To Fulfill Dreams, Start by Dreaming Big
June 6, 2025
Parul is in the process of fulfilling her dreams of meeting her family’s needs by earning income through her own efforts. A few years ago, Parul and her new husband […]
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A Multi-Pronged Approach to Food Security
Program farmers Martine, Hamado and Mariam attest to the ways in which their lives and family food security have changed for the better after receiving training from local partner ODE. […]
Low-Cost Organic Pesticides Finally Bring Success
February 28, 2025
Monira and her large household are better off financially and finally getting some delicious, homegrown, organic vegetables in their diet. And all because Monira had the good fortune to meet […]
Good Neighbors Are A Gift
November 27, 2024
Alfina’s involvement with this program has brought her an unexpected gift: better connections with her neighbors. She was initially interested in learning agricultural techniques that would help her and her […]
Demystifying Nutritious Food
May 13, 2024
Agustina is elated to know that cooking nutritious food is within reach of everyone, not just the wealthy. She attended a cooking demonstration given by Church World Service, local partner […]
Farmer Group Membership Leads to a Better Life
February 16, 2024
For Elizabeth, things started to look up when she and 10 other women formed a farmers group under the auspices of local partner North East India Committee on Relief and […]
A Success by Any Measure
December 15, 2023
Before Kalpana joined this nutrition-focused agriculture program, her family depended entirely on whatever sporadic day labor her husband, Nurul, could find. She is now a successful Model Farmer, and grows […]
They Can, and They Do
December 7, 2023
Both men’s and women’s farmer groups are learning new agricultural skills from local partner Participatory Action for Rural Innovation. “PARI” is not only an abbreviation of the partner’s name but […]
Dream It, Then Believe You Can Do It
August 11, 2023
It took Thea a couple of years of participating in the program before she felt confident in her abilities. So confident that she convinced her husband to help her on […]
Food is Medicine
July 20, 2023
Yiebo’s big “aha” moment came when she realized that eating vegetables was healthier than selling them. Yiebo started a kitchen garden about five years ago when the community decided growing […]