Work

 

Mr. Kingsley Nurokina is a project officer for the Maata-N-Tudu Association. Since his appointment in August 2004, he as been working in the field using participatory methodologies to design, plan and execute women’s development projects in the communities. To date he has organized 47 groups with a total membership of over 900 rural women. In his training, Mr. Nurokina emphasizes unity within member groups through peer learning and sharing for improved problem solving capacity. He also promotes household savings plans and cooperative farming and gives training to improve basic business and entrepreneurial skills.

 

Rural born, Mr. Nurokina knows what it is like to face poverty – to simply not have enough to make ends meet. He had to stop schooling for a while and do menial jobs to support himself and his family. “I noticed my mother was helpless because of patriarchy and poverty. As a result of my experiences I always wanted an opportunity to contribute to insuring that rural life is improved in my community as a part of my social responsibility.” After completing ARI, Mr Nurokina plans to initiate a new agricultural project to achieve sustainable livelihood at the community level. “I believe that this transfer of knowledge and skills will go a long way to help improve the lives of the poor people that I work for.”

 

Sending Organization

 

Maata -N-Tudu Association (MTA) is a non-religious, non-ethnic and non- political women’s NGO. It is membership based and all are eligible to register as members regardless of religion or tribal affiliation. MTA targets both rural and urban women micro entrepreneurs in the Northern Upper West and Upper East regions of Ghana. With a 95% illiteracy rate among women and northern Ghana being a patriarchal society where women are considered the property of men, it is the mission of MTA to bring rural women together to work to meet their needs for food, clothing, shelter, education and sexual and reproductive health as well as financial services.