Ā Betty Chilondeās path to success took various twists and turns, but it started when she was a little girl. āIām the second-last born in a family of ten children. My parents had a lot of dependants besides us, sometimes it was difficult to stand out as an individual. It wasnāt easy to express myself,
Leah Diana Mutebi: Founder, Butterfly Initiative- Zambia. Ā She was privileged to have attended nursery school in the early 80s, at a time when most Zambian children her age would stay at home. With a public library near her parentsā home in Lusakaās Chilenje South township, Leah Diana Mutebi was pushed to learn
Ā Eva Kapinga is a social entrepreneur who is passionate about assisting rural women access funding and skills to grow their business and realise sustainability. This idea grew on Eva in 2016 when she attended a Village Community Banking (VICOBA) seminar in 2016. During this seminar she learnt about the Mata Masu Dubara (MMD) project
āIf you know your passion, and you are determined to reach your dream, then work hard, stay focused and nothing will be impossible in your journey of successā ā Jacqueline Baruti Ā Ā Jacqueline Baruti has been running her furniture business for over five years. She is a beneficiary of the GraƧa Machel Trustās Women
Ā Beatrice Kajiru Matau is a Tanzania business woman who is making headway in the transport and logistics sector in east and southern Africa.Ā Brought up by a determined and entrepreneurial single parent who owned a retail shop and bred poultry, inspired her from an early age. At home when Beatrice, the youngest of five children,
The Trust supports and mobilises civil society networks on issues of ending child marriage, ending violence against children, ending female genital mutilation and promoting childrenās rights, to carry out advocacy and action across Africa. Special focus is placed on Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania and Zambia where child marriage continues to be a problem largely driven by poverty, gender inequality, harmful traditional practices, conflict, low levels of literacy, limited opportunities for girls and weak or non-existent protective and preventive legal frameworks.
Education is a fundamental right for all children, which is also a vehicle for social, economic and political transformation in communities, countries and the African continent at large. Recent studies indicate a lack of progress in some of the critical commitments aimed at improving education quality, access, retention and achievement, particularly for girls. In most African countries, girls may face barriers to learning, especially when they reach post-primary levels of education. By implementing multi-dimensional approaches to education which includes core education, personal development, life skills and economic competencies, the Trust partners with funding partners, governments, civil societies and the private sector to improve education access.
The Nutrition and Reproductive, Maternal, New-born, Child and Adolescent Health and Nutrition, (RMNCAH+N) of the Childrenās Rights and Development Programme aims at promoting the Global Strategy for women, children and adolescentsā health within the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) agenda. The strategy emphasises on the importance of effective country leadership as a common factor across countries making progress in improving the health of women, children and adolescents.
Through its Early Childhood Development (ECD) plan, The Trust will seek to put into action the new science and evidence Report that was presented by Lancet Series on Good and early development – the right of every child. This will be achieved by mobilising like-minded partners to contribute in the new science and evidence to reach all young children with ECD. The Trustās goal is to be a catalyst for doing things differently, in particular, to rid fragmentation and lack of coordination across ECD sectors. In response to evidence showing the importance of political will in turning the tide against the current poor access and quality of ECD. Even before conception, starting with a motherās health and social economic conditions, the early years of a childās life form a fundamental foundation that determines whether a child will survive and thrive optimally.