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Titre : Initiative for the Economic Empowerment of Women Entrepreneurs (Chad)

Pays : Tchad

Lieu : region of Logone Oriental, Southern Chad

Date : 2012

Présentation
* Increase the level of skill, productivity, literacy and income of women in the oil producing region of Logone Oriental, Southern Chad.
* Supported the creation of two women groups’ networks and the training of 27 women trainers in functional literacy to help increase the capacity of 58 women groups through networking and literacy.
* Secured and developed 94 hectares of arable land, supplied 108 women with fertilizers, improved seeds and light agricultural tools and offered them training in technical farming steps.
* Provided 60 goats to 33 women’s groups to increase and diversify female agriculture production.
* Procured and installed two multifunctional agro-processing units for use by two women’s groups’ networks.
* Conducted a farmer-to-farmer exchange visit and specific training in agriculture products processing for 12 women to increase utilization of value adding technologies.
* Granted microcredit to 296 women in the total amount of $28,645.50 for the development of income-generating activities and increased women’s access to markets.

Partenaire : Government of Chad

Donateur : ExxonMobil Foundation/The UPS Foundation

Africare Annual Report (2012)