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 …
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 …
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 …
Sierra Leone SNAP-Established VSLAs Empower
Adama Kamara is used to not having much privacy. She and her husband used to sleep in a single room …
Colombia Program of Alliances for Reconciliation Continues Launch in Conflict-Affected Region
Fundación Mambe Director Jesús García speaks at the inauguration of the photography exhibition, “Women, Conflict, and Land.” On November 17 …
Equip Jamaican Youth to Fight Climate Change
We don’t inherit the earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children. –Native American proverb This year’s Friends …
Liberia FIFES Receives Grant to Expand Programming and Impact
ACDI/VOCA implements the USAID-funded Forest Incomes for Environmental Sustainability (FIFES) project in Liberia. FIFES develops forest-based enterprises to provide sustainable …
Ethiopia FEED II Farmers Boost Production and Improve Livelihoods
With support from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the ACDI/VOCA-implemented Feed Enhancement for Ethiopian Development Project – Phase II …
New LEO Cultivating Women’s Empowerment in Feed the Future Projects Report Released
Two ACDI/VOCA Projects Highlighted in Staff-Authored Report Released at the start of Feed the Future Week, the “Cultivating Women’s Empowerment: …
Cultivating Women’s Empowerment: Stories from Feed the Future 2011–2015
Women contribute significantly to agriculture and food security around the globe, and gender equality and women’s empowerment are critical to ensuring sustainable …
Colombia ACIP Trains Indigenous Community in GIS Technology
Wiwa Community Uses Google Earth to Establish Demo Plots and Protect Ancestral Land Our USAID-funded Afro-Colombian and Indigenous …
