Our Projects
At TWASE Women Development Trust, we implement community-led programs that empower women, strengthen families, improve livelihoods, and promote sustainable development. Our integrated approach addresses economic empowerment, health, Human Rights, environmental conservation, education, and climate resilience, Water & Sanitation , enabling communities to build a more secure and prosperous future.
Micro-finance (Savings and Credit)
Access to affordable financial services is essential for breaking the cycle of poverty. Through our Microfinance (Savings and Credit) program, women are organized into savings groups where they regularly save money, access affordable loans, and build financial resilience.
The program enables members to start or expand small businesses, invest in agriculture, pay school fees, meet healthcare expenses, and respond to emergencies without relying on expensive informal lenders. We also provide financial literacy training covering budgeting, business planning, record keeping, and responsible borrowing, empowering women to make informed financial decisions and achieve long-term economic independence.
Organic Agriculture
We promote organic agriculture as a sustainable way to improve food security, household nutrition, and family incomes while protecting the environment. Farmers receive practical training in organic farming methods, compost preparation, soil fertility management, integrated pest control, water conservation, and climate-smart farming techniques.
By reducing dependence on expensive chemical inputs, families are able to lower production costs, improve crop yields, produce healthier food, and preserve soil fertility for future generations.
Boer Goat Rearing
Livestock farming offers an excellent opportunity for rural households to diversify their sources of income. Our Boer Goat Rearing project equips women and vulnerable families with quality breeding goats, practical husbandry skills, veterinary care knowledge, and breeding management techniques.
Goats provide income through the sale of breeding stock and meat, while also contributing manure for crop production. This project strengthens household resilience and creates long-term economic opportunities for participating families.
Craft Making (Carrion and Basket Weaving)
Our Craft Making initiative preserves traditional skills while creating sustainable income opportunities for women and youth. Participants receive training in carrion and basket weaving, product design, quality improvement, and business development.
The beautiful handmade crafts are sold in local and regional markets, enabling women to earn income while preserving valuable cultural heritage and traditional craftsmanship.
Menstrual Hygiene Education and Reusable Sanitary Pad Production
TWASE Women Development Trust promotes dignity, confidence, and equal educational opportunities through comprehensive Menstrual Hygiene Education for both girls and boys aged 9–20 years.
The program provides age-appropriate education on puberty, menstrual health, hygiene, reproductive health, and gender awareness. By engaging both girls and boys, we help reduce stigma, misinformation, and discrimination surrounding menstruation.
We also train women, girls, and community groups to produce reusable sanitary pads using locally available materials. These affordable, environmentally friendly products help girls remain in school during menstruation, reduce household expenses, and create additional income-generating opportunities for trained producers.
Environmental Conservation through Fruit Tree Seedling Production
Environmental sustainability is central to our mission. Through our Fruit Tree Seedling Production project, we establish community nurseries that produce high-quality fruit tree seedlings for distribution to households, schools, and community institutions.
Planting fruit trees improves nutrition, generates household income through fruit sales, protects soils from erosion, enhances biodiversity, restores degraded landscapes, and contributes to climate change mitigation by absorbing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
Energy-Saving Cooking Stoves
Traditional cooking methods often expose women and children to harmful smoke while consuming large quantities of firewood. Our Energy-Saving Cooking Stoves project trains local artisans and women's groups to construct efficient stoves that require significantly less fuel.
The improved stoves reduce household fuel costs, decrease indoor air pollution, lower greenhouse gas emissions, reduce pressure on forests, and improve the health and wellbeing of families.
Cassava and Coffee Seedling Production
TWASE Women Development Trust supports sustainable livelihoods through the production and distribution of cassava and coffee seedlings to farming households.
By providing healthy, high-quality planting materials together with agronomic training, we help farmers increase agricultural productivity, improve food security, and generate higher incomes. Coffee production creates long-term economic opportunities, while cassava strengthens household food security.
Both crops also contribute to environmental sustainability by increasing vegetation cover, improving soil health, and supporting the absorption of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, helping communities adapt to the impacts of climate change.
