长沙科学家助肯尼亚妇女种蘑菇改善生活

From Changsha to Nairobi, scientists from central China's Hunan Province are teaching impoverished Kenyan women — particularly single mothers — to grow and sell mushrooms from simple, low-cost structures, offering a path to stable income. "Mom's Mushroom House," formalized in December, partners the Institute of Hunan Edible Fungi, based in Changsha, the China-Africa Economic and Trade Promotion Council in Hunan, and Albert Meadows Limited, one of Kenya's largest commercial mushroom farms. Last month, a team of Chinese female researchers from Hunan traveled to Kenya to deliver on-site technical training to local women.

从长沙到内罗毕，来自中国中部湖南省的科学家正在教肯尼亚贫困妇女——尤其是单亲妈妈——利用简易、低成本设施种植和销售蘑菇，为她们开辟稳定收入之路。"妈妈蘑菇屋"（Mom's Mushroom House）于去年12月正式落地，合作方包括位于长沙的湖南省食用菌研究所、中非经贸促进理事会（湖南）以及肯尼亚最大商业蘑菇农场之一Albert Meadows有限公司。上个月，一支来自湖南的中国女性研究员团队赴肯尼亚，为当地妇女提供现场技术培训。

The project targets one of Kenya's most vulnerable groups. Two-thirds of Kenyans live in poverty on less than US$3.20 a day; in Kibera, one of Nairobi's largest informal settlements, women make up nearly three-quarters of the adult population. According to the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics, about 15 percent of Kenyan women aged 15–49 were single mothers in 2022. "The Kenyan mothers I know are remarkably optimistic and resilient," said Chen Tian, director of the think tank at the China-Africa Economic and Trade Promotion Council. "They are eager to learn new skills to earn a better living."

该项目聚焦肯尼亚最脆弱的群体之一。三分之二的肯尼亚人日均收入不足3.20美元，生活在贫困线以下；在内罗毕最大的非正式定居点基贝拉（Kibera），女性占成年人口近四分之三。据肯尼亚国家统计局数据，2022年约15%的15至49岁肯尼亚女性为单亲妈妈。“我认识的肯尼亚母亲们极其乐观、坚韧，”中非经贸促进理事会智库主任陈恬表示，“她们渴望学习新技能来改善生活。”