
From Housewife to Entrepreneur
February 3, 2025
Neelam joined a women’s farmer group with the encouragement of local partner SAHAS and has never looked back. Apart from occasional day labor on other people’s farms she had little […]
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February 3, 2025
Neelam joined a women’s farmer group with the encouragement of local partner SAHAS and has never looked back. Apart from occasional day labor on other people’s farms she had little […]
January 17, 2025
It was easy for Rafael to make the decision to join the program and start to unlearn what his father had taught him about farming: he had only to look […]
November 26, 2024
One of the reasons Doña Victoria joined the program is that she wanted to stop growing food with chemical fertilizers but didn’t know how to make the switch to organic […]
August 5, 2024
A more-efficient, more-productive method of planting rice called System of Rice Intensification (SRI) sounds like hocus-pocus to prospective users at first. “You use less water, your costs are reduced, but […]
February 16, 2024
Hard work hasn’t always paid off for Suman and her husband, but now things are starting to turn around for them as participants in the program by local partner Group […]
January 25, 2024
6:30 PM Central / 7:30 PM Eastern Hear about the impact of the Mexico Chiapas Ocosingo program implemented by Mennonite Central Committee. Regional Director Kaylyn Morse and fellow travelers will […]
November 16, 2023
Note: this story reflects program activities for the period ending September 30, 2023, before the “hostilities” and “conflicts” became war on October 7. Our hearts are always with the children, […]
July 20, 2023
Community savings and loan groups are a good way for women in the programs we support around the world to get ahead. But how can they save money without having […]
March 23, 2023
Neighbors often watch and laugh as program farmers use conservation agriculture (CA) techniques to plant their fields. But when they see the results, they ask to be shown what to […]
Argelia is thrilled that local partner IESII (Institute of Intercultural Studies and Research) has included children in its instruction on sustainable farming. As she puts it, “I have been able […]