THE BAKERY / SHOP

Since February 2007 the bakery of Chikuni HBC is producing fresh buns and bread nearly everyday to sell on and it is proving a very successful project. This IGA  has been set up for the team of counselors and a part of the Community Care Givers, who benefit from the profit they make.
The building also includes a comfortable seating area for 18 people and a shop, in which the HBC sells various products to  fund raise for itself.

TIE & DYE

The Tie & Dye group is made up of 18 women who were trained to make quality Chitenge materials. The group meets once a month to create new designs, which are sold to people in the Chikuni area and prove very popular when visitors from further a field come to Chikuni. 
The women of the group were recently able to open their own bank account for the profits of the project.

ANIMAL REARING

The Animal Rearing project is like the gardens aiming to improve the living situation of the PLWHAs, but also the HBC staff is participating. The Project was initiated in 2005, when seven of their clubs were given 34 goats each and since then the project has seen an increase of participating clubs. This was possible due to the success of the seven original PLWHA Groups, who were able to donate kids to the new ones.

CLUB GARDENS

Seven Clubs of the PLWHAs are participating in the garden project, which was set up to help improving  their food security and provide them with nutrients that usually wouldn’t be available for them. Initially all the clubs (at that time 32) were given gardens, but unfortunately due to drought many of these gardens failed.
A shining example of the project is a garden, which was given a big permanent piece of land by the traditional leaders, where a borehole was sunk for them.