VAI TRAINS 120 ZAMFARA TEACHERS ON SGBV PREVENTION
The Zamfara-based NGO, Voluntary Aid Initiative (VAI), said it trained 120 teachers in fight against Sexual Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) in Zamfara.
The Executive Director of the NGO, Mr Musa Umar, disclosed this to newsmen in Gusau on Sunday.
Umar said the sensitisation training was conducted in collaboration with the UKAid funded NGO, International Alert.
He said 120 teachers from public and Islamic Schools from four communities of Tsafe, Birnin-Magaji, Bilbis and Nasarawar-Godal were reached.
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“The communities were selected from Birin-Magaji and Tsafe local government areas.
“The activity is aimed at sensitising the school teachers to SGBV prevention and how they could champion campaigns against SGBV in the community.”
“Part of the outcome of the sensitisation, the participants have expressed commitment to take the campaign, utilising networks and platforms in their various communities,” Umar explained.
The sesnitisation training is part of the activities of the NGO, towards promoting stability, access to justice and accountability in Zamfara.
VAI TRAINS 120 ZAMFARA TEACHERS ON SGBV PREVENTION
