For some time we’ve had a connection with Fomawoso, an organisation in Solwezi, Zambia. Fomowoso supports marginalised women with employment training. This year, Fomawoso is enabling several more women to take life skills courses. These courses are run in connection with the local mine, a major employer in the area. We have now sent enough…
Back in October 2019, we reported on two women, Javwa Mtine and Yuyo Kabaye, who were starting to train as heavy duty mechanics in the mining industry in Zambia. This was a way for them to earn a living and escape from poverty-driven sex work. The good news is that they have now graduated with…
We recently sent funds to Zambia to pay the costs for two women in Solwezi to train as mechanics. We have supported a number of initiatives there to help women trapped in sex work because of poverty to find ways to become economically independent. (These have included a business raising hens to sell eggs in…
