IGA’s - Income Generating Activities
The people in Babungo rely heavily on agriculture for income and sustenance, the women carry out the subsistence farming and the crops they grow in the rainy season have to last the family throughout the year, if they are lucky they may have extra to sell at the market. The men control the cash crops such as tomatoes and rice which bring income into a family. Families live in very basic conditions with no running water and for many no electricity.
Women in particular are adversely affected; they bear all the burden of growing and cooking food for their families, all the housework and raising the children and yet have no economic or social power. It is estimated that women do around 80% of the work but hold only 20% of the assets, inheritance rights mean that women rarely own property, which affects their ability to obtain even micro finance. All decisions are made by their husbands; a measure of economic power is the only way that women can hope to have any say in how their households are run.
The underprivileged groups such as recovered mental patients and PLWHA - People Living With HIV&AIDS experience difficulties to reintegrate into their various communities and sustain their livelihoods.
As part of their treatment in BIMEHC they have the opportunity to engage themselves in different projects. Besides the therapeutical effect of having a meaningful activity during the day, it is also a great way do discover new talents and skills.
BIMEHC’s facilities
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Piggery
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Poultry - from day old chicks to market fowls
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Agriculture - farms with vegetables and staple crops
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Tailoring - 2 year course
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Adult literacy - enabling women to do basic registering and calculating their sales
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Guesthouses - recovered patients ensuring tourists a pleasant and comfortable stay
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Waka Waka solarlamps
