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Guide to Selecting Digital Tools for VSLA Programs
This tool can be particularly useful in evaluating digital tools for programming. Its primary purpose is to provide a step-by-step guide for teams to make informed decisions based on carefully evaluating digital products for VSLA programming.
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Enhancing Women’s Participation and Leadership in Humanitarian Action
The world urgently needs more adaptable and accessible funding models that recognize the unique contributions of women's rights organizations and women-led organizations (WROs/WLOs). Despite their crucial role in crisis response, women's potential as leaders in humanitarian action is often sidelined, perpetuating inequalities and undermining response effectiveness. A multifaceted and rights-based
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Educating the Community
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 me
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World Water Day 2024: Annual WASH Systems Award
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 g
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Empowering Community Prosperity: A VSLAiE Case Study
The Raqi Group is a VSLA in Emergency (VSLAiE) group in the rural area of northern Aleppo, in the Qabasin community of Al Bab sub-district, near the Syrian-Turkish border. One of the VSLAiE members, Imad Amro, shares his experience.
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Moving a Step Ahead: A VSLAiE Case Study
Maryam Ahmed lives in the Ghandourah community in the countryside of Jarabulus, Syria. The economic situation in her community is dire and she shares how they suffer from a lack of job opportunities and special activities that specifically serve women. When available, job vacancies are mostly exclusively for men. Through the VSLA in Emergencies (VSLAiE) pilot, Maryam had the opportunity to join a
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The GRAD Push‐Pull Model for Food Security
The Push‐Pull Model involves implementing interventions that empower individuals and groups to build capacity, as well as engage other ecosystem actors outside of a program’s target population. This document provides insights on ways CARE Ethiopia has been utilizing the push‐pull model for food security programming.
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Digitization Readiness and Needs Assessment for VSLAs
This survey is designed to critically assess the preparedness and specific requirements of VSLAs for a transition to digital operations. It involves an examination of the existing managerial tools and processes, determining the level of digital literacy within VSLA communities, and pinpointing infrastructural challenges like internet connectivity and hardware needs. The survey also delves into the
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