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Burma
The most affected regions of Burma affected by
the cyclone that struck in May 2008, are situated on the coast. Many people lost
their boats as a means of generating income. There are different prices for
different boats:
• Normal Boat or Sailing Boat - £80
• Machine Boat - £200
• Fishing Net - £200
• Fishing Boat - £300
Somalia
An Income Generating Project has
been initiated in Somalia where a family is given ten goats each,
with which they can generate an income, through the sale of milk, meat and
newborns.
One goat = £25
Ten goats = £250
Palestine
The North Gaza governorate is considered to be one of the most productive
agricultural lands in Palestine. Most of its residents are farmers who depend on
agriculture for their basic source of income. Like other Palestinian
governorates, North Gaza has been exposed to several invasions by the Israeli
forces, which have dug up thousands of dunums of agricultural lands. As a
result, thousands of Palestinian families have lost their basic source of income
and live in poverty and deprivation.
Description of the project:
Due to the aggression, siege and suffering being
experienced by Palestinian families in Gaza, many Palestinian families have lost
their basic source of income and require urgent help and support. Food aid is
temporary and does not solve the problem. The project, therefore, aims to fund
small development projects that contribute to strengthening the steadfastness of
the Palestinian family and reducing the poverty rate by providing them with job
opportunities and a source of income. The project seeks to support poor rural
families by providing 100 permanent job opportunities in the following two ways:
1. Honey bee apiaries projects: Families receive
small apiaries for honey production (each apiary consists of seven hives with
full equipment for the production of honey)
2. Farms for rabbit breeding: Families receive a small rabbit breeding farm
(each farm includes 4 big rabbits in addition to cages and fodder required to
the breeding process)
Farmers of both genders are trained to manage
their project based on its needs, production and marketing, and a comparison of
the economic situation before and after a full productive period will be made.
Even if initially they are limited, such projects are continuous and can be
developed. The proposed apiary, for example, should expand by at least a third
in each productive period (one year), from 7 to 10 to 14 hives and so on.
In order to ensure the success of the project, an
agreement is made with the target group to make best use of the property and not
to sell it. Furthermore, periodic administrative and financial reports and media
documentation of all phases is made.
Apiary
£400 for preparing small apiaries (a place where beehives of honey bees are
kept).
(This includes 7 hives, preservation suit, frames, smoke blower)
Rabbit Farm
£120 for preparing small rabbit farm.
(This includes rabbits (3 female and 1 male), cages, fodder)
Bangladesh
Following on Cyclone Sidr that affected the lives
of thousands of people in South Bangladesh, UWT have initiated various income
generating projects. Following a detailed assessment by UWT Representative
Shaykh Yusuf Shabbir, the following items are being provided depending on the
location of the recipient and after assessing their financial situation:
She Goat - £25
Sewing Machine - £50
Provision of a Cow - £200
Fishing Nets – £350
Providing a Rickshaw Van - £100
India
The state of Bihar is one of the poorest states of India. It is often called
India’s “basket case” or “failed state”. In a ranking of all states, it comes
out at the bottom, or very near the bottom in almost all social and economic
development indicators. Bihar’s record has a major effect on the national record
in poverty alleviation and other indicators, as, with a population of 83
million, Bihar is the third largest state in the country. One-seventh of India’s
below-the-poverty-line (BPL) people live in Bihar.
UWT has initiated Sewing Machine Training Projects in the region for Widows and
Poor Women.
UWT has also initiated Income Generating Projects in the states of Gujarat and
Maharshta. Some poor people have been provided with funds for small business
enterprises with a mutual understanding they will donate a percentage of the
profits to charity. The following projects are available in the region:
Sewing Machine – £70
Auto-Rickshaw – £1600
Loading Rickshaw – £2000
Small Business Enterprise – Minimum Investment will be £3000.
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