The cooperative has shown me what love is, I have regained my value as a woman
I have witnessed how the women’s cooperative of Mpore Dukunde Inzuki, in Busasamana sector Nyanza district, Southern province has had a profound impact on the lives of its members and their families,...
View ArticleWorld Food Week 2011 Wrap Up
With the World Food Week HungerFREE activities behind us, I have been reflecting on the amazing collective efforts across ourActionAid global network – one thing is for sure it makes me proud to be an...
View ArticleThe power of women's cooperatives
Two heads are usually better than one. Vulnerable women unite together to forge a better future.Often when rural women are oppressed by their husbands and hit by the biting pangs of poverty they see...
View ArticleWe are going to South Africa
“Where are you going?” a passerby shouted at the PACJA Caravan of Hope when it left Bujumbura Stadium heading into town. “South Africa”, the driver shouted back in a loud voice. And to make sure...
View Article3,600 Trees in Two Hours
They were supposed to plant 3,000 trees but by the end of the morning 3,600 trees had been planted.When we arrive at 8.30am to the hills of Giticyinyoni, about 5 kilometres outside Kigali, streams of...
View ArticleWhere are the rural women?
The 2012 theme for the Commission on the Status of Women is rural women and yet one of the most absent voices this year has been the rural women themselves. Civil society has made evident efforts to...
View ArticleCommunities at risk of losing their land speak
The cost and availability of food is in the news worldwide. What we wanted to do for World Food Day this year was bring new voices to the debate from communities at risk of losing their land. Many...
View ArticleVoices of hope and dignity for women smallholder farmers
What are people saying about @ActionAidRwanda?Tweets about "#AARwanda"Supporting communities to claim their rights is one of the most important aspects of ActionAid's work. That involves not only...
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