WOMEN EMPOWERMENT

On-going projects

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  Completed projects

Year: 2008

Funding Agency: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Project Title:  Direct Support to Income Generation for Rural Women

Target Beneficiaries: 336 women Moyamba and Port Loko Districts

Project Location: Moyamba and Port Loko Districts

Project Duration: 1 year

Project Budget: Le378,998,066

Project Outcomes:  336 women received direct support for crop farming (IVS cultivation, cassava, groundnut and vegetable), post-harvest management, vegetable production, training in HIV/AIDS prevention and good governance, Gara tie dying and weaving.

Year: 2006

Funding Agency: Finish Refugee Council (FRC)

Project Title:  Functional Literacy for Sustainable Livelihood Security

Target Beneficiaries: 235 women and 65 men in Valunia and Niawa Lenga and Kakua Chiefdoms, Bo  

                                      District

Project Location: Bo district

Project Duration: 9 Months

Project Budget: Le62,000,000

Project Outcomes:  235 women and 65 men were provided adult education thereby ensuring collective decision making; as well as improving their income generating capacity the cultivation and processing of crops.