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badbadbadxx from Sunday 17 March 2019
Source: Albert Futukpor
2019-03-17
A shea butter processing facility and warehouse were inaugurated in Gizza-Gunda, a community in Kumbungu District, to help women collectors and shea processors improve their operations to increase their income.
The United States Government, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), supported the construction of the treatment plant and warehouse, which will benefit 600 women working in the field. the area.
Stephanie Sullivan, US ambbadador to Ghana, joined government officials, shea industry stakeholders and community members in Gizza-Gunda to inaugurate the facility.
Ambbadador Sullivan said, "This event highlights efforts to promote women's economic empowerment through partnerships that connect Ghanaian producers with US buyers."
She said: "The United States supports key projects like this one to promote economic growth and job creation in Ghana, so that young people can build a prosperous future for us, in the United States. interest of all citizens and their communities. "
The partnership for the development of the shea butter processing facility and warehouse was catalyzed by USAID and the Global Shea Alliance (GSA) and included partnerships with a US-based company. cosmetics, a local purchasing company (Savanna Fruit Company), Presbyterian Agricultural Services and the local community. as part of the Sustainable Shea Initiative (SSI) project.
The ISS, launched in 2016 by USAID in partnership with GSA, is a five-year, $ 18-million partnership aimed at promoting the sustainable expansion of the shea industry in Ghana, Côte d'Ivoire. Ivory, Togo and Burkina Faso.
The partnership matches USAID funds with the private sector and donor funds to provide the necessary skills training and infrastructure needed to support women collectors of shea.
The Gizaa-Gunda facility is one of 34 warehouses that USAID and GSA have set up with communities and cooperatives in Ghana over the past three years, allowing 30,000 women to increase their possibilities.
Ambbadador Sullivan said: "The United States hopes to find other opportunities in the coming year to partner with businesses, communities and non-profit organizations to create new opportunities for Ghanaians. and promote the path of self-reliance and resilience. "
Alhaji Alhbadan Issahaku, Director of Coordination of the Northern Region, congratulated USAID for its support to the shea sector in the country, saying the facility would have a significant impact on the lives of the women who make it. collect and transform it.
Mr. Raphael Gonzalez, General Manager of Savanna Fruits Company, said the center would economically empower women to the extent that they produce more for exports, ensuring that efforts are made to build their capacity and achieve more results. in the area.
The chief of the region promised to work with his people to protect shea trees by ensuring that plots of land are released so that women can undertake shea plantations.
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