Community Foundation for the Western Region of Zimbabwe (CFWRZ)

Country

Organization

Community Foundation for the Western Region of Zimbabwe (CFWRZ)

Founded in 1997, CFWRZ's mission is to support poor communities in the western region of Zimbabwe by helping establish locally-driven initiatives for sustainable livelihoods. The Food Security and Economic Self-Sufficiency project focuses on the Dukwe community, an ethnic minority in southwest Zimbabwe that is plagued by extreme rates of unemployment, increasing malnutrition, poor female-headed households and increasing HIV/AIDS rates.

Project

Food Security and Economic Self-Sufficiency

To improve women's socio-economic status through training on how to start and manage businesses and procurement of start-up kits and inputs for their projects.