We are working to empower women through a self-help group approach where women are trained in business skills and microfinance through local groups.
Household income and maintaining livelihoods for the poorest households is very challenging due to a lack of capacity for purchasing productive assets, limited capital for investment etc.
Gender inequality, lack of awareness & knowledge, little access to services and resources, absence of collective economic activities, lack of knowledge of technologies and techniques etc. are, amongst others, factors for low income. This project empowers vulnerable women to be able to contribute to their household economies through a Self Help Group approach.
Through self- help groups, women learn business skills, conduct weekly savings and lend each other money. Women empowerment is a tool for reducing inequalities and promoting women’s rights and participation in decision making at household and community level. If women are empowered, households are also empowered.
“With my loan I started a business selling sweet potatoes. Within three weeks I had a profit! This helps me to buy groceries, food and clothes for my children. May your good support continue so that many lives of the poor are uplifted.” Wezie
