UNFPA Ghana, Prudential Life Insurance graduate 25 former head porters in painting and tiling skills

Twenty-five vulnerable young women from northern Ghana who migrated to Accra in search of better economic opportunities but ended up working as kayayei (female head porters) have graduated from a year-long vocational training programme in painting and tiling under a partnership between the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Ghana and Prudential Life Insurance Ghana.

Products made by former KASPRO beneficiariesThe Chief Innovation and Strategy Officer of Prudential Life Insurance Ghana, Kokui Bulley, said the graduation represented much more than the completion of a vocational training programme.

KASPRO is a joint initiative by UNFPA Ghana and Prudential Life Insurance Ghana aimed at providing vulnerable young women who migrate from northern Ghana to Accra with employable skills, enabling them to transition from head porterage into sustainable livelihoods and decent work.