From Learning to Leading: A Young Woman’s Journey in Technical Skills. My goal is to establish an electricity team in my community. I want to inspire other girls to believe in themselves. During my practical internship, I faced the daily realities, solving problems on the spot, collaborating with colleagues, and applying the skills I had learned....

Celina Sanha
ADPP Vocational School Bissorã

In my teaching practise I focus on the students’ emotional well-being by starting lessons with songs, stories, or games. I put students into small groups to spark conversation and critical thinking, using examples from Guinea-Bissau and other places to make lessons clearer. In my practise period in the community, I started a vegetable garden club...

Fatuma Candé
Teacher Training College DNS-Bachil

We can realise our dreams I've been working at Pro-solia as an electrician for 5 years. I finished my electrical course at ADPP Vocational School Bissorã in 2019 and got this job. I'm one of the best electricians in the company and the only woman. Every day, I perform solar panel maintenance, and I'm the first one up the ladder. Many of my...

Fatumata Fate
ADPP Vocational School Bissorã

Income Generation Through Livestock I am physically disabled. From a young age, I have been involved in raising animals, especially free-range chickens and pigs. I learned by observing my parents, and after training at ADPP Vocational School Bissorã through the APICA-GB project, I gained experience caring for, feeding, and monitoring the animals'...

Brestem Mendes
APICA GNB Project-Tchur Pitchilam, Cacheu region

From Trainee to Team Leader I have become financially independent. I’am from Bissorã, feel deeply proud to work at the Cashew Processing of ACACB (Association of Commercial Farmers' Clubs of Bissorã), where I have been working since 2019. In 2018, I completed my training at the ADPP Vocational School Bissorã, in Agriculture. I carried out a...

Domingas N'Tchemi
Cashew Processing of ACACB

Strengthening Community Agriculture Through Tools and Training Would like to express, on behalf of the entire community, our gratitude to the funding partners (ECOWAS, GIZ, and the consortium composed of ADPP-GB, SWISSAID, TOSTAN, and COPE AA) and project implementers who have contributed to the development of our community. Thanks to this...

Mamade Djassi
The Farmers' Club Quinara, Madina

Women’s Committee: Voice, Participation, and Equality in Action The Women’s Safe Space Committee, held on October 7, 2025, at Hotel Malaika, brought together community leaders, women’s organisations, and activists to discuss equality, human rights, and gender perspectives. This safe space promoted the integration of women’s experiences into...

Safe Space Project - Women’s Committee
Expertise France

Strengthening Partnerships and Knowledge at ICASA 2025 ADPP-Guiné-Bissau participated in ICASA 2025, represented by Aruna Camara, Coordinator of the HIV/TB Health project. The conference provided a valuable platform to share experiences, learn from best practices, and strengthen partnerships in the fight against HIV, TB, and malaria. Through...

The HIV/TB Health Project
Global Fund Project

Emotional Health and Women’s Empowerment Emotional Health and Women’s Empowerment Between March 8 and 9, under the PAIFJ project, ADPP Guinea-Bissau, in partnership with the For Women By Women Foundation, held sessions on emotional health at ADPP Vocational School Bissorã, engaging around 150 participants. The initiative highlighted the urgent...

Emotional Health and Women’s Empowerment
PAIFJ Project

Providing good quality 2nd hand clothes is essential for the people in Guinea Bissau. I am selling 2nd hand clothes, and I started to sell second-hand clothes with the help of acquaintances - they would buy, and I would choose some pieces to resell where I made a profit. Today, I created a business. I managed to marry, I've bought a farm to raise sheep...

Mamado Ierro Cande
ADPP Clothes & Shoes

I am working in the 2nd hand clothes as a machinist pressing the clothes to small bales and taking care of the equipment. This job has had a big impact on my life. After starting with ADPP Clothing, I started getting paid every month, and it helped me to plan my daily and monthly expenses. Now, I'm in a position to support my niece's and son's...

Nuno Alfa Ié
ADPP Clothes & Shoes

I believe in the power of opportunities and the capacity for personal growth through challenges. I am an entrepreneur and the founder of DAMAIA, a company dedicated to the transformation and processing of fruits, soaps, and medicinal creams. In 2012, I started to work in ADPP-GB Farmers Clubs in the area of commerce and later as an administrator. The...

Dalanda So
Entrepreneurship has transformed my life, and given me resilience and an innovative spirit