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Colombian Woman Turns Training into Leadership
El Timy COLOMBIA – Jennifer Alejandra, 28, lives with her husband and their two children in El Timy, Colombia. What is most striking about her is her leadership abilities. From the first time she received assistance from IRD, through the Closing Gaps program, she was curious about the information she was given: her diverse questions showed a very deep concern about the t... more
Filed Under: Civil Society, Conflict Mitigation, Health & Hygiene, Capacity Building, Education, Nutrition, Refugees, Women & Gender, The Americas, Colombia
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
School Feeding and Take-Home Rations Improve Outcomes in Cambodia
Rath Khemra, IRD’s local Food for Education field monitor, drops in on a school support committee meeting at the Prey Kri Choeung primary school in Cambodia’s Kampong Chhnang province. The schoolmaster, Hung Phalla, is telling the group how delighted she is that the Food for Education program is increasing school attendance, enrollment of school-aged children, and teache... more
Filed Under: Health & Hygiene, Education, Nutrition, Women & Gender, Asia & Pacific, Cambodia
AgriTrade Credit Facility Helps Small Businesses Expand
BULAWAYO Zimbabwe – Sizamile Gumbo is one of 305 beneficiaries of the AgriTrade credit scheme by Zim-AIED, which seeks to avail credit to traders who purchase from rural smallholder farmers. She got her loan in August this year through MicroKing, one of three financial institutions disbursing funds in partnership with Zim-AIED. The other two are CABS and Trust Bank. Some... more
Filed Under: Food & Agriculture, Economic Growth, Nutrition, Value Chains, Women & Gender, Africa, Zimbabwe
Creating Gainful Employment through AgriTrade
MBARE, Zimbabwe – It used to be that 36-year-old Learnmore Tonderayi Gosho) of Mbare, a high-density suburb of Harare, would spend most of his days loafing around. A failed venture at running a minibus had left him with very few options. Hanging out with fellow unemployed men and youths in the neighborhood, he longed for something to do. He needed an occupation that wou... more
Filed Under: Food & Agriculture, Economic Growth, Jobs, Nutrition, Youth, Africa, Zimbabwe