MATSANJENI – The ten members of the Matsanjeni-based Sesikhulile Multipurpose Cooperative share about E80,000. This is from the revenue the get from selling their produce to locals and commercial clients like NAMBOARD.
This was revealed in a media update from World Vision Eswatini. The update further reveals “Sesikhulile Multipurpose had a vision, which was to find ways in which they could curb unemployment in their community. After assenting to establishing a garden, the group of 10 members then approached World Vision Eswatini in 2019 for help. The humanitarian organisation donated fencing, seedlings (including nursery equipment) and irrigation systems, enabling the group to start officially producing vegetables (tomatoes, green mealies, etc) and fruits in 2021.”
Lindiwe Dlamini, a member of Sesikhulile Multipurpose in Matsanjeni sings praises for what the project has done for her livelihood. “I pay my children’s school fees, including my relatives’. I buy them clothes and I have even installed an electric stove through the returns I get from this garden. This garden is life!” Dlamini says.
