TASAF helps families rewrite their poverty stories
The Tanzania Social Action Fund (TASAF) is supporting low-income families in Mwanza through a fish farming initiative in Lake Victoria. By providing financial backing for floating cages, the program has enabled residents to generate sustainable income and improve their economic independence.
Why it matters
This project highlights the effectiveness of community-based micro-investments in poverty alleviation and local economic development.
MWANZA: THE calm waters of Lake Victoria are becoming a source of hope and economic opportunity for low-income households in Ilemela Municipal Council, Mwanza Region, where fish farming is opening new pathways to better incomes and sustainable livelihoods.
In Kayenze Ndogo Street, Bugogwa Ward, members of the Maliganya TASAF and Temeke TASAF groups are turning their lakeshore surroundings into productive assets through fish farming in floating cages. Supported under the Productive Social Safety Net (PSSN) Programme, the initiative demonstrates how community-based investments facilitated by the Tanzania Social Action Fund (TASAF) are empowering beneficiaries to harness locally available resources, venture into income-generating activities and gradually improve their economic well-being.
The groups received a total of 34m/- through TASAF, which they invested in constructing two fish cages and purchasing fish fingerlings and feed to establish their venture.
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