France unveils agro-based girls empowerment project
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France unveils agro-based girls empowerment project
THE French embassy is preparing to finance an ambitious two year project dubbed ‘Girls Empowerment Through Agro-Ecology and Permaculture (GAPE) worth over 1.6bn/- ($720,000) to be implemented in Dodoma, Tabora and Zanzibar.
French ambassador to Tanzania Frederic Clavier briefs journalists on a two - year project which aims at promote and empower young women through organic agriculture in Dar es Salaam yesterday. Photo: Guardian Photographer
The two-year project aiming at promoting young women’s empowerment through organic agriculture will benefit 2,000 selected individuals, 90 percent of them expected to be women.