Women in Agri-Business – Cultivating the Moringa Miracle Plant
This Saturday December 10 at 9 am PST/12 Noon Eastern on Voices of Anakazi we are speaking to the Women from the Imagine Rural Development Initiative (IRDI). IRDI is a Zambian registered non-profit organisation, which is providing skills-training in moringa cultivation to 30 previously unemployed local Zambian women. This skills-training program forms part of IRDI’s Moringa project, which aims to empower local Zambians through the sustainable production of moringa, an affordable and highly-nourishing superfood, to fight malnutrition, improve health and eradicate poverty.
Imagine Rural Development Initiative is providing this skills-training program free of charge to these local women, many of whom are widows and are sole breadwinners in their families and who take care of not only their own children, but also grand-children and orphans who have lost their own parents due to HIV/AIDS and other illnesses.
The 6-month training program covers moringa propagation, planting, crop management, harvesting and processing techniques. It also includes training on making aerobic compost and using moringa-based organic fertilizer to alleviate the need for petroleum-based fertilizers and harmful pesticides.
TO MAKE A DONATION TO THIS PROJECT CLICK HERE or follow link below:
http://www.indiegogo.com/skills-training-for-Zambian-women
To learn more visit www.imaginezambia.org
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