I am in
Swaziland for three months study internship program in Vusumnotfo, located at
Ngonini in Piggs Peak, Hhohho region.
Vusumnotfo
by name itself ‘to restart the economy’ is a Swazi community based development organization,
which serves nearly 50,000 people living in the northern Hhohho region of
Swaziland, comprising the eighteen chiefdoms.
Vusumnotfo was
started in 1995 in response to the 1991/92 droughts; the Swaziland National
Disaster Task Force coordinated the distribution of food and water through
various NGOs. The Near East Foundation (NEF), which was overseeing a beekeeping
project under the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperative (MOAC), was assigned
the area that eventually became the Vusumnotfo area of operation. The vision of
the organization is to envisage a community empowered and willing to improve
social and economic conditions at economic level. It aims to build individual
and organizational capacity so that communities can effectively identify and
pursue their development objectives.
Currently,
Vusumnotfo has three programs:
- Homestead Development
- Civil Society and Social Development Program
- Early Childhood Care Development Program
Also, HIV
issues are mainstreamed throughout all Vusumnotfo programs, like, Prevention,
Mitigation, Support and Research.
It operates
at Governance level, Traditional Leader level and Social Partner level.
(Information
source: Vusumnotfo, Piggs Peak)
Know more
about Vusumnotfo projects and donate through
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| Economical |
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| Library under construction |
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| Vusumnotfo Volunteers |
I like those volunteers! :D
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