To celebrate International Women’s Day #iwd2014, Tanya, Annie and Penny from Team Honk are in Tanzania finding out how donations to Sport Relief last year have created female entrepreneurs and #lastingchange for women, their families and communities and beyond – rippling out #lastingchange in Africa.
This is Joyce – Through mentoring and training the Gatsby Trust have helped Joyce expand her poultry business from just a few chicks to now having 300. She has also now built an extension to house another 400 which should be arriving next week. The training that Joyce has received has enabled her to make her own feed, thereby saving her money, and also to ensure the feed is healthy. It has also taught her to recognise signs of disease in her chicks to such an extend that she now has a completely healthy clutch. Other poultry keepers in her area now phone her for advice and training. The network of women is now in a much more powerful position to broker deals to sell to supermarkets as they can promise supply, which Joyce couldn’t do on her own. Joyce is supporting her family and is able to pay for her son to attend a boarding school.
How can you help?
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DONATE You can help create #lastingchange by sponsoring #teamhonkrelay for Sport Relief – you can see my effort here.
GET INVOLVED Join up for your local Sport Relief event here.
Thanks for helping to create #lastingchange
Thanks for posting! Those chicks were bonkers! Face planting the feed bowls and bouncing off each other – very funny to see x
That’s a fabulous story. Amazing to keep so many chicks and to be so skilled in caring for them.
Joyce is obviously a very busy lady! Definitely inspirational. Lovely to hear these stories back x
Reading the digital postcard posts gives me goosebumps their stories are so moving and full of hope! It is such a good cause and is making a #lastingchange
Great story! Happy Womens Day to all wonderfull ladies out there!
Joyce is such an inspiration.
Go go team honk well done
Well done – truly inspirational
It’s great to see where the money goes to and how it really helps others!
I’ve tweeted too xx
What a fantastic postcard! Well done team honk! X
What a wonderful programme to empower women x
It’s great to see how the scheme and this mentoring has helped to change lives in a really practical and long lasting way
I am in awe of Team Honk, well done all involved x
All such fab and inspiring story’s .x
These stories are so inspiring – thanks for sharing this one x
such inspiring stories, thanks for sharing x
So inspiring, and what a wonderful opportunity for #TeamHonk members!
Fabulous to see how the money helps . Great work Team Honk!
Fab postcard. Thanks for posting Team Honk Rock
It really is lovely to see where and how this money goes to and supports other people! Lovely post! 🙂 xx
Great post and such a great cause
Another great postcard raising awareness of #lastingchange – thanks for sharing