Have you ever done a coffee tasting before? Picture a neat row of small cups. Steam rises, bringing the comforting smell of coffee mixed with vibrant notes of peach, honey, and chocolate. Then, the sharp slurp, coating the palate as you evaluate the quality of the bean. A tasting allows you to learn about the …
Imagine a child trying to read in class, but only seeing a blur. Or an adult looking at the night sky and never seeing stars. In Ghana, this is the reality for nearly one in four people. Most vision loss is preventable. But for many, the nearest eye doctor is days away, and the cost …
Ethiopia Ghana Her Time to Grow Zambia
“I woke up one morning to find that a man had started building a house on my land!” To you, that might sound unbelievable. But that’s what happened to Vivian, a single mother and caregiver to eight from rural Zambia. Vivian works hard farming her land to support her family. But faced with the possibility …
Agriculture Ethiopia Her Time to Grow News
Just outside the town of Woliso, Ethiopia, you have to watch your step. The ground is so dry that deep, jagged cracks snake across the fields. Not much grows during the dry season. But look closer. Standing out against the dust are bright green patches of onions. This is the work of a group of …
Ethiopia Her Time to Grow News
Have you ever eaten kolo? It’s a popular snack in Ethiopia, made from roasted barley and peanuts. The group of 23 women received start-up funds from Her Time to Grow. They used the funds to set up their shop space and stock ingredients. Over the past four years, Her Time to Grow has supported over …
Meet Patricia. She’s an agriculture expert from Kenya — and a little bit like Goldilocks. In her community, she’s known for creating her own recipe for chicken feed, and making sure farmers can buy the amount they need — not too little, not too much. Juuust right. She also processes chickens to sell, so families …
Agriculture Cambodia Ethiopia Ghana Her Time to Grow Mozambique Paul Polak Innovation Fund Zambia
Back in 2024, iDE excitedly welcomed Support Her Enterprise — aka SHE — into the fold. SHE is a Cambodian organization that specializes in providing business training to female entrepreneurs. Women in Cambodia struggle to access and benefit from business training. There aren’t many networks to connect them, and business training isn’t tailored to their …
Bangladesh Paul Polak Innovation Fund WASH
Say you have a candy wrapper in your pocket. What do you do with it? Do you leave it in there, destined to tumble through the wash? Do you throw it in the trash? Or on the ground? What if you could recycle it? What could it turn into? Like most countries, Bangladesh is facing …
Ghana News Paul Polak Innovation Fund
Northern Ghana is a dry zone, with a rainy season from May to October, and a dry season from November to April. During the dry season, very few people can farm, which means families don’t get the nutrition they need. But, farming in the dry season is possible, with the right innovation! Thanks to generous …
Ethiopia Ghana Newsletter Zambia
Maybe you can relate to this? Many women in Zambia, Ethiopia and Ghana noted the challenge of dividing their time between various roles — mother, wife, homemaker, and income earner. We heard this over and over again in interviews for Her Time to Grow, our project supporting women in agriculture — a project you passionately …
