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Global financial crisis to hit hard at developing countries - ‘Mashesha’ E-mail
DEVELOPING countries are faced with real challenges because they often depend on production and manufacturing – says Republic of China on Taiwan Leonard ‘Mashesha’ Chao. He says when the global economy goes down, they get most affected as they do not receive orders from other countries, thus factories and companies cut down on the number of employees. Speaking during the signing ceremony of a letter of intent between the Taiwan Technical Mission (TTM) based in Matsapha and World Vision yesterday at the TTM premises, he said most of the international Aid organisations were formed by developing countries. “With the impact of the global financial crisis, the source of donors will decrease accordingly and the budget for non-governmental organisations (NGOs) will certainly be reduced raising a great challenge to the implementation of projects,” said Chao. He urged the non-governmental organisations to work as a team, adding that through collective cooperation, the country can benefit.  Chao noted that a number of organisations have sensed the need to assist the country develop various projects including the orphaned and vulnerable children project launched by World Vision Swaziland. “Another initiative is the rural community comprehensive development project by the Taiwan Technical mission, that aims to assist the rural community improve their cultivating skills and also increase the overall food production,” he said.
He emphasised that organisations should work together to improve the quality and implementation of the projects.

World Vision , Taiwan Technical Mission sign Letter of Intent

WORLD Vision Swaziland and Taiwan Technical Mission (TTM) yesterday signed a Letter of Intent that will facilitate the sharing of expertise by the staff of both organisations. The signing witnessed by the Minister of Agriculture and Co-operatives representative Bongani Masuku took place at the mission premises in Matsapha.
World Vision National Director Marko Ngwenya said this cooperation would assist the organisation with the needed technical expertise to deliver efficient service to communities. He said the Republic of China on Taiwan has facilitated a lot of assistance through World Vision Taiwan resulting in a donation of lots of white rice bags to Swaziland. Ngwenya said government would benefit through the partnership between his organisation and the TTM. aiwan Technical Mission Chief Ching-Chang Yeh said the signing ceremony marked the exploring of strong technical skills and vocational training offered by the TTM and the good project management skills and local community connection by World vision. e said he believed that the implementation of the projects would be greatly improved. This signing is not just an oath, but a responsibility to the Swazis who need services to improve their living standards,” said Yeh. He encouraged the mission specialist to continue to use its technical expertise to help more Swazis improve their living standards.

Stop the duplication f programmes

THE Minister of Agriculture, Clement Dlamini, has urged non-governmental organisations to eliminate the duplication of programmes.  he minister said resources were scarce and the little they receive should be optimally used. peaking during a signing ceremony of a letter of intent between World Vision and the Taiwan Technical Mission yesterday in Matsapha, Dlamini who was represented by the Undersecretary Bongani Masuku said these resources include human, financial and material resources. e said he was sure that the signing ceremony was to ensure optimal use of limited resources. ” I believe the Taiwan Technical Mission was better positioned to work with all stakeholders as it has done with the ministry of agriculture,” said Dlamini. e urged the two organisations to always involve the ministry in whatever they do as he said it was party to any agricultural programmes that would be undertaken by the two partners regarding agricultural technologies.
“Low investment in agriculture, economic activity, climate change and the HIV and AIDS pandemic have worsened the situation of food security and poverty in the country,” said the minister. He said this resulted into people losing jobs locally and in South Africa. The minister said the answer to these problems can be derived in Agriculture and other skills development initiatives.

 
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