Promoting Women's Health
Healthy women are the foundation of healthy families and thriving communities. Through our Women's Health Promotion program, we conduct regular community health outreach activities focusing on the early detection and prevention of non-communicable diseases.
Our trained community health teams provide blood pressure screening, health education, referrals to healthcare facilities where necessary, and awareness campaigns on healthy lifestyles, nutrition, exercise, and disease prevention.
By promoting routine health checks and preventive healthcare, we help women identify health risks early, improve health outcomes, and encourage healthier communities.
Water and Sanitation
Access to safe, clean water and adequate sanitation is fundamental to good health, education, and sustainable development. TWASE Women Development Trust works with communities to improve access to reliable water sources and promote safe sanitation and hygiene practices that reduce the spread of waterborne diseases and improve quality of life.
Our Water and Sanitation programme supports the construction and rehabilitation of safe water sources such as boreholes, protected springs, rainwater harvesting systems, and community water storage facilities. We also promote the installation of handwashing facilities and improved sanitation infrastructure in schools and communities.
In addition to improving water access, we conduct community education on proper hygiene practices, including handwashing with soap, safe water storage, household water treatment, menstrual hygiene management, and environmental sanitation. We work closely with schools, community leaders, and local health workers to encourage lasting behaviour change and strengthen community ownership of water and sanitation facilities.
Improved access to safe water saves time previously spent collecting water, particularly for women and girls, allowing them to engage in education, income-generating activities, and family care. Better sanitation and hygiene reduce the incidence of diseases such as diarrhoea, cholera, and typhoid, contributing to healthier families and more productive communities.
Through sustainable, community-led solutions, TWASE Women Development Trust is committed to ensuring that every household has access to safe water, improved sanitation, and the knowledge needed to maintain healthy living environments for present and future generations.
piggery
TWASE Women Development Trust promotes piggery as a profitable and sustainable livelihood opportunity for women, youth, and vulnerable households. Pig farming provides a reliable source of income, improves household nutrition, and strengthens economic resilience by enabling families to diversify their agricultural activities.
Through this project, we provide practical training in modern pig husbandry, including housing construction, feeding and nutrition, breeding, disease prevention, hygiene, waste management, and marketing. Farmers are equipped with the knowledge and skills needed to manage healthy, productive pig enterprises that generate consistent returns.
The project also encourages the use of locally available feed resources and promotes environmentally responsible practices, such as converting pig manure into organic fertilizer and biogas where possible. This helps reduce production costs, improve soil fertility, and support sustainable farming systems.
Income earned from pig farming enables families to meet essential needs such as food, education, healthcare, and housing while creating opportunities to invest in other income-generating activities. By strengthening household livelihoods and building entrepreneurial skills, the Piggery project contributes to poverty reduction, women's economic empowerment, and long-term community development.
Poultry Keeping
TWASE Women Development Trust promotes Poultry Keeping as an effective pathway to improving household incomes, food security, and nutrition for women, youth, and vulnerable families. Poultry farming requires relatively small investments, matures quickly, and provides a steady source of income through the sale of eggs, meat, and breeding stock.
The project provides training in modern poultry management, including poultry housing, breed selection, feeding and nutrition, disease prevention, vaccination, biosecurity, record keeping, and marketing. Participants are equipped with the practical knowledge and skills needed to establish and manage productive poultry enterprises that are both profitable and sustainable.
In addition to generating income, poultry products contribute to improved household nutrition by providing a readily available source of high-quality protein. Poultry manure is also used as organic fertilizer to enhance soil fertility and increase crop productivity, supporting integrated and environmentally sustainable farming systems.
Through Poultry Keeping, TWASE Women Development Trust empowers women and families to build resilient livelihoods, create employment opportunities, strengthen household financial security, and improve their overall quality of life. By promoting sustainable poultry production, the project contributes to poverty reduction, economic empowerment, and long-term community development.
Creating Lasting Change
Every project implemented by TWASE Women Development Trust is designed to strengthen livelihoods, promote gender equality, improve health, protect the environment, and build resilient communities. By combining economic empowerment with education, environmental stewardship, and community participation, we are helping women and families create sustainable futures for generations to come.