SIERRA LEONE - $4,425
Four Income-generating Projects
Project Director - Christiana Mamawa Brima

65 self-help group members (young widowed women) from the village of Potehun are participating in this one-year project.

The women formed the self-help group after the war, and have already engaged in several income-generating activities. For this project they will engage in one of four projects; garie [rope], wood fuel, palm oil, and vegetable sales. Each woman will receive a loan of $65, and is expected to earn $10 per month. They will receive trainings (unspecified). From this income, she will pay $3.50 for her loan, save $3.50 and use the other $3.50 for daily living expenses.

Harold Johnson adds from his site visit report, “Indeed women are more industrious these days than men. These women are so committed in their work. They said to me, 'We have suffered so much in the hands of our husbands, we too now need some changes in our lives, please ask our husbands to allow us to work so we can support them. They continue to say that two is better than one'. With such determination, I recommend them for funding.”

Project Completed: December 31, 2008