Women on Ghizo Island, Western Province are in a better position to improve their economic status following the set-up of a women’s saving scheme in the Gizo Township.
The Gizo Environment Livelihood Governance Association, GELCA, Women’s Saving Club was developed as the micro-finance component of the Inshore Fish Aggregating Devices, IFAD, project to enhance the lives of coastal fishing communities around Ghizo Island.
Funded by WWF-Australia, Australian Aid and John West Australia, the IFAD project hopes to explore ways to assist the income, food security and ecology in the context of ecosystem based governance and management of coastal fisheries.
