{"id":2536,"date":"2025-08-04T14:16:23","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T11:16:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amref.org\/tanzania\/?p=2536"},"modified":"2025-08-05T15:28:23","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T12:28:23","slug":"wallets-and-paper-bags-from-wastes-neema-mangoma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amref.org\/tanzania\/2025\/08\/04\/wallets-and-paper-bags-from-wastes-neema-mangoma\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cWallets and Paper bags from Wastes\u201d, Neema Mangoma."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-white-color has-vivid-red-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-4a24ef80874e6c84d73a853d2c4b47ce\">\u201cWallets and Paper bags from Wastes\u201d, Neema Mangoma.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Neema Mangoma, a school teacher at Karakata Primary School, was one of the project beneficiary that was trained by Amref \u2019s TAKA NI MALI Project on waste management and waste separation, she said \u201cusing the knowledge we got from the project we are now using the wastes collected from our area to make wallets , paper bags etc, the money obtained from selling the items is used to purchase working tools at the school such as chalks.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Taka Ni Mali project demonstrated how community driven efforts can create lasting impact. It reduced cholera cases by 80% from 2017 to 2019 and empowered <strong>145<\/strong> women and youth, increasing employment by <strong>60%.<\/strong> Income for these groups grew by <strong>198%,<\/strong> and over <strong>60,000<\/strong> people were directly reached through awareness campaigns. The project also strengthened partnerships between local authorities and waste entrepreneurs. These successes were made possible with support from Madrid City Council and implemented by Amref Tanzania partnership with the Tanzanian Government.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cWallets and Paper bags from Wastes\u201d, Neema Mangoma. 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