ghana: Women Benefit From "Credit With Education" Scheme

The Awutu Bawjiase Rural Bank in the Central Region has granted over 786 million cedis in the form of loans to about 2,188 women under its "Credit With Education" (CWE) scheme. The scheme, apart from helping to alleviate the poverty of women and inculcating the habit of saving, also aims at educating them on environmental and domestic hygiene, family planning, home management, HIV/AIDS and ecological protection.