Visiting a microeconomic project for women
A woman leader of a microeconomic association describes the project to a group of women leaders in the district. She uses their local language, so Hon. Miria Matembe quietly and simultaneously translates her presentation to English for the California delegation.
Their association is young, but they have done something and this is what she would like to tell us.
There are 6 members, and each member pays 20,000 shillings. They give 100,000 to one member at a time, and they keep 20,000 in the pocket for the association. They meet every month. They bought goats, the goats which you have seen. (see photo above)
Besides the goat project, each member has another project. And that project is contributed to by the members. Two members have chickens. Two members have pigs. Two members have honey. They have decided that every member must have fruit trees and vegetables for good nutrition in the home.
In the photo above a pig is held by a rope to a feeding area.
They would like to do networking by visiting other groups to see their projects.
They do not have enough money. They would like to have a fund to run as a revolving fund among the membership so that they can raise fees for their children's school. They would like to have modern bee hives.
They do not have sufficient market for their products.
The speaker thanks Honorable Miria Matembe for her work and support of these womens' projects. That she has played a big role in getting rural women better opportunities. And they thanked the visiting delegation for coming, that in the past they have not had visitors like the WIN/CAWA delegation.
About the pigs, the mothers can produce at 4 months. Then when we have piglets we fatten them for market. We can use this to reduce the poverty in our homes. Above is the young woman who owns the pigs you see here.
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