REAP launches vocational training project at Akyem-Juaso

The Rural Empowerment Advocacy Project LBG (REAP), a non-profit organization that seeks to empower and support rural communities with livelihood programs, has launched its vocational training program dubbed the ‘REAP Vocational Project.’ The initiative aims to equip less privileged individuals in rural communities with free vocational training skills.

The ‘REAP Vocational Project’ will enable less privileged individuals to undergo short- and long-term training in any vocational skills of their choice.

As part of the launch, REAP provided free vocational training to selected individuals at Akyem-Juaso in the Eastern Region as the first batch of beneficiaries for the project.

Samuel Ohene Nyantakyi, Founder of REAP, said the NGO was delighted to witness less privileged individuals in rural communities benefiting from its Vocational project.

Nyantakyiseized the opportunity to call on the local and international communities to support/partner with REAP so that together, less privileged individuals and rural communities in the country can be empowered to alleviate poverty.

REAP, he assured, will be guided by its mandate of empowering rural communities with technical and vocational support, charity, livelihood empowerment programs, and supporting infrastructural development to augment the Government’s efforts in development.

The NGO has, in the past, undertaken numerous livelihood projects, including regular support to widows, equipping BECE candidates for the smooth preparation of their exams, providing support in educational facilities in rural areas, supporting sporting activities in rural areas, assisting individuals with small-scale business start-ups, and providing vocational training for the youth in rural areas, among other initiatives.