KOZHIKODE: Uganda is relishing the success mantra of Kudumbashree Mission. The mission had in March imparted a 15-day training to a team from the East African country on poverty eradication through agrarian based micro-enterprises, and they went back and trained their women to start hibiscus wine and juice making, which is now reaping benefits. “They earn approximately 171,000 Ugandan shilling per month now which is equivalent to Indian rupees 3,000. The launching of hibiscus vine is expected to fetch 342,000 shilling to each member per month within six months,” says Kudumbashree executive director S. Harikishore.
In all, 26 Uganda citizens completed training in KILA under National Institute of Agriculture Extension Management, Hyderabad, and US Agency for International Development (USAID). Later, their request for further expertise resulted in four Kudumbashree members led by him visiting Kambala for ten days from November 13. “We emphasised community organisation building through agriculture-based micro-enterprises. Among the 56 persons who underwent training, there were farmers and teachers,” said Amritha G.S., Kudumbashree programme officer who was part of the team.
"There are various Muslim and Christian clans in Uganda, and the entrepreneurial venture has successfully broken their barriers for a common goal." Buoyed by the change the micro-enterprise ushered, a Ugandan minister vowed to make the country as the development training hub of the African subcontinent. The Kudumbashree has offered constant reviewing and keeping abreast with the market movements.
