We received a request from a priest for help in finding someway to assist the women of the village to have an income, especially those with no husbands or their husband had died.  Very often the women are not given money by the men for looking after the children etc and rely on help from any family they may have as Tanzania does not have a benefits system for those in difficulties.

 

We bought the women some pigs that they have fed and looked after and they will breed them this year to increase their numbers.  After that they will sell some for meat and breed others so that it becomes a sustainable income for them.  We also built the styes for the pigs to give shelter in the heat.