PAMOJA

We have previously mentioned that the management of the local organisation has gradually passed to the Tanzanians themselves. You can really see them grow into their responsibilities, and it represents a steady, stable step forward.

This has given the Swedish side of CCY more room to develop the organisation in new directions. We have long lived by the principle of helping people toward self-sufficiency – never simply handing out money or daily meals, but instead working toward long-term, sustainable plans.

Now we are investing a little more and a little bigger – we are investing in development!

With the help of seamstress Inez and her partners in a small sewing studio in Mafinga, we will begin producing bags, toiletry bags, and other items in traditional Tanzanian kitenge fabric for our webshop.

In four villages across the district, women weave baskets from milulu grass. The income covers expenses beyond daily needs – one woman is saving to send her eldest daughter to university, another needs money for basics like soap, salt, and oil after the harvest.

We are right at the start of this exciting project, which will be called PAMOJA – together in Swahili. Because together we are strong, together we can create change and make the world a better place. Each with our own unique contribution to the whole.