JB continues with ‘one goat/cow per poor family’ in Malawi

April 2, 2015 Nyasa Times Reporter 70 Comments

The Joyce Banda Foundation International (JBFI) at the weekend witnessed the transfer of tens of goats from initial beneficiaries to new ones at Kanono Village in Traditional Authority (T/A) Saimoni’s area in Neno district.

One goat per family
One goat per family
Group of women beneficiaries
Group of women beneficiaries
Nhelma - One cow or goat per poor family under Joyce Banda Foundation
Nhelma – One cow or goat per poor family under Joyce Banda Foundation

Under the one goat/cow per family programme, JBFI provides cows and goats to families and that the beneficiary families or groups breed the livestock and pass the offspring on to new beneficiaries as a ‘revolving’ programme.

The initiative is implemented by Market Women’s Activities in Development (MWAI), a branch of the Joyce Banda Foundation International that was started 2010 to empower local Malawian women.

MWAI Women has 400,000 members and empowers women to become financially independent through saving circles, business training, and other empowerment activities.

On March 24, 2014, MWAI women provided over 55 goats to about 60 women in Neno’s T/A Saimoni area. Today, the figure has risen and over 150 women have benefited and many more are slated to benefit from the initiative in the next couple of months.

The event at the weekend was to officially handover the offspring goats to new recipients, according to Rosemary Nhlema, MWAI’s National Chairperson.

Nhlema said that the initiative in Neno followed a request by the women around this area to benefit from the MWAI different initiatives, including the provision of livestock.

“They had heard it from the radio about our existence and empowerment programmes; they immediately took an initiative to contact us for assistance,” Nhlema told journalists in Neno.

She added that it is the wish of the founder of Joyce Banda Foundation International and former Head of State, Joyce Banda that MWAI reaches out to as many women and households as possible so that lives of people, especially women and the youths improve for the better.

MWAI currently has over hundreds of thousands of members countrywide.

Ireen Kamchunjulu, MWAI Regional Coordinator (South) said that the initiative has many economic benefits that the families and women will enjoy.

She cited the milk meat, which she said would improve their protein consumption and that they would also sell some of it for monetary benefit. She also cited manure that would improve their agricultural productive as another important advantage of rearing these goats.

Village Headwoman Kanono thanked JBFI for the initiative, which she said had significantly improved livelihoods of his subjects. She asked JBFI to introduce other initiatives so that many people in her area are economically as well as socially empowered.

JBFI was founded in 1997. The Foundation established the MWAI and Youth Movement in Development (YOMODE) to empower women and the youth, respectively, in markets and in informal trade.

The Joyce Banda Foundation through MWAI provides social support network for local women entrepreneurs; builds capacity of local women in community leadership; provides HIV and AIDS information, counselling and support to women in need; and facilitates and identifies market opportunities for the poor and marginalized women doing business.

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70 replies on “JB continues with ‘one goat/cow per poor family’ in Malawi”

  1. Leaders who are rich because of your taxes and donor money. Being a leader is not about enriching yourself. Its about serving people. Malawi belong the Chewa people

  5. The distriubtion of livestock to poor malawians is good gesture which must be supported. Dont just criticise for the sake of criticising. In Rwanda livestock has enabled rural people move out of poverty and own iron roofed houses. The same can work here. JB mumatha Amai.

  6. Joyce Banda is in class ofher own. She surely can never be compared with anyone on the local scene. Look at bakili he left govt with billions, what has he done so far to benefit pooe populace? Exactly nothing. Bingu left an estate of 70 billion kwacha, what has been to ensure poor people benefit including his neighbours at ndata whp are staying in grass thatched houses. Apm has billions in foreign accounts has he done anything to hwlp the poor? Nothing. His wife getu establsihed beam trust it is not even helping the poor its aim is to clean streets on lilongwe. So looking at all the politicians we have it is crystal clear that JB is standing out. Viva JB Viva.

  12. May the good Lord continue to bless u. You are doing a lot for the betterment for many Malawians. We have seen many initiatives dying after loosing power but u have maintained ur social responsibilty.

  13. IT IS ONLY IDIOTS WHO CAN CRITICIZE THIS GESTURE. THOSE POOR PEOPLE WHO RECEIVE APPRECIATE. ENANU YOU HAVE COMPLETELY NOTHING. WHY ARE YOU BOTHERED?

  17. I think JB is a real passionate leader who tries with whatever little to uplift living standards for the poor. I doubt if Mr clueless knows anything about the povelty levels in this country.

  20. JB is for lifting the standard of living of some of the poorest people on earth who happen to be Malawians, while Mutharika is there to steal more money, more Malawi housing Houses, more land for himself and his cronies. Fact is Malawians are so foolish they can’t discern a good thing from bad.

    1. amenewo nde amai. ena mmalakhula mwamwano. kampeni uja ndikugawa ziweto ndizosiyana. amai ali ndi umunthu wawo momwe anabadwira? koma amalawi sitiyamika. kukomwedwa ndi ma 50 kwacha basi.

  21. Mayi kumbukaniko anthu amuchipani mwako uwapaseko mpamba ayambile business.Why is it that umafuna anthu ena akuwone kuti ndiwe wabwino pamene ana ako amuchipani palibe chomwe ukuwachitila.Zonse unagawa kwa anthu ena.Bolaniko Peteranathokozako anthu omwe ali muchipani mwake koma inu kaya mwatidabwisa.

