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Stories from the Field: Agriculture & Food Security

Literally Getting People Back on Their Feet

Immaculée Dusabeyezu, 32-year-old mother of two, and her husband were infected in 2001 by the HIV virus. In 2003, she was one of the first to form an association of People Living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) in her locality of the Nyanza Cell, Cyanika Sector. In the beginning, there were only 12 in their Abisunganye Association, seven of whom died before antiretroviral (ARV) drugs were made available. Today their membership numbers 60, most of whom are on ARV and receiving food assistance from Africare, including Immaculée and her husband.
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FEATURE STORY: The Man Who Turned Tomato Seeds into Goats

In 2007, Joseph Egwongu was ranked among the poorest of his village of Omecha, in Uganda, with no reliable revenues, no assets and very little hope. That all changed when Africare was invited to Omecha to talk about agriculture and development. Learn More>>

 

Food Security... For All!

Africare highlights three inspirational stories from the Fizi and Uvira territories of the Democratic Republic of Congo who are working closely with the JENGA JAMMA project to increase their crop production and livelihoods.
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From Subsistence to Surplus

Musa Amos Conteh stopped his formal education because of civil wars that beset Sierra Leone over the last decades. His ambition of becoming a teacher vanished when his parents died in the wars and there was no other source of money for his school fees. In 2007, Musa joined as a trainee in the TOT “Training of the Trainer” Course, as part of Africare’s Food for Security activities in Ndamba community, Njaluahun Chiefdom, Kailahun District. Learn More>>

 

World Food Crisis: Africa's Story

The global food crisis has reached every corner of the world, pushing millions of people living in poverty to the edge of disaster. Africa has taken one of the hardest hists. Read more >>

 

Tara Village: "Well Fed, Healthy, Prosperous"

Africare's pioneering "integrated rural development" program. The goal was to strengthen all types of food production; but irrigation, rural roads, health, literacy, credit and marketing also had to be addressed ... with remarkable results. Read more >>

 

"All People, at All Times"

A major group of  programs, initiated in 1989, follows Africare's three-faceted "food security" model ― combating hunger in a comprehensive way. Read more >>

 

Farmer Innovations

In Zvishavane, Zimbabwe, Africare helped local farmers, not by importing scientific discoveries from academia or abroad, but by supporting the promotion of ingenious, simple and affordable techniques created by Zvishavane's own farmers. Read more >>

 

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