iDE doubles down on women’s economic empowerment in the face of pandemic Several new words have joined our vocabulary, thanks to COVID-19. One of the most ominous is “shecession,” which describes women bearing the brunt of pandemic family care while trying to keep working. Experts fear the adverse economic impact of the virus on women …
A Healthy Business iDE’s Hydrologic Social Enterprise celebrates 10 years of bringing clean water to everyday Cambodians Imagine living in a rural village in Cambodia, miles away from the nearest road. From where do you obtain safe water to drink? You send your daughters to collect water from the local lake, pond, well, or rainwater …
How might a simple flush toilet elevate the status of women in Ghana? We set out to answer that question with a “deep dive” into the experience of customers, salespeople and managers of our Sama Sama toilet business. The toilet delivers hygiene and convenience, but the business of sanitation is offering women new opportunities. A …
Like many farmers in Nepal, Deepa had a small plot of land where she grew vegetables, mostly for her family. Through iDE, she learned about small investments that made her farm more productive and profitable. She signed up for training to become a Community Business Facilitator, so that she could help farmers in her community …
My name is Corey O’Hara, and I am iDE’s Country Director in Nepal. I am writing to you from lockdown in my Kathmandu home to give you an idea of how the COVID-19 pandemic is affecting farmers in Nepal and what we can do about it. Here in Nepal, we work with small farmers because …
iDE’s toilet business Sama Sama has kicked off the “Sama Sama Cares” campaign, combating the threat of COVID-19 in rural Ghanaian towns with handwashing and public health marketing. Sama Sama Managing Director Osei Agyeman-Buahin says that, as in other parts of the world, the pandemic is generating a lot of fear. However, he says, “We …
This basic iDE insight is gaining traction across the globe. Research shows inclusive business cultures outperform others in financial results and innovation. As journalist Sally Armstrong says in her new book, Power Shift: The Longest Revolution, “If women farmers had the same quality seed, fertilizer, and tools as men farmers, they could feed 150 million …
As the daughter of iDE co-founder Gerry Dyck, few would be surprised to see the number of stamps in Rebeccca Dyck’s passport. What IS surprising, is that – until recently – only one of those stamps was connected with her father’s iDE work. An English tutor for online students and new Canadians who also sketches, …
These doctors make house calls Imagine being a farmer in Nepal. It’s a subsistence living at best, one you share with the majority of the country’s “working poor.” Your life depends on a good harvest, but you can’t count on it to feed your family when you’re constantly battling crop disease, invasive insects and erratic …