  22. poyamba inali one cow per family, pano ndi one goat per family kenako one chicken per family, finally, one dog per family,,,,, kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk

  23. THANKS FOR THIS FOUNDATION OTHER FOUNDATIONS WERE STARTED AND DIED A NATURAL DEATH BECAUSE OF NO OR POOR VISION AND WERE BANKING ON GOVT MONEY. BRAVO JB, GOD BLESS YOU.

  25. Blessed is the hand that give cows and goats to the needy,than the one that takes Nac money from the needy.God bless JB.

  27. I agree with #1 Nyonyo that JB was and is not a presidential material but a street vender. That’s where she fits perfectly. Ena a mbwenumbwenu mumalimbananaye munkachita izi chifukwa chosadziwa. By the way, are these guys around, Nzomera Ngwira and Sosten Gwengwe? Please tell me their whereabouts? I also want to donate rock hyrax (mbira) to them.

  31. Akakhale munthu azikauza a Ken Msonda ndi anzake kupita ku South Africa kukachita msonkhano wa chipani cha PP kumeneko m’malo mobwera kuno ku Malawi. Malawian leaders are selfish and they cashgate our taxes. Useless leaders, regardless of genders. How can a president of a poor country like Malawi manage an expensive life in USA with a family of 15 people. This is madness. JB you are mad and you pioneered cashgate in Malawi. You will die a painful death. Watch out.

  33. Musandiseketse inu Amayi. Mufika kenako one chicken per family, kenano one pegion posachedwa. hahahaha

  35. kumayamika pa zabwino zimene munthu akuchita nthawi zina osati kumangokhala ndi negative minds

  37. uzilamulira mbuzi zomwezo mbava iwe….ukagawenso kwa Goliati tidye nawo ndalama zokubazo…..after all nzaboma, nzathu ndalamazo unatibera.

  38. Ngati ndi campaign mayi mukuitha! Osati zomwe akuchita anzanuwa kumangoyenda yavi-yavi opanda agenda yachitukuko mayi a kunyumba atabvala ngati mental patient. Limbikilani ma!

  39. “She cited the milk meat, which she said would improve their protein consumption and that they would also sell some of it for monetary benefit. She also cited manure that would improve their agricultural productive as another important advantage of rearing these goats.

    Village Headwoman Kanono thanked JBFI for the initiative, which she said had significantly improved livelihoods of his subjects. She asked JBFI to introduce other initiatives so that many people in her area are economically as well as socially empowered.”

    Bravo mama JB.

  41. Let her come back and continue what she is good at- Her BF has failed miserably in Nigeria!!

  43. BETTER HELP PIPO THAT WAY UNLIKE MDALA UYU WHO RELIES ON BEN PHIRI TO run THE COUNTRY, USELESS OLD MAN. EVEN HIS FACE SHOWS NO LEADERSHIP SKILLS. KUWINA CHIFUKWA CHA ulomwe kuswana

  45. Kodi munthuyu amakupwetekani eti? Musiye apume inu yendetsani dziko. Mukamufuna munena kuti abwere palibe vuto. Pali ka online news kena amati Malawi voice kali obsessed ndi Joyce kwabasi . Dziwani kuti tsopano mukamalemba zoipa za Joyce adzitchuka kwambiri. Pano pangano zamalata otchipa ndi cement tigule nyumba zathu zinagwa.

  46. Kupereka amapereka Mayi Banda ndi chikhalidwe chomwe Ambuye wathu Yesu mKristu anatiphunzitsa “kupereka kuposa kulandira”.
    Mulungu adalitse JBFI.

  49. As good as some of Joisi Banda’s activities are in helping families. albeit very marginally, nothing will salvage the reputation of her abilities to lead and govern a country. Malawi, specifically.
    The lady is intellectually challenged, especially when it comes to skills or the skill set required for such a big job. Even her smartest advisers spent time, over and over, explaining some principles; but to no avail. She would often go to dark corners, blindly, even when advised not to do so.Better manage an NGO where her views are not challenged. A step up from selling mandazi.
    Cashgate monkey will always be on her back. She and her party, PP, will never get rid of that reputation. She squandered the chance to show her stuff. And Malawians will never let her back in power. No way!

    1. Iwe Nyani wa Manyani or whatever they call you answer this question, somebody who is distributing goats and cows to very poor malawians and somebody who goes to write his name in police cell between the two who csn be called intellectually challenged. Just to remind you that in less than a year of your DPP rule under Peter malawi has managed to beat all the countries in the race tobecome the worlds poorest country.What a big WIN

  50. sustainable development indeed,,osamati ndidzapititsa patsogolo mpira wamapazi-football imeneyo ?

  51. Amayi Tamadyani Money kumeneko kunoko zimene munasiya zija ena apitiliza bwino bwino, Mbuzi ine ndidawetapo zimaswana pafupafupi, koma musamawapatseko a DPP tate wawo alipo apite akapemphe kumeneko, zachamba ayi ndi Mbuzi za amama…. Kk!

  52. The one cow per family programme is a game changer. Not only do rural people own livestock but also they can use them to support their families through milk and meat sales. Joyce Banda has the interest of malawians at heart. She is reaching out to malawians from all walks of life. Keep it up mama.

  55. JB come home and see the situation of our maize fields. The last harvesting year was a year of abundance but now we will die of acute hunger.
    Start distributing food items and not cows or goats as people need maize and been as our usual staple food.

  59. Jb will remain a hero and not zero as others do after descending from the nation driving seat.I always salute the good work done by her

    1. Iwe Nyonyo ukati Amayi u President ayi ndiye oyenera u President ndi ndani? Opanda manokamwayi ndiye ayitu bolanso Amayi.Wamuona dzulo akutsimphina poyendera pelete kkkkkkk koma kumeneko.

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