Polish aid

Implementing entity:

Embassy of Poland in Dar es Salaam

Amount od co-finansing:

PLN 56,026

 

The purpose of the project was to im­prove the living conditions of women, youth, and children in the Siha district by offering them an opportunity to earn regular income and obtain access to food, improve the position of women and youth on the labour market and in social life, and ensure that their rights are respected.

Women and youth are one of the most marginalised social groups in Tanza­nia. Rural part in agriculture, but their access to produc­tion resources is greatly hindered. Almost three fourths of all landowners are men. Those women who do own land usually have smaller plots, less livestock, and more lim­ited access to new tech­nologies, training, advice as well as loans and other financial services. Women who work on their own in agriculture earn much less than men. Likewise, the 

women play an important need to combine making their liveli­hoods with domestic and social duties hampers their productivity and educa­tional potential. According to official data, unemployment among the Tanza­nian youth is relatively low (about 10% for people aged 15-35). In reality, three fourths of them are employed informal­ly in low-efficiency agriculture and still need to increase their income.

The project helped to improve the pro­duction capacity of currently inefficient poultry breeding by local women and orphaned youth. Start kits (incuba­tor, eggs, feed, hatcher) were provid­ed, a power generator purchased, and women and youth trained on increasing the efficiency of and obtaining larger income from chicken breeding. Their expanded breeding activities were in­cluded in the wider poultry and eggs supply chain in the region. This helped the assisted groups to considerably in­crease their income and the food stock accessible to them