{"cache_age":"3600","width":"920","description":"Life in Gombe for women with no employment is very hard. Desert encroachment has made agriculture unprofitable. Lack of ponds makes dry season farming impossible. With high unemployment among the men, women have to find means of  family upkeep. Our skills training is designed to give women and girls the opportunity to start a business. We train them; provide them with material as grants to start-up their crochet business; and l help them to market their products.","html":"<iframe src='https:\/\/www.globalgiving.org\/dy\/v2\/oembed\/?format=html&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.globalgiving.org%2Fprojects%2Fhelp-250-women-start-a-crochet-business%2F' style='width:920px;height:613px;border:0;'><\/iframe>","type":"rich","title":"Help 250 Women to start a crochet business on GlobalGiving","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/www.globalgiving.org\/pfil\/36079\/pict_large.jpg","version":"1.0","height":"613"}