November 19, 2024
Educational opportunities through women’s self-help groups are making entrepreneurs like Marie Thérèse feel they’ve stepped into a brighter future. Local partner Église Luthérienne du Sénégal (ELS – Lutheran Church of […]
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October 22, 2024
When local partner Jitokeze Wamama Wafrika offered marginalized women training in tailoring, hairdressing or farming as a way to generate income, Betty opted for the tailoring and dressmaking curriculum. She […]
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April 24, 2024
When women were offered a chance to get a diploma for a 40-hour course on entrepreneurship, post-harvest processing and business management, many looked wistful. Sure, that would be nice, but […]
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April 3, 2024
A woman who survived severe domestic violence has begun to heal and move past the trauma now that her husband has been jailed and she’s getting community support. Let’s call […]
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September 21, 2023
Though she’s not anywhere near where she wants to be, Jayka has come a long way since local partner NEICORD (North East India Committee on Relief and Development) came to […]
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August 11, 2023
Juhudi is chair of his farmers group, a member of a Savings and Internal Lending Community (SILC), and has greatly improved his farm yields by participating in many training opportunities. […]
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July 20, 2023
Community savings and loan groups are a good way for women in the programs we support around the world to get ahead. But how can they save money without having […]
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April 25, 2023
If anyone thinks migration to other countries is an easy way out for Central American communities, they should ask the families left behind. Especially the women. When it’s no longer […]
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In the message of women’s empowerment she receives from her involvement in this program, Dulce María hears an echo of the way her grandmother would inspire her when she was […]
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