resources. Includes development of a common service centre, organisation of women into production groups and the provision of skills for self-employment. FINDINGS: 10 production groups have been formed in various villages. TWIGA has shown good results and has made an impact on income, but the project tried to achieve too much, and was handicapped by poor telecommunications, transportation difficulties and housing shortages. It suffered from lack of leadership at district and village levels. Women's daily chores took priority over the project activities. There was need for agreement on the responsibilities and roles of TWIGA staff, production groups and village committees. LESSON LEARNED: More time is needed for a rural project which aims to reach women than for a similar urban project. Rural women do not have time nor the necessary prerequisites to pursue formal training activities. Participation of the female village chief is crucial to the success of any women's activities to ensure the necessary leadership at village level.
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Download or read book Corporate Social Responsibility in Sub Saharan Africa written by Stephen Vertigans and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-12-21 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a comprehensive overview of corporate social responsibility and its development in Africa. It provides in-depth studies on 11 sub-Saharan countries, demonstrating that corporate social responsibility is forming and going through different stages of metamorphosis in the continent. Though corporate and individual attitudes towards sustainability in Africa still leave a lot to be desired, this book showcases how things are rapidly changing for the better in this regard. It demonstrates and provides evidence for the fact that corporate social responsibility contributes significantly to the way sub-Saharan African economies are being transformed, with service sectors expanding, commercial activities diversifying and industrial bases growing through the initiatives of small, medium and large organizations and innovators supported by widespread higher-education program rollouts. The book highlights how progressive and wide-ranging CSR approaches have emerged, and how much they differ from the obsolete approaches of the past, which promulgated negative stereotypes, marginalized communities and positioned them as victims or beneficiaries of development.
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