Directorate Of Gender And Children Affairs
- Women Empowerment
In recognition of the efforts women leadership is contributing in the development of Bomet County, the Directorate of Gender and Children Affairs organised sensitisation training for Women Group leaders both as a way of Celebrating the 2018 International Womens Day and the election of one of their own as the first woman Governor of Bomet County Dr. Joyce Laboso.
Over 600 Women Group Leaders drawn from Affirmative Funds Groups (WEF, NGAAF, UWEZO, YEDF), Savings and Credit Cooperatives ( Gotab Kor, Bomet East & Central Sacco) Support Groups, Maendeleo ya Wanawake, JOYWO and the National Council for Persons with Disabilities (NCPWD) were sensitised on:
- The requirements to access Affirmative funds, LPO Financing and the various products for women financing
- Access to government procurement opportunities (AGPO) by Women, Youth and Persons with Disability, Gender and Disability Mainstreaming
- Formation of the County Women Savings and Credit Cooperative Society (SACCO) which is in the process of being established that will bring together over 15,000 women represented in 1220 women groups engaged in Poultry keeping, Bee keeping, Agri-business, Dairy products, Beadwork and table banking.
- Socio-economic opportunities available to the women and value addition of their group activities by Kenya Industrial Estates.
Six successful Women groups namely, Gotab Kor Sacco, Born to Excel, Shunnem, Sugutek Set Kotes, Sise Welfare and Chebunyo Yoghurt Self Help were given an opportunity to exhibit their products and services as a way of encouraging the other groups to grow beyond their current activities
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