Anambra East Local Government Area has commenced sensitization programmes on female genital mutilation, sex education, early child marriage, importance of education and skill acquisition for victims of flood disaster at the Internally Displaced Persons camp, Udabor Umueri.
The programme which will cut across the eleven holding centres in the local government, is one of the three action-plans by the local government initiated to empower women and girls; by providing them with necessary information and knowledge on how they can improve their lives and that of their communities.
following human displacements, livelihood disruptions, infrastructural damage, farmland destructions, as well as environmental challenges since last month, victims of the flood disaster in Anambra and other parts of the country left their homes to various holding centres for safety from the flood disaster which observers said is comparable to that of 2012 flood.
The Transition Committee Chairman of Anambra East Local Government Area, Dr. Anslem Onuorah, who explained that everything humanly possible is being done to provide minimum comfort for the victims, said that the sensitization programme is part of the initiatives to engage the people meaningfully while at the holding camps.
Appreciating Governor Chukwuma Soludo for his encouragement so far, Dr. Onuorah called for stakeholders’ support in lessening the plights of the victims.
The Africa Child Social Empowerment Centre, a Non-Governmental Organization, NGO, consulted for the programme, led by its Executive Director, Ms Chisom Ukwuoma discouraged female genital mutilation practices, teenage pregnancies and early child marriage, because of its psychological problems and other effects on the women, while educating them on the importance of education and skills acquisition.
The Udabor Umueri Camp Manager, Mrs. Ngozi Udeozor and a flood disaster victim, Mrs. Chiamaka Okafor, appreciated organizers of the programme for the empowerment and the knowledge garnered.
Meanwhile, the Anambra East Transition Committee Chairman, Dr. Onuorah later inaugurated the Anambra East Clean and Green Initiative enforcement team, to educate, sensitize and enforce the people in the region on the need to ensure a clean and healthy environment.
According to him, the local government has three main agenda in the environment, drawn from Governor Soludo’s manifesto on grassroots environmental management, namely; waste evacuation, green areas and turning waste to wealth.
On his part, the Coordinator of the Clean and Green Environment Team, Mr. Sylvester Obiorah assured that his team will work in line with the mandate given to them for a clean and healthy environment.
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