BY; Catherine Philip Jelani
Ministry of Women Affairs with funding from UNFPA have scale up the Skill Acquisition training for 150
Internally Displaced Women and Girls at Malkoihi and Damare (NYSC) Camps in the following areas;-
1. Tailoring
2. Soap/Pomade making
3. Cap making
4. Bag knitting

- Proper monitoring, support and scale up the skill acquisitions programme in the camp.
- Ensure availability of training materials.
- Proper sorting of participants.
- And, to ensure linkage between psychosocial services rendered at the camp.

She also explained that
the selection exercise is based on their area of interest i.e. every woman is
at liberty to choose the kind of training she wishes to acquire. However, the ministry
coordinates all responses from partners in the state.
State Focal Person Mr Daniel Tizhe said that
the training will commence immediately the sorting is over adding that the
Skill Acquisitions Programme will go hand in hand with the Psychosocial Support
and that the exercise will be conducted at the Safe Space provided by UNFPA in
the two camps.
However, on Thursday 7th of January 2016, Auwal Abubakar of UNFPA and Mrs Gladys Dzarmah of the State Planning Commission, Mrs Anna Balami and Mrs Anna Alahira of State Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development were at the camps to ensure;
·
Proper monitoring
·
Availability of training materials
·
Psychosocial support etc.
·
Successful training
Similarly, on Friday 8th 2016, Auwal Abubakar of UNFPA received Mohammed Ismail a Humanitarian Coordinator and Christian Sabum a Psycho Social Support Specialist in the state. Their mission was to offer Technical support as well as to conduct a supportive supervision.
Auwal took them round the
camps in the company of the staff of State Planning Commission, the State
Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development, NEMA staff, Focal Person of UNFPA
together with UNFPA staff.
Mohammed and Chris were very impressed with
the level of progress and activities in the camps particularly in the
Humanitarian and Psycho Social Services provided by the United Nation
Population Funds UNFPA through the support of State Planning Commission.
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