Surcod has received funding from Volkart Vision an organisation based in Winterthur in Switzerland, for the Chididi Women Savings and Capital Building Project.

This project is an initiative of SURCOD to support the Women of Chididi to start Saving Groups with an aim of raising up their capital which will lead to the establishment of fruit processing factory.

Volkart Vision will support with the funding for capacity building, payment of field Officers who will be responsible for supervising the groups as well as the provision of seed money for the seting up the processing unit for fruit processing.

SURCOD hand in hand with the concerned departments in the Malawi government, such as the Ministry of Agriculture and food security and the Ministry of Gender and Community Development is facilitating the process.


OBJECTIVES OF THE PROJECT

The project is designed to achieve the following objectives:
To reduce poverty which is very common amongst Chididi women due to much dependency upon men for their income.
To build the capacity of poor women in capital building skills, production skills and entrepreneurship.
To diversify family income through the combination of capital building skills, production skills, entrepreneurship skills and farming as a poverty reduction strategy.
To reduce gender based violence which is caused due to much dependency on men as their main source of income.
To encourage sharing of ideas between women as they will be engaged in group business.
To promote family planning since the time spent with men will be reduced.
To train 300 women in business management and various production technologies.
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A DAY WITH THE TISUNGANE WOMEN GROUP

"You know women were regarded as children manufacturer and kitchen queens.This is what we grew up with. This made us weak and insecure.

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