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July 20, 2021 By Anne Marie Gattari For Zawadisha.com In sub-Saharan Africa where poverty rates are among the highest in the world, NGOs and non-profits are working tirelessly to raise women up. They do this not through charity, but through change. The change agent comes in the form of small household loans. These no-collateral, low-interest micro-loans are used to purchase safe and eco-friendly appliances and home repair equipment to help make the women’s daily lives healthier and more efficient. The…

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September 03, 2021 By Anne Marie Gattari For Zawadisha.com In July, Zawadisha did something that no one expected. We opened a retail shop in the available space adjacent to our office in Maungu, located on the main dirt road that is the artery into all of the villages that pepper Taita Taveta County. In a matter of days, the team cleaned, painted and stocked the shelves. Flyers circulated among the surrounding villages, and on the morning of the first day a…

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November 16, 2021 By Anne Marie Gattari Zawadisha.com It’s a rare and wonderful thing when a mother in Maungu, Kenya, can send her child to school. It’s even rarer and equally wonderful when she can go herself. As an employee of Zawadisha for the past five years, Margaret Mtuku has had the means to do exactly that. She is continuing her studies in accounting and computer science, and her five-year-old son attends a private elementary school. “In Kenya, education is a must,”…

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