. The event which took place in Odza, Messamedongo Yaounde was recently organized in collaboration with the Sisters of St Anne with the goal to empower women especially IDPs with life support skills.These women were trained on the fabrication of local powder detergent and were each given a start-up capital to support them in their endeavor to set up businesses for themselves.It should be noted that this training is one of the activities carried out by LCDA under its Gender and Social Welfare Programme to empower vulnerable and disadvantage persons with skills and knowledge so as to improve their access to livelihoods and economic resources as well as facilitate their reintegration into communities