FURSA KIJANI PROGRAM - Tanzania

Quick information guide

Why women empowerment?

Compared to men, Tanzanian women are subjected to various setbacks that affect their ability to conduct development activities perfectly.

Limited access to social justice
Limited access to social services such as education, health and water
Low participation in economic development
Gender based violence incidences such as sexual harassment and domestic violence
Limited access to financial services

Women empowerment actors have put in place women empowerment programmes that include soft and hard skills:

Digital literacy
Financial inclusion
Livelihood skills
Human rights and civil society
Environmental stewardship
Micro enterprise
Women’s health

Women empowerment programmes in Tanzania

Women economic empowerment in Tanzania is vital as more than 50.56% of the population is made of women who are responsible for daily food security and other social economic activities.

It is critical to empower women economically for national economy to grow at a desired pace. Women are often deprived of means of production and this leads to a generalised development issue for the whole country.

Different development actors have taken cognizance of this issue and have set up empowerment programmes.

National Economic Empowerment Council (NEEC)

supports women to access justice in the formal court

Private Agricultural Sector Support (PASS) Trust

PASS empowers business women the agricultural sector

FURSA KIJANI PROGRAM

ABOUT BAREFOOT	Fursa Kijani (Green Opportunity) is a youth empowerment program which aims at training young Zanzibaris with sustainable livelihood skills through the approach of Permaculture (Natural Farming and Regenerative Design). Started in the late 2017, the general objective of this Fursa Kijani youth empowerment program was to increase formal employment and income generating opportunities of female and male youth in the agriculture sector in general and in green jobs in particular. In partnership with Milele Zanzibar Foundation, Practical Permaculture Institute of East Africa offers 2 weeks of practical permaculture training and four months of internship, making youth Zanzibaris, especially female ready for employment as gardeners and farmers, and enabling them to start small entrepreneurship activities in agribusiness. More than 100 youth have been benefited with this program and 30 of them have formal employment while the rest are full entrepreneurs in the green related activities.
List of Services Provided	Natural Farming Technical and Soft skills in agriculture Beekeeping Entrepreneurship
Eligibility criteria	Youth out of school Must be from poverty family Passionate to become entrepreneur in the agriculture business Program duration: the program is 2-week training and 4-month internship
Benefits of the programs	Employability: The program empowering youth on technical and soft skills that enables them to be employed in green jobs opportunities. Multiplier: the program train youth to become good facilitators by training other youth on green related jobs. Eco-preneur: They are training youth to be self-entrepreneurs in agriculture and farming.
Link to critical information	http://www.permaculture-eastafrica.com/zanzibar/projects/fursa-kijani-youth-program/
Public Events	Women Trade exhibitions International Women Day
Contacts Details	Milele Zanzibar Foundation Address: P.O.Box 933 Mbweni, Zanzibar, Tanzania Phone: +255 772 229997 Email: info@mzfn.org Website: www.mzfn.org