Accra: An NGO working to empower children, groups, and organizations in Ghana, has launched an entrepreneurial initiative to nurture creativity and entrepreneurship in bead making across basic schools in Ghana.
According to Ghana News Agency, the Beading in Schools project aligns with Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) four and eight, aiming to equip schoolchildren with skills to create necklaces, earrings, key holders, coin purses, bags, tissue boxes, and other marketable items from beads. The project was inaugurated at Take Glory School at Opeikuma no.3l, marking the first group of beneficiaries and is set to expand to many other schools.
Mr. Walter Mawuli Gli, the Founding Chief Executive Officer of the Foundation, highlighted that after training numerous churches and communities in bead making over the past three years, it became essential to extend these skills to schoolchildren. He emphasized that beading is a lucrative venture that contributes to job creation in the tourism and arts sectors.
He stated that introducing beading in schools could help children generate income to support their education. Mr. Walter also pointed out that beading enhances the cognitive abilities of children and serves as an effective method to identify disabilities at a young age.
The project will function as an extracurricular activity, with plans to extend it to other regions, particularly the Northern Region. Mr. Walter encouraged all schools to integrate beading skills into their curricula and called for public support to expand the project to more schools.
