Transcript for GFP Small and Medium Entreprise_Mozambique

To make charcoal you first cut the tree using the chainsaw

We cut only some trees so we have some for the future

I make charcoal because I don’t have employment

When we cut them we leave a piece of trunk

so it can grow again

I sell this charcoal. My husband and I make this by ourselves

I sell this charcoal bag for 130 MT (5 USD)

Our neighbors in Kwa Zulu Natal

There are (medicinal) plants here that they need

So there will always be this type of market

We (women) came together and chose an area for agriculture

So we can sell the produce and the profit would be for all of us

The scheme and strategy to support SMEs

be it in forestry or of other nature

is fundamental

We must use man's ambition

because if we don't use man's ambition people are not motivated

We should create businesses that make money in protecting the environment

Both the private sector and communities can

have access to productive resources

However, these plants were running a risk of disappearing

Now the situation is improved slightly

because this group acts as a guardian

I’m a carpenter here, we are five workers

the difficulties we face here with our career

with the finances, we are working on our own

The problems are difficulties with the transport of wood

since the cost of transport is as much as the wood

since the wood is far away

I don’t have a permit, so I find a place to cut a tree to make charcoal

I can, because it’s our own land

We face a lot of problems because when

I hire a truck to bring the charcoal I pay a lot of money

We bring it here because I don’t have a permit

The decentralization of the government at the local level means

that the local government has more power and the capacity to make decisions

that influence the community directly

What we do with the 20% is decided by the communities

All ten communities of the Mahel office

know what is more or less the problem of each community

to adjust the 20% for each community

At least the authorities should facilitate things when

we have problems to get documents from the municipal district

For me, what’s important is to have an identified place

which is the right place for the artisans

So if the government finds a way to identify artisans

to know who is a proper artisan

to create conditions and have a proper place to go to

Where we can work together to make our products

So that means that there is a need to

in parallel with large projects, we should pay attention to

small actions that cumulate and make a big difference

Let’s give back the control of resources to the community

Let’s help them find alternative for generating income