NEED FOR MAASAI WOMEN EMPOWERMENT

Maasai community is one of the pastoral communities living in Kiteto district. Women in the group are marginalised, discriminated and illterate, they are 85-90% the cares of the families and they are livestocks though they don't have right in ownerships of the family properties, they are exclude in decission making and not give priorties in education.

In recent years the community is trying to adapt changes, they are opting to cultivation, starting small bussines and a big number of young boys are running to towns for guards poor paid work. Women are selling tobacco and other arts work, they are opting on this shame because it is the only kind of a bussines they can run. Selling of milk is another bussines they are doing but they don' have reliable customers pending to the low price they are being given of Tshs.200 to 600 per liter of milk. (see attached picture of Maasai women sitting at Kibaya market place selling ugolo )

SWEAT is training to fundraise for a sum of USD25,000, for a one year project to support 10 Maasai groups in 5 village in Kiteto district. The aim of this project is to support each group with 1 unit of a mannual milk cream separator, by using these machine the groups will add value to their milk and generate reliable income through selling cream. Also the funding will be used to train them in income generating activities management.

SWEAT is request all interested in supporting them to contact us for partnerships.

UMUHIMU WA WANAWAKE UWEZESHAJI Maasai

Wamasai jamii ni moja ya jamii ya wafugaji wanaoishi katika wilaya ya Kiteto. Wanawake katika kikundi ni pembezoni, kubaguliwa na illterate, ni 85-90% ya shughuli za familia na wao ni livestocks ingawa hawana haki katika ownerships ya mali ya familia, ni kuwatenga katika decission maamuzi na si kutoa priorties katika elimu.

Katika miaka ya hivi karibuni jamii ni kujaribu kukabiliana na mabadiliko, ni opting ya kilimo, kuanzia bussines ndogo na idadi kubwa ya vijana wavulana ni mbio na miji kwa ajili ya walinzi wa kazi maskini kulipwa. Wanawake ni kuuza tumbaku na sanaa nyingine kazi, ni opting juu ya aibu hii kwa sababu ni aina pekee ya bussines na wanaweza kukimbia. Uuzaji wa maziwa ni mwingine bussines ni kufanya lakini don 'na wateja kuaminika inasubiri kwa bei ya chini ni ya kupewa ya Tshs.200 ya 600 kwa lita moja ya maziwa. (Angalia picha masharti ya wanawake Kimasai ameketi katika soko ugolo Kibaya mahali kuuza)

SWEAT ni mafunzo kwa fundraise kwa jumla ya USD25, 000, kwa ajili ya mradi wa mwaka mmoja ili kusaidia vikundi 10 Wamasai katika kijiji katika wilaya 5 Kiteto. Lengo la mradi huu ni kusaidia kila kikundi 1 kitengo wa Separator ya mannual maziwa cream, kwa kutumia mashine hizo vikundi kuongeza thamani ya maziwa yao na kuzalisha mapato ya kuaminika kwa kuuza cream. Pia ufadhili zitatumika kutoa mafunzo yao katika usimamizi wa shughuli za uzalishaji.

SWEAT ni ombi wote nia ya kuwasaidia kuwasiliana na sisi kwa ushirikiano.