Anuradha Pooran, Mauritius, Local Economic Development - Summit 2012

South AfricaLOCAL GOVERNMENT AND GENDER JUSTICE

SUMMIT AND AWARDSDATE 23 -25 April 2012

Johanesburg“365 DAYS OF LOCAL ACTION TO END VIOLENCE AND

EMPOWER WOMEN”

Cultivation and Propagation of Medicinal plants – Income Generating project

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Association Pour L’Education Des Enfants

Defavorisés (APEDED)We operate in the field of poverty alleviation .

Provide education and basic needs of life to underprivileged children as fromPre-PrimaryPrimarySecondary –TertiarySchool Drop out

Women empowerment

Resources : Donors , CSR & Fund Raising activitiesCultivation and Propagation of Medicinal plants – Income Generating project

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HOW DID YOU GO ABOUT IDENTIFYING THIS PROBLEM?

• Consultant for 15 yrs in a textile company which employed mostly women.

After the closure of all these factories , women were left without job and without an income.

Due to their advanced age and illiteracy, they could not find other job.

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Cultivation and Propagation of

Medicinal plants – Income Generating

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HOW DID YOU GO ABOUT IDENTIFYING THIS PROBLEM?• Moreover, with the closure of

sugar industries, men also lost their job.

• Life became very hard for them , situation at home were worsening

• Women were victims of violence and some forced to prostitution

• Following the above problem children were not attending schools.

Cultivation and Propagation of Medicinal plants –Income Generating project

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IS THIS ISSUE IMPORTANT?

PROJECT TITLE : Propagation and Cultivation of medicinal plants – Income generating project for 20

vulnerable women

• Incoming generating

project for 20 women

• Help to contribute in household expenses & education

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IS THIS ISSUE IMPORTANT?

• Revive the use of medicinal plants and motivate people to use traditional medicines for relief of certain illnesses

• Individual becoming more health conscious and seem to be increasingly aware of the beneficial effects of medicinal plants.

• Interest of other parents - the setting up of medicinal corners in their own gardens

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HOW ARE YOU GOING ABOUT ADDRESSING THI S PROBLEM?

• Useful information were gathered from the elderly in the village on medicinal plant .

• Women were trained in the understanding, cultivating and caring of the medicinal plants in a small nursery that was set up on the roof of the APEDED center .

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• Medicinal plants are potted and sold in .

• They also sell seedlings and baby plants as well.

• They were provided training in picking and dehydration techniques as well as packaging and marketing.

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• “Secret Grand-Mère”, (Grandma’ Secret) - 16 herbal teas / tisanes prepared from medicinal plants.

• Apart from medicinal plants and herbal teas, through this project these women have been empowered in several ways of socialisation such as marketing and addressing the media.

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WHAT IS THE TIME-FRAME FOR THE PROJECT?

• Funding was received for only 12 month , starting Feb 2006 – Jan 2007

• It has become an income generating and as long as the women are motivated the project will continue

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WHO IS THE KEY TARGET? WHO IS INVOLVED? ARE WOMEN AND MEN EQUALLY INVOLVED?

Direct beneficiaries:

• The women

• Children

• The members of the family

• The society at large

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PARTNERSHIPS FORMED THROUGH THE PROJECT

FINANCIAL SUPPORT:

• UNDP- co-financed by the British High Commission – European Union

IN KIND SUPPORT

• Technical support from the Agricultural Research and Extension Unit of the Ministry of Agro-Industry

• Small and Medium Enterprise development

• Enterprise Mauritius.

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RESOURCEFULNESS: WHAT FINANCIAL, HUMAN AND OTHER RESOURCES WERE MOBILISED?

• With the financial support of Global Environment Facility Small Grants Programme implemented by the United Nations Development Programme for setting of the green house.

• Financial support from the British High Commission in Mauritius , for purchase of machinery (dehydrator) and packaging equipments.

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• Financial support from the European Union has financed - provision of a transport facility for sales and delivery.

