Samony Heliculture initiative scheme
Snail farming in Nigeria is a trending and lucrative agricultural business one can venture into due to its low capital intensity
- Low Capital Intensity
- Trending & Lucrative Business
Encouraging widows’ entrepreneurs is vital for economic growth as their participation has a direct bearing on improving the standard of living, helps in job creation and allows them more social independence that bring about better outcomes at the community level. In Nigeria, it is usually traumatic when a woman loses her husband. In certain ethnic groups in Nigeria, the plight that befalls widows is usually a tale of woe, from the psychological and financial challenges to the burden of raising their children alone. There are also cultural demands of widowhood that vary with varying cultural norms and practices. As succinctly highlighted by a 2011 UN resolution, widows are constantly faced with a myriad of economic, social and cultural factors, including lack of access to inheritance, land tenure, employment and/or livelihood, social safety nets, health care, and education. This project aimed at, providing business management skills and equipment support to widows in Southeast with the objective of improving their financial sustainability and livelihood. Majority of widows are not financially buoyant to start this heliciculture business due to financial constraints. So, by getting support from this project, they will earn more for their families. Thus, their poverty will be reduced and they can become empowered.
Snail farming in Nigeria is a trending and lucrative agricultural business one can venture into due to its low capital intensity and presently, is providing one of the finest opportunities to make money within a short period of time. Empowering widows into Snail farming will help the trained widows to continue their livelihood in the long run. If these trained widows can earn money from this business, their poverty will be reduced and they will be treated as valued members in their families and society. Instead of staying idle and becoming sex trafficking because of their situations. They will be earning money. Their children would continue their study and they contribute to economic growth.
Widows are strong human beings. Speaking from my personal experience, I have seen many widows fighting for their rights and for their way of life. They bore children and they raise them on their own. They face the scorn of society and still find the strength to go on every day all on their own. Educating a widow is giving her the power to affect change, maybe on a small scale, but she will be able to do it. Education and giving the power of knowledge to a woman is not only beneficial to society, it is in turn responsible for the positive effect on the generations to come.
As an advocate for empowering widows, I find knowledge to be a vital key that can change our society and give widows their much-need place and acceptance in the society. Window’s empowerment is a must when the question of national economic stability arises. It is required to drive away poverty and establish widow’s position at home and in the society. Unfortunately, many widows are the worst sufferer in this prospect, most of them go about begging to support their family. They are not given priority in family decision-making for their poor income. Self-income generating activities can tackle this problem. A widow entrepreneur is therefore a confident, creative and innovative woman desiring economic independence individually and simultaneously creating employment.
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