Help Rwandan women learn to farm, support families
Teach women farming in Africa
Summary
These Rwandan women will learn to farm in order to feed and support their families and ultimately the entire village. They will have permanent job skills as farmers and will be able to sustain farms.
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Thanks to donors like you, a total of $5,000 was raised for this project. Other Projects Run By Women for Women International That You Can Help |
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Project Needs and Beneficiaries
Women in the program will not only earn an income that will benefit their families, they will also be contributing to stabilizing the current food crisis ensuring that communities take in higher levels of nutrition and health. By using the land, and all available resources, the women will learn valuable trade skills, which can then be passed on to other members of their community and carried on well past their graduation from the program.
Activities
CIFI will educate and train 3,000 women about land use, irrigation, crop types, and farming techniques as well as marketing of their products.
Funding Information
Total Funding Received to Date: $5,000
Funding Information
This project is now in implementation and no longer available for funding. Received funds will be used to accomplish concrete objectives as indicated in the project's "Activities" section. Updates will be posted under the "Progress Report" tab as they become available.
Donors' contributions and pledges to this project totaled $5,000 . The original project funding goal was $5,000.
Additional Documentation
This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).
Resources
- Project's External Homepage (http://www.womenforwomen.org/foodcrisis/)
- Women for Women Intl Homepage (http://www.womenforwomen.org/index.htm)
- CIFI Project Page (http://www.womenforwomen.org/foodcrisis/)
- Rwanda Site (http://www.womenforwomen.org/rwanda.htm)
- Donate Now (https://secure.entango.com/donate/kFgy9aTiESF?view=crisis08&wfw=WZZ0806AWRDZZW)
Why this Project is Important
Potential Long Term Impact
The program will increase food security and nutritional variety for the farming women and their communities that traditionally rely on animal protein and limited varieties of vegetables.
Project Message
“CIFI ... will not only increase local food production and bring down food prices, it will also decrease the demand for outside assistance by empowering women"
- Karen Sherman, Executive Director of Global Programs
Who is Running This Project
Contact
Shannon O'Donnell
Online Marketing Manager
4455 Connecticut Ave, NW
Washington, DC 20008
United States
202-521-9598
Email:
Project Sponsor
Organization
Women for Women International
4455 Connecticut Avenue Suite 200
Washington,
DC
20008
United States
202.737.7705
http://www.womenforwomen.org
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Where this Project is Located
Country
This project is located in 
Rwanda
and can also be found under 
Economic Development.
For more information about Rwanda, read the Human Development Report on Rwanda or the Wikipedia entry for Rwanda.
When this Project was Updated
Last Updated
This project was last updated on November 6, 2009.
Date Added to GlobalGiving
This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on June 20, 2008
Latest Update from the Field
WWI Country Directors Brief Congress on Development Efforts
By Amanda Jessen - Intern, May 13, 2009 11:00 AM
In Rwanda and Sudan, two countries where many are eating one meal per day or less, Women for Women is piloting a Commercial Integrated Farming Initiative that will link 6,000 women farmers to profitable markets so that they might feed their families and communities and earn an income. “Sudan lacks everything,” said country director Karak Mayik, “food especially. Food is another war for us. It is my hope that with CIFI we can go from dependence on food aid to having food to share.”
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