LAMGABHI:MTN Eswatini’s three hundred thousand Rands(R300,000.00) sponsorship to One Billion Rising is empowering women in the rural areas.
One Billion Rising is an organization that advocates for women’s rights and fighting against Gender Based Violence(GBV), the organization received a sponsorship from MTN to implement a financial women empowerment program in the rural areas by assisting women to start small businesses.
This comes after a research uncovered that, the lack of financial independence among women, remains one of the major causes of GBV.
Make Sizakele Mazibuko of Nhlulwini under LaMgabhi thanked MTN Eswatini and One Billion Rising for the sponsorship.
“Natsi sesitawukwati kutsi yeBabe nayi-mali ngeta semende sibhadze nayindlu(meaning: we will now be able to financially contribute in our family and assist our husband even when building houses),” she said
MTN Eswatini’s R300,000.00 sponsorship to One Billion Rising empowering women in rural areas, Make Sizakele Mazibuko of LaMgabhi says “natsi sesitawukwati kutsi yeBabe nayi-mali ngenta semende sibhadze nayindlu”.