Prime Highlights
- CCBRT receives 21.4m/- to expand Mabinti Programme, training 40 vulnerable women in Tanzania.
- Standard Chartered funds vocational training, sewing machines to boost women’s economic independence.
Key Facts
- Six-week training covers crocheting, embroidery, business management, financial literacy for participants.
- Donation marks 20 years of Standard Chartered’s global Employee Volunteering programme.
Background
Comprehensive Community Based Rehabilitation in Tanzania has pulled in more than 21.4 million shillings to grow its Mabinti Programme, which works to lift up vulnerable women through vocational training, entrepreneurship and financial inclusion.
The funding, totalling 21,456,431.52 shillings, will pay for a six-week training programme reaching 40 vulnerable and disadvantaged women, among them women living with disabilities, survivors of obstetric fistula and school dropouts shut out by social and economic exclusion.
Participants will get hands-on lessons in crocheting, embroidery, business management and financial literacy, backed by ongoing entrepreneurship support meant to help them build steady income streams.
The initiative will also cover sewing machines, handing graduates the tools to open their own businesses right after finishing the training.
This round of funding follows earlier support given to the Mabinti Centre during this year’s International Women’s Day celebrations, when volunteers handed over 12 sewing machines and ran financial literacy sessions for participants.
Standard Chartered Tanzania Chief Executive Officer and Head of Coverage Geofrey Mchangila said the contribution shows the bank’s commitment to economic inclusion, arming vulnerable women with practical skills and the resources to build steady livelihoods.
He added that vocational training and entrepreneurship support lift household incomes while feeding into broader social and economic development through self-employment and financial independence.
Mchangila said the partnership shows how private sector teamwork with community organisations can tackle challenges facing marginalised groups.
The donation also lines up with 20 years of the bank’s global Employee Volunteering programme, which pushes staff worldwide to put in time and expertise on community development projects.
