{"id":17436,"date":"2020-08-14T14:23:57","date_gmt":"2020-08-14T13:23:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/selfhelpafrica.org\/ie\/?p=17436"},"modified":"2020-08-14T15:17:04","modified_gmt":"2020-08-14T14:17:04","slug":"a-journey-to-self-reliance-for-lilian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/selfhelpafrica.org\/ie\/a-journey-to-self-reliance-for-lilian\/","title":{"rendered":"A journey to self-reliance for Lilian"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lilian Simkhonde grew up believing that a woman ought to be cared for and provided for. \u201cI was made to always think that I could depend on my husband for everything I need.\u201d <\/p><p>However,\nafter her own journey to self-reliance, that\u2019s no longer the case for Lilian. <\/p><p>Her\nthinking changed in 2018 when, as part of&nbsp;\nSelf Help Africa\u2019s KULIMA BETTER programme, Lilian joined the Tutulane\n(which translates to \u2018let\u2019s help each other\u2019) farmer field school, where she\nlearned about new farming technologies.<\/p><p>Lilian\nalso joined the Jimbilira (\u2018stand firmly\u2019) Village Savings and Loans\ncooperative \u2013 using her loan to buy fertiliser. With profits from her increased\nharvest, Lilian has bought a goat, as well as small livestock such as chicken\nand guinea fowl. She also has a vegetable garden, selling some of her produce\nto her neighbours. <\/p><p>\u201cMy\nwhole family is in good health. We eat what we want, because we can afford to\nhave all the food groups. It was not like this before the project\u201d says Lilian,\nsmiling. <\/p><p>Her\nadvice to other women farmers? \u201cYou can empower yourself and become\nself-reliant. Do not just depend on men. When you are economically independent,\nyou can survive in all circumstances.\u201d<\/p><p>In<a href=\"https:\/\/selfhelpafrica.org\/ie\/malawi\/\"> Malawi<\/a>, women make up 70% of the agricultural labour force. But traditionally, women have not had the same and control over productive resources, and financial assets compared to men. <\/p><p>The\nKULIMA BETTER project is working to change this \u2013 so that all people enjoy the\nsame rights, resources and opportunities. This approach includes improved\ncollaboration, work sharing on care and economic tasks, and equitable decision\nmaking at household level. <\/p><p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There has been a four-fold increase in the number of households in Burkina Faso who are coping with the effects of extreme weather conditions.<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/selfhelpafrica.org\/ie\/a-journey-to-self-reliance-for-lilian\/\"> Read More<\/a>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":17440,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[659,700,685,677,637],"tags":[983,224,110,433,981,211,141,230],"class_list":["post-17436","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-agriculture-nutrition","category-featured","category-gender","category-malawi","category-news","tag-better","tag-food","tag-gender","tag-gender-equality","tag-kulima","tag-malawi","tag-nutrition","tag-women"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.4 (Yoast SEO v25.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>A Journey To Gender Equality and Self Reliance For Lilian<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Lilian from Malawi grew up believing that a woman ought to be cared for and provided for. 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