Department of community services to empower underprivileged in Mungwi

The Department of Community Development in Mungwi has embarked on an ambitious programme aimed at economically empowering the underprivileged.

District Community Development Officer Martin Mwansa disclosed that twenty piglets would be distributed to vulnerable but viable households in Mungwi district through the “Alternative Livelihood” (ALI) component under the Food Security Pack programme (FSPP).

Mr. Mwansa said this in an interview with the National Agriculture Information Services (NAIS) in Mungwi yesterday.

He said twenty weaners which will soon attain puberty are today expected to be distributed to selected households of Ngoli.
He said once the pigs multiply, the successive recipients will pass on one piglet to other beneficiaries as one way to improve their livelihood and increase income at household levels.

Mr. Mwansa said the alternative livelihood programme being implemented in collaboration with the department of agriculture will roll out to other parts of Mungwi.

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