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RURAL WOMEN DIVERSIFY INCOME TO MITIGATE IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE Temhlanga Manana (41) is a farmer from Ntabinezimpisi area under Mayiwane Constituency in the Hhohho Region, northern Eswatini, is one of many rural smallholder farmers affected by climate change. "Our place is prone to droughts and the recent heatwave destroyed all the maize in our fields," she says. In 2022, she was among nine other women from her area who received training in liquid soap and all- purpose liquid cleaner production to help them diversify their income. They are part of 50 women trained in soap production under the India, Brazil, and South Africa (IBSA)-funded project on Water Sanitation and Hygiene Project (WASH) on Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Adaptation. Launched in February 2022, the project aims to improve WASH practices in urban and rural areas. Besides the support to diversify their income, the women are part of 1 200 people from 171 households from the constituency who were supported to access clean water through solar-powered boreholes connecting the households to taps closer to their homes. Two primary schools with an enrolment of 374 learners and 23 teachers also access clean water through the project. This has transformed the lives of residents in the water-stressed constituencies where most of the residents used to walk long distances to fetch unsafe water from rivers. 38 ECS100 S 201 nirm - T UN ANNUAL RESULTS REPORT | 2022 ESWATINI 39

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