Team spirit

“The spirit of togetherness is the real foundation of our project. The feeling that others are committed and supportive gives us motivation and the inspiration to make the project succeed.”

“Our aim is to be able to generate income, expand our business and uplift the living standards of the wider community,” explains Fatuma.

Before the women bought the mill with funding from the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, they joined together to build the grinding house building and tool shed for their new milling business.

Severe drought effects

As many people in the Somali region now lack food due to successive poor harvests, the business’ client base has shrunk drastically. In the after-effects of El Niño, drought crisis has killed peoples’ livestock and erased livelihoods.

“When the drought ends, we hope to increase our profit as more people will be able to afford and access grains such as maize, wheat and sorghum,” explains Fatuma.