NGO launches programme to support young girls

THE Creativity for Rural Empowerment and Sustainable Development (CRESD) has launched a helpful project to economically empower young girls who are victims of early pregnancies and those who dropped out of school in marginalised communities in Morogoro region.

Being executed in the two districts of Mvomero and Gairo in Morogoro Region, the timely community-based initiative aims at empowering a total of 2,000 ‘young mothers’ in the two districts through assisting them to venture into poultry projects.

Among others, the core vision behind the project is to have the incorporated beneficiaries improve their livelihood to the tune of standing a better side to cater for their basic amenities, as well as taking good care and preparing a bright future for their children.

As part of implementing the project fruitfully, CRESD has entered into a working contract with the Dodoma-based Tusumuke Entrepreneurship Youth Group (TEYG) for the building of modern, but cost- effective chicken coops.

Chairperson of the Tusumuke Group, Christopher Dioniz said as per the entered contract, his side will be responsible for constructing 10 chicken coops through use of woods and burning bricks.

“As per the project’s implementation mode, the beneficiaries will be in special groups, each will have at least 20 members,” he informed.

Giving further details, Dioniz said after finalising with construction of the coops, the beneficiaries will be effectively trained on recommended methods pertaining to poultry before distributed with free chickens, whereby each group will be supplied with 150 chicken layers on free –bases.

“After being supplied with the said chicken layers, the groups will be under the vigilant mentorship of poultry experts for a period of at least six months in order to fetch enough knowledge to handle their projects maturely,” he said.

Together with that, he communicated that the focus of the project was further to enable each of the beneficiary members to stand a chance to engage on their own similar project in the future.

“The project, among others, is specific for supplementing efforts being taken by the government to help eradicate poverty across rural communities, especially by supporting the deprived young girls in marginalised societies,” he insisted.

The villages in the two districts in which the project is implemented include Ibuti, Tabu Hoteli, Mkalama, Mandera and Mogohigwa in Gairo districts, whereby in Mvomero districts the villages are Kidundwe, Komtonga, Kisala, Madizini and Runke.

CRESD is a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) which focuses on supporting rural communities in livelihood improvement and sustainable natural resources management.

Its intervention majors on rural community empowerment  providing the technical capacities required and means to overcome rural challenges.