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Green By Design: In the Heart of Tanzania
Published by Melissa Cicci

On the outskirts of Dodoma, the capital of Tanzania, microenterprise is making a difference in the lives of rural villagers. Since 1987, Village Enterprise Fund (VEF), a non-profit based in San Carlos, California, has helped fund more than 16,000 small businesses in East Africa with grants that typically range from $100-$150 but that make incalculable difference in human lives and fortunes.

Recently, I traveled to the heart of Tanzania to visit some of the grant recipients. Central Tanzania reminded me of the American southwest, where I live: red clay earth, simple mud-brick dwellings, dry riverbeds and a deep blue sky.

Also as in parts of the American southwest, there is a real need here among the local people to find alternatives to subsistence farming whereby locals may empower themselves out of the enervating cycle of poverty.

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