Guidance Note for FFBS Minimum Standards
This note provides guidance on the minimum standards required to successfully implement FFBS in programming.
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The Farmer Field and Business School Toolkit was originally developed in 2014 under CARE’s Pathways to Empowerment program, funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. In 2023, the toolkit was revised under CARE’s Scaling Up Farmer Field and Business School program, which is funded by the Sall Family Foundation. Under this revision, the FFBS standard toolkit was updated as well as the creation of the FFBS Toolkit with a Livestock focus. Please find both tools linked here as well as the updated FFBS Minimum Standards.
This tool was used in Kenya in 2022 to assess the accessibility of WASH infrastructure. Read More
Besides the Rapid Gender Analysis, some CARE projects also conduct a Safety Audit before constructing or rehabilitating a water point to ensure accessibility for all. Below is a version of a tool used in South Sudan in 2023 (also provided here in Spanish and French). Read More
CARE’s goal is for all savings group activities to take place alongside intentional efforts to address the barriers women face to improving their economic situation. These briefs give an overview of what we mean by VSLAs which go beyond ‘traditional’ implementation to address root causes of gender inequality. Read More