“Made at Home” concludes its training workshop in Bedghan (Aley) || Newspapers (Arabic)

The Made at Home association concluded yesterday its second training sessions for the empowerment of women in rural areas, which is funded by the US Embassy in Lebanon.  The organization is implementing a training cycle of 6 sessions revolving all over Lebanon.  The event that took place in Bedghan included an exhibition of food produced by the workshop participants.  The aim of the workshop was to enable these women to produce according to the international HACCP standards for food safety.
The president of the association, Wafa Abed noted that the aim of this initiative is to encourage rural women to stay in their villages.  The workshops, she noted, are part of an awareness raising campaign seeking to introduce women to international safety standards.  They are being implemented in collaboration with the municipality as well as key organisations and leading figures in the region.  During the workshop, participants were provided with materials and brochures which carry the slogan “together, we guarantee the safety of our families” and that include information and instructions on how to contribute to the national campaign for food safety.  The entire venture is part of the general effort of the association to revive heritage and traditional food making. Abed concluded that such training workshop seeks to build the capacities f women in producing safe food as well as increasing the productivity of rural women.

Source: Al-Mustaqbal, Al-Nahar 4 December 2012