160 women trained on fuel efficient stove in NBG

 

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More than 160 women and girls have successfully concluded a two-week training to produce stoves and other cooking tools to help local communities access their needs at local based materials.

Beneficiaries in Northern Bahr el Ghazal state’s areas of Gokmachar, Nyamlel, Marial Baai, and Mayen Ulem had acquired new technological skills to enable their families step out from the ongoing economic burdens in the country.  

South Sudan is importing essential cooking materials from foreign states which cost huge of money for common citizen to purchase.  

What makes the training important?

The program is part of elevating poverty and hunger among marginalized groups, especially women and young girls in South Sudan and Northern Bahr el Ghazal state

Voice News Agency’s correspondent Michael Lual reached comments from the beneficiaries on Thursday, saying the skills will help their families and even can extend to entire local communities.   

Amiir Deng a women about 39-years-old says the new stove technology is meaningful in their lives, adding that she is ready to prepare many and supply local markets. She stated that house fire cases are on the rise in the areas but the aspect will immediately change as the families use the modern stoves that prevent random fire out breaks.

“I learnt new techniques on the modern stove, I want to be supported so that the fire will not burn me and I will not be worried on a fire outbreak,’’ she concluded.

Rebecca Ading is another young woman benefiting in the course said they were unable to perform while in kitchens. “What I understood in the training is that it will not cost cookers a lot of time and huge bundle of firewood,” she applauds. 

 

South Sudan is really progressing and we appreciate our sons for bringing us such activities to help us in this remote areas, revealed Treza Aluet Chimir who is another attendant.

“The country is progressing so that our sons brought such activities to us.i appreciate the organization for the skills and I will ask God to support their operations”

 

On his part, William Deng Deng, PaCC project manager for RACBO confirmed that the two-week trainings took place in Gokmachar, Nyamlel, Mayen Ulem and Marial Baai respectively.

William said the trainees have received rich skills which they can utilize to improve their livelihoods. The organization is planning to carry out grassroots awareness campaigns to empower role of   women and girls across Northern Bahr el Ghazal state.

The program is supported by UN agency for development, United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and implemented by Recovery and Access Commonly Best Optimism- South Sudan (RACBO)