Women group turns hyacinth curse into flowering business

Even as the fishermen of Lake Victoria curse the invasion of the water hyacinth, which has reduced their catch, the Dala Rieko Women’s Group is busy counting its blessings instead.

With the help of a Norwegian investor, the group is transforming the Dala Riek area by making and supplying compost manure made out of the weed that has threatened to choke Lake Victoria.

Margaret Odolla, the caretaker of the group that comprises six other women’s organisations says that they are turning the weed into a gold mine.
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