Partner: Norwegian Society for International Development
Country: Tanzania
Project period: July 2015 – September 2017
In 2017, there were at least 230,000 street food vendors in Dar es Salaam accounting for 70% of the total calorie intake of low-income groups. IMED Foundation implemented an innovative project to empower women street food vendors in Dar es Salaam to graduate to more decent and sustainable economic activities. The project sought to improve working conditions and hygiene, substitute charcoal with cleaner and cheaper briquettes, and build entrepreneurial and technical competencies. It contributed to decent work, energy access, and environmental protection and economic empowerment of female entrepreneurs and made policy proposals for the local governments for waste management and empowerment. By the end of the project in September 2017, over 500 food vendors had adopted briquettes, and 6 briquette selling centers had been established, mostly by food vendors themselves, close to the food vending stations, and 15 were making briquettes for own use or sale
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