UNOPS Regional Director expresses satisfaction with GCR’s economic empowerment activities under the NCRP during visit to Palma

The UNOPS Director for the Southern and Eastern Africa region visited Palma, in Cabo Delgado province, and expressed great satisfaction with the economic empowerment activities that Girl Child Rights (GCR) carries out under the Northern Crisis Recovery Project (NCRP).

Associations in the final stage of setting up

At the time of the visit, the recently registered associations were in the final stage of installing their physical trading facilities. These facilities are intended to:

• process, preserve and sell fish;
• produce and sell eggs from poultry farming.

What the association members said

The association members expressed their thanks for the support received, which had significantly accelerated their recovery from the crisis. They also raised important questions for ensuring the long-term sustainability of the project, highlighting the need for continued follow-up.

The importance of a presence on the ground

The visit underlined the importance of GCR maintaining a continuous physical presence on the ground. This presence makes it possible to closely monitor progress, provide technical support and work with the associations on topics such as:

• marketing;
• organisation and running of associations;
• community mobilisation;
• other business management skills.

From emergency to development

This approach is especially important in the transition from emergency interventions to long-term development. It is what allows initiatives to remain effective and sustainable as the context in Palma evolves.

About the project

In Palma, under the NCRP, GCR supports fish processing and poultry associations, in work monitored by UNOPS. GCR remains committed to continuing to accompany the associations on the ground.

For protection reasons, we do not publish the names of the people we support or images that could identify them.