Economic Growth South Sudan Project #61305

Offer Tailoring and embroidery skills to 100 Women

by Community Skills Development

Summary

National Education Statistics 2016 and Management Information System (EMIS), show that 73% of men and 84% of women above 15 years of age are illiterate with 3 out of 5 school-aged children not enrolled in primary school, and the teacher -pupil ratio averaging 48.154 per teacher. Vocational training and offering livelihood skills to the youth and women can change the population economic situation. CSD is on the struggle to build the capacities of young women for business purposes.

$12,000
total goal

$11,955
remaining

2
donors

0
monthly donors

7
months

Challenge

Poverty is the challenge. The community of Yambio County of Western Equatoria State, South Sudan depends heavily on agriculture, yet they practice shifting cultivation using rudimentary tools for subsistent purposes. There is acute hunger and children are malnourished. It is not easy for Yambio people to come out of this bad situation. The community depends on an insufficient seasonal rainfall and cannot grow crops for most part of the year.

Solution

This project will support a group of 100 young women to do tailoring and learn embroidery as a way of building their capacities for business. Hire a professional in tailoring to train women in tailoring for 6 months Transport the trainer from Uganda to South Sudan and back, accommodate and feed for 6 months Purchase knitting materials for the tailoring group for practice Purchase spare parts of the Sewing machines and do regular servicing Train 100 women in embroidery tailoring

Long-Term Impact

These projects will educate 100 young women allowing them to rise out of poverty, which will provide for their families' livelihood, health, school fees and general well-being. Project will instill knowledge of tailoring and use of embroidery for business purposes to poor young women. Orient them to business for them to earn living. These women will not suffer total illiteracy and idleness. Children and women die of hunger when they could support themselves.