More women benefit from project
More than 3000 women in Zambia have benefited from the Micro-finance Poverty Reduction Project, MPRP.Chief Executive officer, Grace Nkhuwa, says the project which had initially targeted 2,400 poor women managed to reachout to 3,309 at the end of July 2008.
Mrs Nkhuwa said during a press briefing in Lusaka that there is need for serious measures to address issues related to poverty.
MPRP is a pilot collaboration between the governments of the republic of Zambia, Japan, united nations development programme, United Nations Volunteers, and the Grameen Trust.
The project was designed in line with the Millennium Development Goals (MDGS).
Poverty levels, especially in rural areas, are said to be high in Zambia.
