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Dell and IMPACT to support women’s
empowerment in DR Congo
D
ell is teaming with Canadian-based non-profit firm IMPACT
to provide women in the Democratic Republic of Congo with
business education focused on investing their savings into new
entrepreneurship opportunities in their communities. The partnership
Dell is teaming with
IMPACT to provide
women in the
Democratic Republic
of Congo with
business education
will provide over 300 women artisanal gold miners in the north-
eastern region of the country’s Ituri Province with business skills
training through IMPACT’s Artisanal Mining Women’s Empowerment
Credit and Savings project, known by its French acronym AFECCOR.
The project and training is in direct support of IMPACT’s research
on women’s economic empowerment in the artisanal mining sector,
along with studies from UN Women, detailing the commitment
of women to innovate in areas that improve the long-term
development and security of their own communities.
It supports women and men in artisanal gold mining communities
in establishing Village Savings and Loans Associations, providing
training and monitoring as they grow their savings over a year.
After one year, participants are empowered to invest their
savings into new entrepreneurial activities – promoting local
entrepreneurship and economic security.
“Our research shows that access to secure savings and credit is a
major barrier for women to have an equal opportunity as economic
actors in the artisanal mining sector,” said Joanne Lebert, IMPACT’s
Executive Director.
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New UK aid package set to improve
quality of education in Tanzania
Y
oung people in Tanzania will be
empowered to take control of their future
prosperity through a new package of UK
support, the International Development
Secretary Penny Mordaunt has announced.
International
Development
Secretary Penny
Mordaunt unveiled
plans for the UK to
work in partnership
with Tanzania
On her visit to the country, Mordaunt
unveiled plans for the UK to work in
partnership with Tanzania to help harness the
potential of young people, who hold the key
to unlocking the country’s economic growth.
She has set out a package of UK support
which will help improve the quality of
education in every primary and lower
secondary school across the country. This
includes making sure that girls move on to
secondary schools and that disabled children
can access education. family planning methods. This will enable
800,000 women every year across Tanzania
to have greater control over when and how
many children they have.
Mordaunt also visited a family planning
clinic to see how UK aid will be scaling up
its provision of modern, voluntary and safe “As Tanzania grows, it’s essential that
young people and women are empowered
to take control of their lives, education and
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health, fulfil their potential and play a role
in the future prosperity of their country,”
said Mordaunt.
Mordaunt also travelled to Dar es Salaam port
to see how the UK is sharing expertise to help
Tanzania crack down on organised crime and
corruption which hold back development.
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