Project of the Month

COPWZ (Catalyst Organization for Womenfs Progress in Zanzibar) came  to speak to us at the recent DSG meeting and demonstrated one of their groups’ activities. This organization in Unguja supports capacity building for women’s income-generating groups. 

This year the DSG has supported a COWPZ project which included special skills training and procurement of productivity tools. During 6-10 June, COWPZ conducted an entrepreneurship skills training for 30 participants from 3 women’s groups from Unguja (Umasikini Karaha Matarumbeta group, Imani (Mtoni) and Tufahamiiane Kizimkazi groups). The goal of the training was to enable the participants to know more about the context and scope of entrepreneurship, especially on the methods of price-setting and opportunity-seeking. The participants were enabled to apply a wide range of techniques and formats in entrepreneurship activities. The DSG also supported the procurement of productivity tools such as a food-cutter machine, and agricultural handicraft equipment such as ploughs, knives, forks, sprinklers, etc. for the Kizimkazi group..

The projects committee is currently reviewing and updating the Projects section of the DSG website and the projects application form. This is in anticipation of the applications that will be arriving by the deadline of 31 January, 2012. For more information about projects please click here or contact projectsdsg@gmail.com.