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 …

Zambia Profit+ farmer Jessy Mwebe

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 cash disbursements

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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Leveraging Economic Opportunities Final Performance Report

Leveraging Economic Opportunities (LEO) was a three-year contract to support programming that fosters inclusive growth through markets. Building on USAID’s …

Kaday Fullah SNAP+ project participant

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 …

Sierra Leone SNAP mothers learn WASH practices

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 …

farmers using Purdue Improved Crop Storage (PICS) bags to regain food security

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 …

Zambia PROFIT+ Agribusiness Groups Uplift Smallholder Farmers

By Renton Kashimbaya, PROFIT+ Agribusiness Coordinator for Katete and Petauke districts Economic, health, and educational challenges impact smallholder farmers in …

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USAID Mission Director Tours Jamaica Ja REEACH II Sites

USAID Mission Director, Maura Barry and College of Agriculture, Science and Education President Dr. Derrick Deslandes prepare a breadfruit seedling …

Sierra Leone SNAP VSLA woman participant

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 …

Participants gather for the first Macrorrueda held November 30-December 1 in Cali

Colombia Program of Alliances for Reconciliation Supports Roundtable

Participants gather for the first Macrorrueda held November 30-December 1 in Cali. Photo credit: Corporación Reconciliación Colombia Our USAID-funded Program …