What started with a single borrowed sewing machine has grown into the ACD Vocational Training Institute in Gbarnga, where founder Joseph N. Kamara has spent 25 years training hundreds of young people, most of them women, in practical skills that create pathways to employment and self-reliance. The institute’s success in combining vocational training with a thriving school uniform business demonstrates how local entrepreneurship, skills development, and community-driven solutions can empower women, create jobs, and strengthen rural economies across Liberia.

Nukanah Kollie reports in this social media Video. To read more about this story click this link:Liberia: How a Gbarnga Tailor Built a School That Trains Hundreds and Offers a Model for Small Businesses in Rural Areas – FrontPageAfrica

This story is a collaboration with New Narratives as part of the “Investigating Liberia” Reporting Project. Funding was provided by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency. The donor had no say in the story’s content.