Read this issue of GROW to learn how supporters like you are creating safe and nurturing spaces for both innovators to test their ideas and for kids to learn and play so their mother’s can focus on farm-work. Also in this issue: Celebrating the Meindertsma’s 4,300 km ride in support of iDE – how Winnipeg business Fireside Design Build is fostering creativity in entrepreneurs around the world – AND how passionate people like you helped one woman power herself, her family and her community!
Do you dare? Read the fall issue of iDE’s GROW newsletter to learn how your daring generosity is supporting innovators to test their potentially life-changing ideas. Check out page 3 to see how far you’ve come in raising the necessary matching funds for Her Time to Grow, a 4-year project that is supporting female agriculture entrepreneurs in Ethiopia, Ghana and Zambia. And celebrate a couple of our 40 Under 40 entrepreneurs who are challenging traditional gender roles.
Read the spring edition of our GROW newsletter and learn how your support is creating a positive ripple effect around the world! In this issue: An innovative childcare centre in Nepal is presented to the Her Time to Grow project teams to support women farmers in Africa – A Paul Polak Innovation Fund update – And meet Ired Chuumbwe, an iDE trained FBA who helps farmers in her community thrive.
This issue of GROW celebrates the newest winners of the Paul Polak Innovation Fund! Also in this issue: Students at Lukomba Secondary School are learning to grow their own vegetables – Stu’s travel diary, Bolgatanga, Ghana – An update on Debirtu, a mother with a small family farm in Ethiopia.
Check out the Fall 2022 issue of GROW for an update on Her Time to Grow. Also in this issue: Celebrate with the Sama Sama team in Ghana on their 10,000 toilet sale – See how your support has lead women to thrive and expand their farms in Ethiopia – Learn about the Paul Polak Innovation Fund (it’s like Dragon’s Den for international development).
In this issue, you will read about some of the ways your support has helped us to tackle hard problems in new ways during the COVID-19 pandemic. The same principles that have helped millions increase their incomes with low-cost irrigation pumps are also bringing clean water to millions of Cambodians and marketing the lifesaving act of hand-washing.
In 2020 our teams around the globe have found new ways to overcome challenging times, our clients in the field are resilient, and our donors have been showing support in the midst of a pandemic. In this issue, you’ll read about: the actions we have taken to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in Northern Ghana, how the lockdown is affecting farmers in Nepal, and about women’s empowerment in our social enterprise.
In the Winter 2020 issue you’ll read about the successes YOU made possible in 2019, like our Plant Doctor program in Nepal that’s empowering women to bring new technology, expertise, and hope for struggling farmers. Join young traveler Rebecca Dyck as she experiences firsthand a fact-finding mission to Nicaraguan passion fruit farms, then learn how new research is increasingly supporting iDE’s gender-equality strategy worldwide and, finally, as we begin a new decade we invite you to read (or re-read) iDE founder Paul Polak’s three principles for assessing a social enterprise venture’s potential.
In this issue, read about Sama Sama’s Ebenezer Atsugah showcasing the prototype of a de-sludging truck he designed, with financial support from iDE. Meet a young leader, like engineering student Melanie Holland, and Suraya Ibrahim – manager of iDE’s Sunsong chili farm, who connects small farmers with improved farming technologies and new commercial opportunities. In your reading, you can witness how creative solutions, can make a real and lasting difference around the globe.
As you read through this issue, we hope you will be excited by the potential for new generations of supporters and entrepreneurs to transform poverty into prosperity. We are excited about stories from the field and by the power of an emerging generation that can make it possible to eradicate extreme poverty around the globe.
Click the link above or the photo beside to read this issue of GROW – our supporter update newsletter. We chose the title GROW as it captures what the iDE community strives to accomplish. We want to help farmers grow crops and help entrepreneurs grow their businesses. We want people living in poverty to be able to access the products and services that will improve their health and increase their incomes. We also want to grow our community of friends and supporters.
Click the link above or the photo beside to read this issue of GROW – our supporter update newsletter. We chose the title GROW as it captures what the iDE community strives to accomplish. We want to help farmers grow crops and help entrepreneurs grow their businesses. We want people living in poverty to be able to access the products and services that will improve their health and increase their incomes. We also want to grow our community of friends and supporters.
Click the link above or the photo beside to read this issue of GROW – our supporter update newsletter. We chose the title GROW as it captures what the iDE community strives to accomplish. We want to help farmers grow crops and help entrepreneurs grow their businesses. We want people living in poverty to be able to access the products and services that will improve their health and increase their incomes. We also want to grow our community of friends and supporters.
Click the link above or the photo beside to read this issue of GROW – our supporter update newsletter. We chose the title GROW as it captures what the iDE community strives to accomplish. We want to help farmers grow crops and help entrepreneurs grow their businesses. We want people living in poverty to be able to access the products and services that will improve their health and increase their incomes. We also want to grow our community of friends and supporters.
Click the link above or the photo beside to read this issue of GROW – our supporter update newsletter. We chose the title GROW as it captures what the iDE community strives to accomplish. We want to help farmers grow crops and help entrepreneurs grow their businesses. We want people living in poverty to be able to access the products and services that will improve their health and increase their incomes. We also want to grow our community of friends and supporters.
