Zango Women Livelihood and Empowerment Programme (ZANGWOLEAP) Launched

The Zango Women Livelihood and Empowerment Programme (ZANGWOLEAP), a not-for-profit initiative, under the auspices of Kuburah Diamonds Foundation has been launched on Thursday, October 8th, 2020.

The programme which was hinged on the theme “Empowering the Zango Women into Building Financial Freedom through Skills Development and Capacity Building” took place at the Nima-Mamobi Community library in Accra.

Speaking at the event, Adizah Ibrahim Sadiq, also known as Kuburah Diamonds, said “ZANGWOLEAP came about because I wanted to go beyond writing, go beyond supporting with money to getting young girls empowered through Make-up artistry.  Although the market is saturated,  it depends on how you do it.  Just like the tomato sellers in the market, every one makes ends meet. You just have to be smart by subsidizing your prices since you are an amateur.”

The Womens’ Choice Awards nominee added that, not everyone will be seen in the office space or doing White-collar jobs. Some haven’t gone to school but they can offer something useful with their talents.

“If we haven’t gone to school and gotten the certificate, we can also do something with our talents. It is not all of us that can be seen in the office spaces.” she continued.

Fifty girls are expected to be taken through Make-up Artistry training. The training begins on Monday, October 12, 2020 and it is expected to last for a period of one month, during which intensive lectures on Marketing, Branding and  Book- keeping workshop will be organized for the participants.

Guest speakers included Hajia Zalia Kassim – Creative Director of ZaQi who spoke on the topic “Empowering the Zango Women to have financial freedom through skills acquisition.”

Madam Charity Annan Adupong of Meannan Foods also took her turn to speak on “How to become a successful Start Up”, followed by Madam Benedicta Dorcas Tetteh, CEO of DhorceyBlak Cleaning Services who gave a talk on “Marketing and Branding”.

Alhaji Rabiu Maude, Social Entrepreneur and President of Zongo Inspirational Team (ZIT) encouraged participants to speak up on what they want to do. He entreated them to break all barriers in their businesses including language hurdles. Again, he encouraged participants to take advantage of resources people present at the event to make impact in their lives.

ZANGWOLEAP has partnered six Make-up Artistry companies comprising Fabloox Makeup Artisry, BallyQueen Beauty Studio, Biya’s Glam, Glow and Glitter, Leedean’s Beauty Parlour and Beauty Spot.

When they took the stage to give their remarks, they laid emphasis on key character traits such as patience, determination, passion, To-do-will and humility in order to achieve success.

“The Zango Women Livelihood & Empowerment Programme ,ZANGWOLEAP, seeks to support, contribute, improve and promote the need for empowering Zango women through skill development whiles at the same time achieving the SDGs Goal one “No Poverty”, achieve decent work and economic growth and “Goal and the Partnerships” to achieve the Goal 17″ she wrote in a post.

Story Written by Kandey Alhassan