TAWINA Implements ‘Mayi ndi Mayi Pachuma’ in Dowa

Teams Advancing Women in Agriculture (TAWINA) has implemented ‘Mayi ndi Mayi Pachuma’ on monday in Dowa, an initiative that will help women in Dowa to access marketing skills.

The organization’s Executive Director, Jane Kopa Kamanga, said the aim of the project to provide improved marketing information and linkages, Peer to Peer monitoring, community awareness.

“The project is targeting 10 women-groups whose membership consists of 50% widows with adolescent girls at risk of child marriage and single mothers who will be equipped with marketing skills,” she said.

One of the beneficiary, Janifer Zibwira said, the initiative will help her to support her children in school as she will be financially stable with business skills she will acquire.

“We are very excited with this project because we have been failing to realize our dream of economic independence for so long due to lack of knowledge and skills on business but with this project definitely we will be able to send our children to school,” she said.

The project will be executed in three rural communities namely Mpindang’ombe, Kundwe and Chauwa in Mgwadula villages in Traditional Authority Mkukula in the district.