Currently, WOM runs five Promoting Opportunities for Micro-enterprises (PROMIC) programmes in the upper East Region with funding and technical support from the foundation Open Hand “Swisshand”. They are the Bolgatanga, Bongo, Bawku west, Garu and Builsa north programmes.
These programmes are specialized in poverty reduction by providing repayable loans combined with short business empowerment training to women particularly widows who are poor. About sixty-seven per cent (66.8%) of women reached in 2022 were widows. The figure below gives a breakdown of the number of women reached per programme as compared to the amount of funds disbursed to boost their businesses.
In total, one thousand, five hundred and ninety-four (1,594) women were reached with one million, seven hundred and twenty-five, six hundred and forty Ghana cedis (GHC1,725,640.00) to start and grow their businesses.
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This was made possible through the support of Swisshand
