Data from the Ministry of Gender indicates that there are more than 5 000 PWD in the in Mzuzu City, in Mzimba District. For over six months, a small community organization Mzuzu Disability organization was closed due to failure to pay rent and its members were forced to be begging in the streets of Mzuzu City. Purple Innovation with funding from United States Agency for International Development (USAID) through World Connect came in to assist the 70 women with disabilities from the community organization Mzuzu Disability Organization to gain a workspace, economic and social transformation through entrepreneurship training. The Project is aimed at providing capital for the women in their carpet-making, knitting and sewing. The programme is also rehabilitating a centre for the women to be utilized as a workspace and office for producing the carpets. In the Project, Purple Innovation is training the women in social media marketing and development entrepreneurship. The Tiwale Creative Women with Disability Project which Purple Innovation is implementing with the local community is funded by the United States Agency for International Development through World Connect.
Tiwale Creative Women with Disability Project
Disability is not inability. From production and sale of branded school jerseys to nurses uniforms and carpets, women with various disability in Mzuzu are enjoying improved livelihoods.
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ABOUT THIS PROJECT
PROJECT STATS
Current phase of development Stage 5: Market Growth
Expected location of implementation Africa
Implemented in Malawi
Funding $ 5900
https://purpleinnovation.org/
Patricia Mtungila, pattymtungila@gmail.com,
HOW CAN OTHER MEMBERS HELP YOU?
- Connecting resources
- Emergency assistance
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WHAT EVIDENCE DO YOU HAVE THAT YOUR PROJECT WORKS?
The quality of the products made by the women after the training indicate that the women have gained valuable skills. In addition, the financial returns under the Project are a positive indicator as now the women are earn money from sell of products such as school jerseys and the proceeds are directed towards payment of the women and to the purchase of new materials. That some of these women were gathered from begging in the streets and are now able to meet at a decent workplace and acquire new skills
DO YOU HAVE CURRENT USERS OR TESTERS?
Between February and March the women produced over 150 school and nurses' jerseys which were to Mary Mount and St John John's generating an income of about $500