NGOs partner to elevate women’s economic sustainability

Speaking to The Guardian in an interview on the sideline of the seminar held over the weekend in Dar es Salaam, Project Coordinator Jackline Mwanyika said that TGNP in the support of COADY International carried out a project known as “Engage women in empowerment and active citizenship” whose main goal was to make them be sustainable.”

Mwanyika said participants were taught on how to prepare compost manure, poultry farming, and urban farming (vegetable gardening, growing mushrooms, planting bananas and papaya) and how to keep records when running their projects.

For his part, one of the facilitators of the seminar Rehema Mwateba, said the objective was to improve their knowledge and entrepreneurial skills to run different projects productively in order to generate income to sustain their livelihood without depending on assistance from local or foreign donors.

One of the beneficiaries of the seminar Tatu Majid from Makurumla KC of Mburahati apart from praising TGNP and COADY, she has urged fellow women to dare for whatever they do.

“Women can do whatever they want even if they are not empowered,” she said.

Rosemary Mrema from Mabwepande KC, a small business woman, said the training has enlightened her as she can now know how to find markets for her products.

“From this training I am planning to extend my businesses to attain my dreams.”

Kondo Salum an entrepreneur from Majohe Kivule, engaged in vegetable gardening said that the training on how to make compost manure was very essential to him. “Through this training, I can now personally make manure from cow dung, and compost manure from dried leaves and grasses which will enable me to save some money that I used to buy industrial fertilisers for other uses,” he noted.

Hans Obote from Saranga KC, also concurred with his fellow participants by commending TGNP and COADY for the training they have acquired.

He further noted that Saranga KC for some time now have been engaging in vegetable gardening, making compost manure for sale and other entrepreneurial activities.

To them “This training has been an eye opener for us, from now onwards what we are going to do is to double the production and productively,” he said.

Obote has urged the government to put in place a conducive business environment by reducing prices of fertilizers, packaging materials and chicken feeds.

Rehema Nkya from Mbezi KC, an entrepreneur dealing with poultry farming, and vegetable farming said that the training has improved his knowledge on how to run her businesses productively.

She has also urged the government to put in place a conducive business environment and hence reduce prices for agricultural inputs, and other needed raw materials.

Assistant secretary of the Mbezi KC, Hawa Athuman said that the training has empowered them with the knowledge and skills that will enable them to operate their poultry farming, vegetable gardening and making compost manure projects successfully and productively.

Husna Jumanne from Kivule KC said that the entrepreneurship training has improved their skills and knowledge, thus they will implement their mushroom project and vegetables gardening successfully.