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Economic opportunities for East African villages

Summary

The program will support over 1,700 people in rural Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda to increase income by making and marketing crafts. Producers will be linked with key markets using e-commerce technology.


How Donors Like You Helped

Thanks to donors like you, a total of $514 was raised for this project.

More Information About this Project

Project Needs and Beneficiaries

More than half of the people in the three countries are living at subsistence level, earning $1 a day or less. Alternative income strategies are needed as it is becoming increasingly difficult to survive on farming due to periodic drought and there are few job opportunities, especially for women. Although all three countries are known for diverse wildlife and game parks, tourism benefits only a small percentage of the overall population in selected areas.

Activities

Train communities in product pricing and develop products with market appeal; build capacity of youth as intermediaries in information communication technologies; 3) strengthen existing facilities to implement an e-commerce system.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: $514

Funding Policy: subsidized/guaranteed

Funding Information

This project is now in implementation and no longer available for funding. Received funds will be used to accomplish concrete objectives as indicated in the project's "Activities" section. Updates will be posted under the "Progress Report" tab as they become available.

Donors' contributions and pledges to this project totaled $514as of Jun 09 2004.  The original project funding goal was $20,000.

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).

Resources

Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

Increase the income of rural communities, mostly women, through production and marketing of traditional African handicrafts including woven baskets and textiles.

Project Message

This training is better than money. The training you put in our heads will last forever. Elizabeth, Kenya
- Andrew Mwansumbule Jackson, Project Coordinator

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Andrew Mwansumbule Jackson,
Project Coordinator
World Neighbours East Africa
P.O. Box 14728
Nairobi, KENYA
Kenya
011-254-2-4440614
Email:

Project Sponsor

World Neighbors

Organization

World Neighbors East Africa
2nd Floor Old Waumini House
P. O. Box 14728-00800
Westlands, Nairobi, Kenya No postal number
Kenya
011-254-2-444-2387

Learn more about World Neighbors East Africa and the project team.


World Neighbors East Africa's Funded Projects on GlobalGiving

Micro-enterprise Development in East Africa
Micro-enterprise Development in East Africa

Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in Kenya and can also be found under Economic Development.

For more information about Kenya, read the Human Development Report on Kenya or the Wikipedia entry for Kenya.

When this Project was Updated

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on July 29, 2003.

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