Explore stories of project success and global impact, of lives changed, communities transformed, and resilience strengthened.
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Through SNAP-Initiated VSLAs, Communities are Able to Save and Provide for Their Families in Sierra Leone
Life has been challenging for Dusu Conteh, a 50-year-old widow, who struggled to feed her eight children and pay their …
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Zambia PROFIT+ Training and Grant Spur Start Up of Produce Aggregator
Our USAID-funded Feed the Future Production, Finance, and Improved Technology Plus (PROFIT+) project decreases poverty by linking smallholder farmers to …
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Zambia PROFIT+ Grantee Creates Opportunity for Marginalized Women
ACDI/VOCA implements the USAID-funded Feed the Future Production, Finance, and Improved Technology Plus (PROFIT+) project in Zambia. As part of …
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Uganda RWANU Enhances Health and Well-Being of Mothers and Children
In southern Karamoja, which lies in remote northeastern Uganda, health facilities are few and far between. Previously, 32-year-old mother of …
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Sierra Leone SNAP Empowers Farmers to Increase Yields and Curb Malnutrition
Life hasn’t been easy for mother of nine, Isata Bangura. Prior to participating in the ACDI/VOCA-implemented USAID Food for Peace-funded …
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Beekeeping Boosts Incomes in Uganda
In the remote, dusty village of Kamera in northeastern Uganda, villagers have traditionally depended on hunting, day labor, and small-scale …
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Zambian Woman Farmer Transforms Community Thanks to Profit+ Training and Support
In Mgamphula in Zambia’s Eastern Province, Jessy Mbewe works hard farming, training smallholder farmers in her community, and running the …
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Sierra Leone SNAP+ Restores Dignity through Cash Disbursements
Sierra Leone’s first confirmed case of Ebola surfaced in early 2014. By July, 2014 the Government of Sierra Leone had …
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SNAP+ Cash Transfers Ensure Food Security and Preserve a Widow’s Sight in Sierra Leone
In Makaiba village in northern Sierra Leone, Bombali district, Kaday Fullah is grateful every morning when she opens her eyes. …
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Zambia PROFIT+-Trained Woman Farmer Finds Success and Empowerment by Diversifying Income
Trifonia Sibande, age 43, and her husband Digani Sibande, live in Ngwata village, Lundazi district, in Zambia’s Eastern Province. Trifonia …
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Sierra Leone SNAP Trains Mothers on Nutrition and WASH Best Practices
Over the last few years, Hawa McCarthy, a young mother of five in Mobai village, Kailahun district, received guidance on …
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Restoring Household Food Security in Sierra Leone
In Sierra Leone, seed and harvested cereal and legumes are often stored in jute bags on dirt floors, in poorly …