Amaranth, the “Wonder Food”
March 23, 2023
Sixty-four-year-old great grandma Violet farms her small plot of land on a steeply sloping hill where landslides were a common occurrence. Prior to joining the program, her yields were “miserable” […]
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Success Stories
Grain Banks Interrupt the Cycle of Poverty
Community grain banks have reduced the worries families have when the lean period comes July through September. Keeping back some of their harvest communally and storing it in safe and […]
Mushroom Sales Lead to Improved Sanitation
Mai started her first mushroom house in 2018. She decided to invest in growing mushrooms because she saw that her neighbor was earning a decent monthly income from mushroom production […]
Satisfying a Hunger for Knowledge
February 20, 2023
Women like Elizabeth who participate in this new program’s Farmer Groups are already experiencing the benefits of practicing sustainable farming and animal husbandry. Dimoria builds on the successes in Umsning […]
Preparedness Gets You Through
Yes, it was horrible. Frightening. Dangerous. Devastating. But they had community action plans for a variety of disaster scenarios, that’s how they got through the hurricane, and that’s why they […]
One Success Leads to Another
February 14, 2023
Delma and her family appreciate all the training they’ve gotten from local partner CASM (Mennonite Social Action Commission) to improve their food security. “We were farming before, but working with […]
Support for Great Business Ideas
The world over, when you have a great business idea you need a little support, capital, and counsel to get it off the ground. So it is with Neguith, a […]
A Store is More Than What’s on the Shelves
February 10, 2023
From a U.S. perspective of gigantic grocery stores, you might not think the local shop is much of anything. Some coffee, sugar, soup, soap on the shelves, a few vegetables […]
When You See It, You Believe It
One of the most successful training outcomes reported by local partner SAHAS (Group of Helping Hands) Nepal comes from hands-on practice with the System of Rice Intensification. SRI is a […]
The Road to Prosperity
February 6, 2023
Joyce did not hold back when asked how soymilk processing has helped her family. As one of 45 smallholder women farmers selected to receive training and a soymilk processing kit, […]