WFP Launches Saving Initiative in rural areas

Lawrence Kabutu

ZANIS

The United Nations World Food Programme -WFP- has deployed a Savings mechanism in 16-districts across the country to promote local resource mobilization and investment.

The mechanism dubbed,” Savings for Change “has seen the establishment of Two thousand three hundred Savings Groups.

The Savings Groups are also supported by the Strengthening Climate Resilience of Agricultural Livelihoods in Agro-Ecological Regions I and II in Zambia -SCRALA- Project funded by the Green Climate Fund.

Southern Province Principal Agricultural Officer PAUL NYAMBE says the savings are given as loans to members across the 16 districts.

And Monze District Agricultural Coordinator AUBREY CHANDA has implored the participants to tap in the opportunities to foster development in their areas.

A coalition mobilized by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), involving the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and World Food Programme (WFP) are working to end hunger and poverty in the 16 district project areas.

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