Her Harvest, Our Future is an ambitious, radical initiative that tackles the crisis of poverty by improving nutrition and food security across borders and partners in Southern Africa. Our goal is to stimulate lasting changes in 10 million people’s lives by 2020. So far we have achieved 3.6 million towards this target. In this, our second annual report, we will present our achievements across six impact areas. We will explain how we are achieving this change by supporting learning, improving quality and influencing donors and governments to ensure that women small scale farmers benefit from all our investments.
Yolande Ebah Kouassi, from the Marahoue region in Côte d’Ivoire, is the President of her Village Savings & Loan Association. She is 41 years old, married with four children, and cares for her three nephews whose father passed away. She runs her own small business by selling 'attieké', a local food that she makes from the cassava she grows. Yolande's VSLA group started three years ago and has 30 members; its name is Abôkon, meaning unity. She is a VSLA pioneer and has set up new groups and mobilized and inspired 150 women to join groups in her community. She advocates for children's education and educates her community to prioritize children's education and fight child labor. Read More
Each year, the Water Team tributes CARE's Annual WASH Systems award to a team that has done exceptional work to strengthen local capacities and conditions for equitable and sustainable WASH services and lasting water security. On World Water Day 2024, we are proud to present the WASH Systems Award to the USAID-Hamzari WASH team in Niger for their hard work to strengthen the capacities of commune government and demonstrate new models to increase access to WASH services and strengthen water security in Niger. Read More