Swaziland
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Community partnerships have been launched in the Mhlosheni, Mpolonjeni, and Maphalaleni communities. Each partnership addresses a community’s specific need, such as food insecurity, poor water supplies, financial insecurity, inadequate health care, gender issues, and the environment. These partnerships are designed to mobilize donors and local churches in projects that support communities severely impoverished and affected by the AIDS crisis. In the Maphalaleni project, program leaders seek to increase food security by providing families with chickens, rabbits, and goats, training on vegetable and fruit production, and strategies to bolster agricultural productivity. Three hundred households and 1,200 children will benefit from this project. Other activities include:
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Mpolonjeni Water System and Sanitation Project: This effort seeks to install a piped water system to increase the number of safe water sources in the area, where 97 percent of households have no access to drinking water. The goal is to work with the Swaziland Water Corporation and the local government to install the system that will affect 10 communities and 23,000 people.
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Swaziland Micro Finance Enterprise (SMFE): The SMFE is helping willing entrepreneurs lift themselves from a cycle of poverty. SMFE has boosted household assets for 70 percent of families, established 125 community banks and 900 savings groups, and given 2,500 clients business loans and training.
