Jobs for 250 Impoverished Families in Swaziland

Given opportunity, unemployed and idle young men will work to bring in income.  Thokozane was hired on a part time basis to go into the different communities that Kudvumisa serves to talk about the economic development opportunities we are trying to develop. 

Three young men from Khomba in Vuvulane stepped up to the challenge.  They visited many of the homesteads around where they lived and were able to gather enough marula shells to fill five 50 gallon (220 liter) barrels. They were paid the equivalent of $15 per barrel.  In a country where the number of people living on less than $2 per day is substantial, this money will go a long way to providing food for the families of these 3 young men.  All five barrels were sold into a waiting market for landscaping material in Mbabane.

In an isolated and impoverished rural area of Swaziland, there is little local opportunity to work.   Kudvumisa's commitment to these communities is to find opportunities for local resources to be sold into markets far out of the reach of the people here. Thokozane helps make that possible. He is able to provide the Swazi connection from Kudvumisa into the most rural communities and homesteads to help make this a reality. His monthly salary is paid from the support for this project.

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