Marketing of local Products from the Lubombo Mountains
Strengthening a network of associations for the production and marketing of quality local products
In the Lubombo Mountains in the far east of Swaziland, drought, remoteness and poverty are key problems for the local population. The Non-Governmental Organization COSPE is active in this area for many years and thanks to its assistance, access to water, local markets and schools has improved. COSPE promotes environmentally sound agriculture which is taken up with much enthusiasm by the local population.
The current project is supported by sahee. It aims at strengthening the capacities of beneficiaries on all levels from production over processing to administration and marketing. People in the Lubombo Mountains have started to produce handicraft-artefacts as well as honey and jam of different fruits. They now acquire the knowledge how to organize their production and how to market their products. COSPE will train them in all necessary fields. In one to two years the local association of producers shall be able to work independently and to have developed from an aid-recipient to a local partner. Thanks to a good network with fair-trade organizations in Italy, COSPE is able to grant the producers access to a good international market.
Project site
Lubombo Mountains (Map)
Beneficiaries
More than 200 women and 50 men, including their families.
Project costs and assistance by sahee
The entire project costs are CHF 70’000.–, whereas sahee takes over CHF 29’000.–.
CHF 29.000.- project support; contact with COSPE in Swaziland and Italy, visits at the site, regular feedbacks on the reports.
Duration of assistance
1st of January 2008 to 31st of March 2010
Local counterpart
COSPE
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