Sustainable Livelihoods - Overcoming Poverty

by SwazilandFairTrade
Sustainable Livelihoods - Overcoming Poverty
Sustainable Livelihoods - Overcoming Poverty
Sustainable Livelihoods - Overcoming Poverty
Sustainable Livelihoods - Overcoming Poverty
Sustainable Livelihoods - Overcoming Poverty
Sustainable Livelihoods - Overcoming Poverty
Sustainable Livelihoods - Overcoming Poverty
Sustainable Livelihoods - Overcoming Poverty
Sustainable Livelihoods - Overcoming Poverty
Sustainable Livelihoods - Overcoming Poverty
Sustainable Livelihoods - Overcoming Poverty
Sustainable Livelihoods - Overcoming Poverty

Project Report | Oct 13, 2020
Covid 19 Efforts and News from Eswatini

By Julie Nixon | Country Director

Rural Artisan Development
Rural Artisan Development

Thank you to all donors who are helping u to overcome poverty in Eswatini, we cannot express our gratitude enough to you all, bless you. Covid 19 has made our work even harder, as it has for billions around the globe. Sales which are the live blood for artisans out in the field are non-existent due to the lack of tourists visiting our country. Tens of thousands of people are now laid off from work. On the positive side we have only 345 active cases and, bless them, 113 deaths. So we are also sending our gratitude to our government, the medical mission and doctors form Taiwan who have bene here on the ground saving lives and to all the people of Eswatini for wearing masks, social distancing and taking this pandemic seriously to save lives. With one of the world’s most vulnerable populations due to tuberculosis and HIV the priority has keeping people healthy but poverty is just as deadly. Now we are working on projects to kick start our small enterprises and find innovative ways to find sales. We will keep

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Location: Mbabane - Eswatini
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