As a prelude to the festivities of March 8, 2024, the Ministry of Solidarity, Humanitarian Action, National Reconciliation, Gender and Family organized from March 4 to 6, 2024 at the Maison de the woman of Banfora, training in the technique of processing cassava into attiéké, for the benefit of 50 vulnerable women. The governor of the Cascades region, Badabouè Florent Bazié, went to encourage these learners from the provinces of Comoé and Léraba.There are more than fifty women from Comoé and Léraba to take part in the training focused on the transformation of cassava into attiéké.For 72 hours, these women will learn the different techniques from peeling cassava to processing the finished product under the supervision of two facilitators.During this training, the emphasis will be on practice, in order to enable participants to master cassava processing techniques.According to Ramatou Soma, a participant from Tafila (Banfora commune), the holding of this training is to be welcomed because it will allow women to be more autonomous.'We learned, among other things, how to properly peel cassava, grind it into paste with the mill, press the cassava paste obtained to extract juice and put it on the fire to transform it into attiéké,' she explained.Another participant Bintou Ouattara, who came from Ouéléni, a village located about fifty kilometers from Sindou, confided that this training was beneficial because it allowed her to learn new techniques for processing this starchy food.As for the internally displaced person from Sindou, Minata Diallo says she is now able to do the attiéké on her own, if she benefits from material support.This need for equipment after the training was also expressed by all three participants.The governor of Cascades Badabouè Florent Bazié, after a visit to the learners on the training site, said he was satisfied with the interest and enthusiasm that the learners showed in said training.'I found ladies who really appreciate this training and who are very attentive. I have alr eady seen attiéké made in Burkina, Cascades region of good quality,' he suggested.Florent Bazié urged these ladies to fully commit to the processing of cassava so that attiéké is no longer an imported product.According to the regional director in charge of women, Bernadette Yaméogo, this training aims to promote the economic empowerment of vulnerable women, including internally displaced women.Source: Burkina Information Agency