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LAUNCHING OUR STRONG & HEALTHY YOUNG WOMEN PROGRAM

6/12/2017

 
We are thrilled to announce that we have recently launched Strong & Healthy Young Women, our fourth small farm business program for out-of-school youth.  

The program offers 25 young women training in small business planning and income-oriented farm production or trading, while also providing them with micro-grants to help start their independent ventures.
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All of the participants at their first meeting
PictureTaking notes during the first workshop
​Similar to our other agricultural/small business programs, Strong & Healthy Young Women adds important new components. The participants, most of whom are young mothers, will also get training in child & maternal nutrition; participate in workshops on life skills, such as financial literacy; and attend a retreat which will cover sexual and reproductive health.

Building on our success with similar programs, we are excited to be able to keep expanding our efforts to help deserving but vulnerable young people build strong, independent, and healthy lives for themselves and their families.

​We are grateful to the Avison Charitable Fund for funding this program.
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One of the S&HYW program participants, attending with her child
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Program director Alfred Kitayi cracks a joke as he hands out notebooks and bookkeeping materials

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