Women In Rural Areas (WIRA) : Sustainable Livelihoods |
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Lead Organisation: |
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South African Breweries (SAB) |
Where: |
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Throughout South Africa |
Time period: |
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on-going since 1998 |
Partners: |
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Department of Agriculture and Land Affairs | Targeted rural communities throughout South Africa | |
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Aims/Objectives: |
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| Create co-operative ventures which generate sustainable jobs and income in rural communities. | | Projects are implemented through participative workshops that are run in two phases, personal empowerment and economic empowerment. | | WIRA helps build independence, self awareness and self esteem, restore human dignity and prepare partcipating women for the developmental challenges they are likely to face. | | Promote sustainable rural livelihoods | |
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Measurable results and specific
targets: |
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| The development of self-reliance among women in the targeted rural communities. | | The creation of thriving rural businesses which serve their communities and beyond. The successes of some of the businesses have resulted in their products being exported outside of South Africa. | |
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Implementation mechanisms
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| Business skills developed among women in the target communities will be used to build the capacity of other women embarking on similar sustainable livelihood projects. | |
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CONTACT: |
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Name: |
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Sylvester Ndaba or Pancho Ndebele |
Email: |
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sylvester.ndaba@sabreweries.com or pancho.ndebele@sabreweries.com |
Organisation: |
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South African Breweries |
Address: |
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65 Park Lane, Sandton |
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Box 782178 |
City: |
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Johannesburg |
State/Region: |
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Gauteng |
Postal Code: |
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2146 |
Country: |
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South Africa |
Telephone: |
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+27 11 881 8452 |
Fax: |
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+27 11 881 8481 |
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