FESTIVAL OF WOMEN -BREAKFAST “WALK N TALK” (BWT) 2022/2023
INTRODUCTION
The Festival of Women "Breakfast Walk and Talk (BTW)" is part of the GPFA flagship program called Driving Innovation through Community Empowerment (DICE). BTW is a space created for women/girls to have an intellectual discussion about societal problems affecting them. It also finds a solution to the difficulties, struggles, experiences, and complications they encounter within our society.
However, GPFA targeted to impact 100 women within Montserrado County and received over 250 women participants held on Saturday, January 7, 2023, at the GPFA peace Hub, Domah's town, Schiefflin Township, Margibi County. These women learned about their unanswered questions, shared stories and experiences, and understood the differences and challenges women/girls encounter in our natural world. Some participants involved were the Army wives of AFL, Domah's town community's women, GPFA peace brigades, women advocates, GPFA scholar's mothers, youth, students, etc.
The theme of the program was "Our Space, Our Strength." The program had six sessions that contributed to the plan of life value. They include Financial Security, "Your Health, Your Wealth," Be Youtiful-Selfcare; A Journey of Faith-Your Walk with Christ; Building Your Business and Settling Goals-Making plans to Succeed. These six groups highlighted women's needs and want; livelihood goals to succeed; career path out of failure; financial skill capacity building skills, understanding the virtue of health and youthfulness, and other untold circumstances.
1.0 FINANCIAL SECURITY
Mrs. Abigail Urey-Miller taught participants some money-managing techniques and skills. This session taught them the importance of saving, setting financial goals, and profiting from your investment with planning. GPFA concluded by distributing piggy banks (cash boxes) valued at $LD 500.00 to encourage saving.
2.0 YOUR HEALTH, YOUR WEALTH
Dr. Rose Jallah- Macauley, talked about the importance of health and the misconception of illnesses for self-medication, modern medical treatment, and traditional medication. However, the discussion transcended to mental well-being and psychosocial health as a threat to our youth today. Moreover, discussing eating healthy and exercising is essential to nurture our physical health and avoid obesity. The session concluded with a conversation about the misconceptions about some illnesses.
3.0 SETTING GOALS - MAKING PLANS TO SUCCEED
Setting Goals- Making Plans to Succeed: Ms. Sarah Buchanan ( Executive Director, Orange Liberia, and GPFA Board member) discussed the various approaches to livelihood plans, writing & prioritizing your goals, and making sacrifices today for a better tomorrow. The session ended with participants listing their dreams on a vision paper exercise and noting how to achieve them.
4.0 BUILDING YOUR BUSINESS
Building your Business - Mrs. Eyvonne Bright Harding (Owner of Sharks. Inc) has been a very successful businesswoman over the past 20 years. She is an expert in Business growth and development. She expounds on techniques for growing from a small business to its full potential, establishing partnerships, and delegating tasks that will work without business owners.
5.0 A JOURNEY OF FAITH
Lady Della Belleh's session focused on the essence of walking with God. She encouraged our participants to have a relationship with God and to acknowledge him through everything.
6.0 BE YOUTI-FUL, SELFCARE
Mrs. Clara Doe-Mvogo ( former City Mayor of Monrovia) discussed the importance of self-care. She spoke of the different ways of catering to one's self. She taught the participants about the relationship between the mind and the body and how they complement each other. They also shared experiences about their livelihood, families, and bodies and how they overlooked themselves affects their standard as a woman. The workshop concluded with the women affirming themselves and each other with some values demonstrating their specialty.
