Pitch Event Circular Development Challenge

Because of our recycled plastic bags which our students make, Western Girls Training Centre is nominated by the Circular Development Challenge. The following message is copied from the website of OFoundation:

The Pitch Event for the CDC was a great success, many participants attended to introduce their promising Business Plans for Micro Franchise Projects in different countries. We are proud to announce the following winners: Western Girls Training Centre in Ghana, APPA menstrual kits in Burkino Faso and Web Developers International in Nepal. We will support each of the three nominees with what they need to prepare themselves for the last round, the Partin-Dag coming up in December this year. There, they will get the opportunity to attract investors and meet other interested parties.

Please have a look at the next video where Gina Rodenburg, founder of Wester Girls Training Centre, explaines how these bags are made by our students:

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