The Samira Empowerment for Humanitarian Project (SEHP) has built the capacities of 70 traders from some market centres in Accra in business development skills to give them sustainable livelihoods. The beneficiaries were drawn from the Agbogbloshie, Okaishie, Abossey Okai markets and surrounding communities. They were taught proper financial management, bookkeeping, savings and long-term investment plan […]
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Samira Empowerment for Humanitarian Projects building four shea-butter factories – Samira Bawumia
The Samira Empowerment for Humanitarian Projects (SEHP) is building four factories for Shea butter processing in the Shea nut-rich regions in the Northern part of Ghana, the Second Lady Samira Bawumia has revealed. Speaking on Asempa FM’s popular Ekosiisen show on Monday, March 9, 2020, Hajia Bawumia revealed that she is moved by the plight […]
GEXIM supports 1,600 women in shea industry
Some 1,600 jobs in the shea industry are to be created for local women in Ghana’s Northern Region, thanks to a collaboration between the Ghana Export-Import Bank (GEXIM) and the Samira Empowerment and Humanitarian Projects (SEHP). Dubbed the ‘Shea Enterprise Project Initiative’, the project aims to economically empower women engaged in the shea value chain […]
Mrs. Samira Bawumia secures Indian scholarships and free care for special pediatric cases
Second Lady of Ghana, Hajia Mrs. Samira Bawumia, through her not-for-profit organization, the Samira Empowerment and Humanitarian Projects (SEHP), has secured twelve (12) scholarships and free services for children needing special pediatric care abroad. A number of qualified Ghanaian students are set to enjoy partial and full scholarships in two Indian Universities. Health professionals are […]
N/R: Samira Empowerment and Humanitarian Projects donate relief items to 300 widows
The Second Lady, Hajia Samira Bawumia has on behalf of her not-for-profit organization, the Samira Empowerment and Humanitarian Projects (SEHP), gone to the rescue of widows in Savelugu and other communities in the Northern Region. She donated relief items including cloths, beverages and drinks as well as some consumables to 300 widows from the Savelugu, […]
Geneva: Samira Bawumia pushes for design of local solutions to air pollution and its impact on health
The Second Lady of Ghana, Mrs. Samira Bawumia has called for concerted efforts in tackling air pollution and its attendant effects on health. She made this call at the Opening Plenary of the first-ever World Health Organisation (WHO) Conference on Air Pollution and Health in Geneva, Switzerland. In her opening remarks, the Second Lady, who […]
Geneva: Samira Bawumia courts UNAIDS support for Ghana and SEHP
The second lady, Mrs. Samira Bawumia has met with the Ag. Deputy Executive Director of the the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) who is also the Director, Fast Track Implementation of Programmes Tim Martineau and his team at the UNAIDS Headquarters in Geneva. The second lady who paid a visit to […]
We are committed to ending the menace of Sexual and Gender Based Violence and Harmful Practices-Samira Bawumia declares
The second lady, Madam Samira Bawumia has reiterated her commitment at ending the menace of sexual and gender based violence and harmful practices. She made the pronouncements when the Deputy Executive Director incharge of Programmes at the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Dereje Wordofa, and his delegation paid a courtesy call on her while on […]
Second Lady Samira Bawumia honoured by AU as 2018 African Woman of Excellence
The Second Lady of the Republic of Ghana and Global Ambassador for the Global Alliance for Clean cook stoves, Hajia Mrs. Samira Bawumia, has been honoured as the African Women of Excellence for her contribution to the cause of humanity. This follows the passionate drive she is undertaking through the Samira Empowerment and Humanitarian Projects […]