Alternative livelihoods in Mkwiro
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| The women's group with some of their handmade products |
Every week GVI meets with the women’s group
from Mkwiro. The women’s group make a variety of things to sell to tourists,
including mats purses and accessories.
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| Woven Mats |
We presented the ten objectives they were
aiming to achieve in ten weeks they seemed really interested and, even though
it was clear it was going to be tough, they were up for the challenge! I was
really happy with their reaction (I was scared that they would not say anything
and just nod!) and I really hope that it will work! But, as a matter of fact, I
have reasons to be optimistic about their dedication. Indeed, the group has
been really motivated, attending our weekly meetings and following English and
Maths classes every week in order to gain skills they could use for their
business.
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| The group make a colourful variety of products |
To motivate them, we proposed to write the
ten objectives on the black board that we have on base. This way, every week a
woman can go and tick an objective. I think it is always a rewarding feeling to
tick something that you have done on a list and hopefully they will feel the
same way.
So, as you can imagine, I am really looking
forward to tomorrow since it is the deadline for the first objective on the
list: have a final logo and write an information sheet about the group. It will
probably be challenging but I really hope that they will come with ideas about
what they want to write. And hopefully, tomorrow, one of them will be able to
go to the board and proudly say: “one done nine more to go!” Unfortunately, it
will probably be in Swahili so I will have to pay attention if I want to
understand it .
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