Not only has Beatrice improved her life with the initiative. But she continues to play an active role, in her women’s group and counsels women on how to empower themselves by employing the same methods she used in her own line.
WEAVE in its full scope mobilized more than 8000 women in three constituencies in Mpika District and organized them into 412 groups. In less than three years, these rural women, who before then were solely dependent on their husbands for support, collectively raised nearly 156 million Zambian kwacha or the equivalent of $31,000 and considerably improved their financial stability, the educational prospects of their children and their families’ overall well-being. Initiatives such as this one, which produce sustainable beneficts in the lives of the world’s most vulnerable communities, are NSI’s mission.