Doubling the Impact of Farmer Group Participation
March 6, 2025
The fact that Renuka and her husband both belong to farmer groups has doubled their ability to learn new techniques to diversify their farm, access loans from their farmer savings […]
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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 […]
Remote Community Organizes, Gets Results
February 24, 2025
A remote community with very little in the way of infrastructure is now on its way to connecting to markets with training from local partner Occupation of Rural Economic Development […]
Vegetable Gardening is Catchy!
January 27, 2025
The hardships Suraiya’s family experienced when her husband broke his hip are a thing of the past now that Suraiya is growing vegetables, raising poultry, and selling her surplus production […]
Mobilizing for a Better Community
November 26, 2024
Cristóbal learned about the many offerings of local partner Centro Inter Eclesial de Estudios Tecnologicos y Sociales (CIEETS) from a neighbor. Since then, all the training he’s received has made […]
Observers Become Savings Group Members
November 19, 2024
Most participants in Village Savings and Lending Associations (VSLA) are women, so the opportunity to discuss women’s issues is just one of the many useful reasons to join a group. […]
Cultural Change Can Happen … and DOES
Even in a culture in which the husband is permitted, even expected, to abuse the kindness of his wife, things can change for the better. James and Catherine have been […]
A Modern Business
Educational opportunities through women’s self-help groups are making entrepreneurs like Marie Thérèse feel they’ve stepped into a brighter future. Local partner Église Luthérienne du Sénégal (ELS – Lutheran Church of […]
A Childhood Interest Becomes a Passion
October 25, 2024
The two fruit trees in Desiré’s otherwise-barren yard used to struggle to survive for lack of irrigation. Today they have lots of company in what practically feels like a miniature […]
The Sky’s the Limit for Community Youth
October 18, 2024
In 2019, when Ferman was still in his late teens, he started on a trajectory of self-improvement by joining a Savings and Internal Lending Community (SILC) through the program, and […]