Hope
Country International The Gambia on Saturday organised a daylong training
workshop for participants on business enterprise knowledge and skills
development at a hotel in Kololi.
Speaking
at the event attended by people from various institutions, Yvonne Elizabeth
Abraham, co-founder of Hope Country, said the organisation is working on a
project dubbed ‘The Great Gambia Project’.
She
said the project is a public-private partnership driven, principally, by the
private sector and it seeks to motivate and model an economic transformation
model in The Gambia targeted at youths, in particular.
According
to the project design, it would not only provide knowledge and skills in
entrepreneurship, but would also provide the tailor-made business proposals for
micro, small and medium-scale enterprises.
Mrs
Abraham said the project is to socio-economically transform community prosperity
in all dimensions, spiritually and materially.
“This
project ultimately seeks a paradigm shift in attitude among the youths about
self and community development in The Gambia.
“The
successful implementation of this project will not only generate wealth and
create jobs, but most importantly create a powerful model for the youths; that
they can indeed make the difference in their lives and for their community and,
consequently, stop the brain and brawn drain.”
