20 acquire skills in pastries at Lyn’s City Cakes and Training Institute

•Mrs Ofori (seated, middle) with participants displaying their certificates. In
front of her is El-Zoe Van-Dyck, a sixyear- old who also aquired the skills

Lyn’s City Cakes and Training Institute has organised a Promo Pastry Training Class for 20 ladies at Teshie Tsuibleoo in Accra.

The three-day training was to equip the ladies with skills in pastries to en­able them start their own businesses to gain financial freedom.

Participants who came from vari­ous backgrounds were given hands-on training in lattice bread, spring rolls, meat pie, ring doughnuts, sausage rolls, pizza, sugar and butter bread among others.

In an address the Director of the In­stitute Mrs Lovelyn Naa Adjeley Adjei Ofori said at Lyn City “Creativity is our Hallmark and the difference is loud and clear.”

She said the institute had trained over 80 students in pastry making, cake decorating, interior and exterior decorations, cookery, local bar, make­up, wig making and many more.

Advising the graduates Mr Alfred Nana Kwabena Ofori, a Computer Engi­neer and husband of the director ap­pealed to them to build on the foun­dation they had acquired to enable them succeed in the field.

In a motivational speech Reverend Richard Yankah, General Overseer of the Winners Firepraise Chapel Inter­national at Teshie Anumantu urged the graduates to have a vision and a mis­sion and to put what they have learnt into practice to enable them achieve their mission and vision.

A participant, Ms Millicent Afia Yebowaa Perbi thanked the director for the opportunity given to them to acquire these skills and urged her to extend a hand to the vulnerable, es­pecially People Living with Disabilities (PLWDs) to also benefit from the skills training for a better future.

Another participant, Bernice Edu­fu Yankson from Nkwanta in the Oti Region was thrilled with the skills she had acquired within this short period and was hopeful that it would create a business opportunity for her to liber­ate her financially.

Certificates as well as Free Recipe Handouts were presented to partici­pants and special awards were given to those who excelled in various

 Georgina Quaittoo