Ondjiva – The German international organisation “Bread for the World”, spent 460, 000 euros on the project called “Building the resilience of communities”, in the southern Cunene province.
The one-and-a-half year project will be implemented by the Lutheran World Federation (LWF).
It is expected to benefit 16,000 people in the municipalities of Cuanhama, Ombadja, Namacunde, Cahama and Cuvelai (Cunene province),
The national coordinator of the Lutheran World Federation, Adão Mateus, told Angop that the project is divided into three different components.
“The first component consists of empowering communities to be resilient to drought, the second supporting women with microcredit for agriculture, manufacture of soap, raising small animals and building cisterns on the sidewalk,” he said.
Adão Mateus explained that the project will be launched in the next few days, in Ondjiva city, aimed at benefiting the most needy communities.
The Lutheran World Federation is a supranational entity which bring together several churches of Lutheran affiliation from around the world.