• Financial input from APEDED – packaging pouches.P

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GEF / SGP -UNDP $25,397.49

British High Commission $4,117.26

APEDED $3,401.47

EU 16300

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CREATIVITY: ARE YOU USING ARTS, CULTURE, MEDIA AND SOCIAL MEDIA TO POPULARISE THE

ISSUES?

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CREATIVITY: ARE YOU USING ARTS, CULTURE, MEDIA AND SOCIAL MEDIA TO POPULARISE THE ISSUES?

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MONITORING AND EVALUATION

• Several meetings are held with these women

• The projects of APEDED follow an action plan with KPIs as per the requirement of the funding agencies who also ask for formative evaluation reports. P

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MONITORING AND EVALUATION

• APEDED works in close collaboration with the stakeholders involved in its projects.

• Evaluation is ongoing

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WHAT RESULTS HAVE BEEN ACHIEVED?

SOCIO ECONOMIC RESULTS:

• 60 needy children at pre primary level having access to education every year.

• 30 slow learners are receiving remedial lessons .

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SOCIO ECONOMIC RESULTS:

• 20 School drop out are being empowered through Art & Culture classes.

• 6 youngsters are having access to tertiary education.P

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SOCIO ECONOMIC RESULTS (CONTD):

• 20 women in the region of Chemin Grenier with a skill to generate an income regularly.

BUY BACK LEAVES

• 16 men and 12 women from different regions of Mauritius are having an income indirectly through this project from our “Buy back leaves”system.

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ENVIRONMENTAL RESULTS:

• 34 Species of endemic medicinal plants are being protected and propagated.

• Through our sensitisation campaign on “Cultivation and Propagation of medicinal plants”, 1,256 families from different regions have now a medicinal plant corner in either their garden or in their terrace. They are cultivating a minimum of 10 varieties of medicinal plants. Around 30 hectares of land are under sustainable farming.

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IMPACT (BASED ON THE SADC PROTOCOL TARGETS)

• Women Empowerment / Capacity Building

• Women are participating in the economic growth

• Decrease in Domestic Violence

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SUSTAINABILITY AND REPLICATION

• It is an income generating project

• A nursery to multiply baby plants - 34 varieties of medicinal plants and sold to people

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• 28 people are cultivating different varieties of medicinal plants which leaves they are selling back to us for the preparation of herbal teas.

• More people are invited to join in.P

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SUSTAINABILITY AND REPLICATIONBUY BACK LEAVES

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PRODUCTIVITY:

• Production of 4000 packets of herbal tea / month

• Turnover of $6,700 (fiscal) per mth.

• Dividend of $250 / mth x 20 ladies.

International buyers

• A Women organisation in China namely the Wang Liru from Guang Hui Culture Communication Company,the African Cultural Museum in Yiwu International Trade Mart is actually exporting tisanes from us.

• Reunion island - a lady namely Mrs Miguy Bavol Seraphin is our representative and sole distributor of tisanes all around Reunion island

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SUSTAINABILITY AND REPLICATIONEFFECTIVENESS

• With good leadership

• Committed people

the project which has started in 2006 in still on-going and has a multiplying effect.

• Diversification

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LESSONS LEARNED

• When you create a trusting environment for women and work on their self confidence, even the weakest can do many things especially in a group.

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LESSONS LEARNED

• That when you create a trusting environment for women and work on their self confidence, even the weakest can do many things especially in a group.

• That the method of working must be WITH them, as part of them

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LESSONS LEARNED

• That when you create a trusting environment for women and work on their self confidence, even the weakest can do many things especially in a group.

• That the method of working must be WITH them, as part of them

• That including men in the process adds to the realistic dimension of a project and gives the project more chance of being a success

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Good Governance, Transparency, Motivation and Team spirit are

the key to success

THANK YOU

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ANY QUESTIONS?

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Anuradha Pooran, Mauritius, Local Economic Development - Summit 2012

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