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Sino-German
Joint Efforts Help Western Rural Women
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To
contribute some efforts to China's western development,
and help western women leave behind poverty, the
ACWF cooperated with German-Based Hanns-Seidel Foundation
to launch a micro-credit project for rural women
in Qinghai Province. On March 21, 2003, the two
sides signed an agreement with the Qinghai Women's
Federation.
According to the agreement, Hanns-Seidel Foundation
and local women's federations will invest 59,750
yuan to provide the training and development loans
for women from 25 Hui families of Taizhuang Village,
Datong County. This one-year project is aimed at
helping these rural women to change their old concepts
and old plants-growing structure, to learn practical
technologies, and to be aware of market and commodity
knowledge. As a result, these women are expected
to increase their incomes, and at the same time,
guide other women around them to shake off poverty.
From April 4 to 8, women from the 25 families
participated in an agricultural training. On April
25, each of the families received a 2,000-yuan loan.
They started productions like raising sheep and
cows or planting rape. It is estimated the project
will help each family generate a 700-yuan income
per year.
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