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How training and tools turned one mother from fruit buyer to fruit seller

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WFP’s livelihood programmes in Ethiopia are helping refugee families help themselves with new agricultural skills Story by Edward Johnson Nyangun’s garden is flourishing. She was given basic gardening tools and seeds in exchange for attending practical and theoretical agriculture classes. Nyangun with one of her tools.

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Sierra Leone: How cash assistance is helping to secure peace

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World Food Programme and UNDP Peacebuilding Fund Project work together to assist communities hit by the pandemic Cash allows people to select the foods they need. In Sierra Leone, the relationship between Socfin Agricultural Company, in Sierra Leone, and landowners in Sahn Malen chiefdom hasn’t always been a cosy one.

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Rural Women’s Day: ‘How we learned to dream again in Rwanda’

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A project the World Food Programme runs with UN Women, FAO and IFAD, empowers people to express their potential Members of the Bahoneza Cooperative in Nyaguru District. backed by UN Women , Food and Agriculture Organization , the International Fund for Agricultural Development , and the World Food Programme (WFP).

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Philippines: From fighters to forest rangers and farmers

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The agreement was forged between WFP, the Ministry of Environment, Natural Resources and Energy (MENRE), the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Agrarian Reform (MAFAR), the Ministry of Interior and Local Government (MILG), and the Bangsamoro Planning and Development Authority (BPDA).

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Boosting the livelihoods of women in rural communities

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Women take the lead in boosting livelihoods in rural Sierra Leone How cash transfers are powering women’s efforts to improve food security and livelihoods in Sierra Leone Women harvesting their crop at a rice field in Helebu, Pujehun district of Sierra Leone. especially women? “We

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Empowering Women in Rural Rwanda

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WFP and partners work together to reduce gender-based violence and improve gender equality Jackeline has been trained and empowered by RWEE to transform gender norms in her community. The rise is fuelled by household economic challenges, food insecurity and confined living conditions due to lockdown and social isolation measures.

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‘HIV is no longer a death sentence for us’

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We’ve got food and investments to face it,” he adds, referring to the nutrition support and village savings and loans scheme they have via assistance from the World Food Programme. The scheme equips people with resilience tools to avoid relapsing. 80 percent of them are women. Mariamou sells grounded cassava to neighbors.