The VSLA project is an initiative intended to financially empower women in communities by selling shares and loaning the money raised out at an interest of 10 per cent in three months.

The money gained is shared amongst the contributors according to their contributions made to the VSLA.

Speaking at the first sharing of dividend, Mrs Joyce Larnyoh, the Country Director of ICDP, Ghana congratulated the members of the association for their hard work in raising a total of Gh¢7, 108.50 to be shared among 15 contributors.

She said the association was not only to help create wealth but to advocate against child abuse under the Girls Advocacy Project of the ICDP.

Mrs Larnyoh called on the CCPT within the association to help educate the girls club in the Agavenya R/C Basic School about the need to protect themselves against child abuse.

She encouraged the women to help speak against early child marriages in the community in order to help secure a better future for their wards.

Mr Kofi Adade Debrah, the Eastern Regional Manager of Plan International, Ghana said, a child was the community's asset, and the community had a responsibility to protect every child.

He said the reason why most children were abused in the community was because the community was neither unaware nor failed to implement the laws protects children.

Mr Debrah said, Ghana as at now, had enough laws to protect children but the challenge had been the implementation of the laws.

Hajiah Salamatu Yahaya, a member of the VSLA advised members to be patient and love one another in order to maintain peace and love in the association.

The President of the Agavenya VSLA, Mr Armstrong Bright Atikpli said the association was planning on reaching out to new members to join before selling new shares to the members.

He said the name of the association was Peace and the slogan was love and the association meets every Saturday at 8am.