Tag Archives: women farmers
We Remember Madam Christiana Ohene Agyare
Posted on 03. Jun, 2013 by Lutheran World Relief.
Lutheran World Relief is saddened to learn the news that on May 19th Madam Christiana Ohene Agyare, President of Kuapa Kokoo, passed away after a brief illness. Kuapa Kokoo is the democratically operated, Fair Trade certified cooperative of cocoa farmers in Ghana, which sources cocoa for Divine Chocolate and whose farmers are part owners of [...]
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Learning New Skills Leads to Higher Income for Woman in Honduras
Posted on 08. May, 2013 by Annalise Udall Romoser.
Bessy Lopez is a 34-year-old single mother of five in Omoa, Honduras. She has no land and, until recently, had few marketable skills. Over the years she has struggled to support her family, taking in laundry, selling firewood and working at textile factories. When Bessy worked in the factory, she had to leave the house [...]
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The Women & Mothers of Kuapa Kokoo (part two)
Posted on 06. May, 2013 by Chandler Carriker.
This is part two of a two-part series. Read part one. The Bible is filled with stories of mothers who make an incredible difference in the lives of those around them. From Sarah to Mary, mothers and strong women followed God’s call, protected those entrusted to them and spoke with prophetic vision for their communities. [...]
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The Global Mom Relay: New Beginnings and Second Chances
Posted on 01. Apr, 2013 by Lutheran World Relief.
LWR’s President & CEO, John Nunes, put together this post as part of the Global Mom Relay. Every time you share the Huffington Post blog, $5 will go to women and girls around the world. No matter who you are or where you’re from, at some point in your life someone has given you a [...]
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Meet Agnes Munyukwa, Grape Farmer
Posted on 20. Mar, 2013 by Brenda Meier Kimaro.
Grape grower Agnes Munyukwa was the first in her village to begin adopting new grape growing techniques she learned from Lutheran World Relief. She started using a deep plowing method between the rows of vines to help retain the moisture in the soil, and also grows peanuts within her eleven-row vineyard to improve soil fertility. [...]
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International Women’s Day (part 2)
Posted on 08. Mar, 2013 by Patrick Bell.
In yesterday’s blog post, I talked about how this International Women’s Day coincides with the start of LWR’s Learning for Gender Integration (LGI) initiative, where we hope to learn how to create equal opportunities for men and women to benefit from our work in communities around the world. Today I’d like to talk a bit [...]
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International Women’s Day
Posted on 07. Mar, 2013 by Patrick Bell.
Tomorrow, March 8, we observe International Women’s Day (#IWD), an international holiday created to inspire women and celebrate achievements toward gender equality. It just so happens that this year IWD coincides with the start of a very special initiative that Lutheran World Relief is undertaking toward the same goal. We are kicking off three special [...]
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