Success Stories » July 2012
IRD and Peace Corps Collaborate on Senegambia
The Gambia River Basin Cashew Value Chain Enhancement Project (CEP) aims to strengthen the cashew value chain and increase the incomes of 10,000 smallholder cashew farmers and processors in The Gambia, Senegal and Guinea Bissau. The project helps to improve food security by providing agricultural and business training to cashew farmers, recommending varieties for plantin... more
Filed Under: Food & Agriculture, Capacity Building, Economic Growth, Partnerships, Value Chains, Africa, Guinea-Bissau, Senegal, The Gambia
USDA Delegation Visits IRD Cashew Project in The Gambia
US Department of Agriculture (USDA) officials visiting The Gambia from Washington DC this July got a first-hand view of the vast potential of cashew in the SeneGambia region. The senior-level delegation was there to learn about IRD’s initiative to increase the incomes of rural Senegalese and Gambians involved in the cashew value chain. Leading the delegatio... more
Filed Under: Food & Agriculture, Capacity Building, Nutrition, Partnerships, Value Chains, Women & Gender, Africa, Guinea-Bissau, Senegal, The Gambia
Bringing Help and Hope to Gaza
Twenty-three-year-old Heba Mansour lives with 13 of her family members in a modest house in the Rafah area in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. When she was three months old, Heba’s parents discovered that she suffered from Thalassemia, a genetic disease causing severe anaemia. Two of Mansour’s younger siblings suffer from the same health problem, 16-year-old Mahmoud... more
Quick Impact Projects Help Jordan Manage Influx of Syrian Refugees
RAMTHA & MAFRAQ, JORDAN – The Outreach Services for Iraqi Refugees (OSIR) program, now in its fourth year, strengthens outreach to vulnerable Iraqi refugee families living in Jordan by improving access to services that enable them to improve their quality of life. Community action committees (CACs) in Amman, Zarqa, and Irbid governorates are trained on issues relevant to... more
Filed Under: Civil Society, Refugees, Middle East & North Africa, Jordan, Syria
Syrian Refugees Support Community Action Committees in Northern Jordan
IRBID & MAFRAQ, JORDAN - The Outreach Services for Iraqi Refugees (OSIR) program, now in its fourth year, strengthens outreach to vulnerable Iraqi refugee families living in Jordan by improving access to services that enable them to improve their quality of life. Community action committees (CACs) in Amman, Zarqa, and Irbid Governorates are trained on issues relevant to... more
Filed Under: Civil Society, Emergency Response, Refugees, Middle East & North Africa, Jordan, Syria