Archives: Stories
Celebrating Rural Women Contributions in sub-Saharan Africa
This month we join the rest of the world to celebrate the thousands of rural women (farmers and workers) in…
18 October 2022
Improving smallholder’s livelihoods through service delivery models
Visibly happy, Joana Atta owes her progress and transformation journey to an intervention by a Rural Service Centre established under…
22 September 2022
Meet Carmen: Guatemalan landscape heroine
Carmen Gómez from San Marcos, Guatemala, says the greatest achievement in her community, 31 de Julio, has been gathering women,…
20 September 2022
Rural service centres improving oil palm productivity in Ghana
Solidaridad partner Achmea Foundation supports rural service centres in Ghana to deliver effective farm management services that will improve productivity…
26 August 2022
Revitalizing Coffee Productivity in Uganda: One farmer at a time
Solidaridad has reached 9,000 coffee farmers in 7 districts with training aimed at promoting inclusivity, access to finance, climate-smart approaches…
23 August 2022
Tangible gains for smallholders in Mozambique
Through a fruit and vegetable planting programme started by Solidaridad and two partners in 2019, Orlando Chapotera diversified his tobacco…
03 August 2022
Changing the narrative in my cocoa community
Percy Cobbina is determined to see the eradication of child labor from the supply chain in Amafie, a cocoa-farming community…
28 July 2022
Gloria Mafojane: Bolstering women in agri-business
Women make up almost fifty percent of the global agricultural labour force, but they are still a minority group in…
07 July 2022
Julia’s story
Over 5,100 metres above sea level, among strong winds and falling snow, we can find Julia Pomalique. She works in…
21 June 2022
Dairy 2025: Unlocking smallholder productivity in Tanzania
Solidaridad is piloting innovative, climate-smart business models through the Dairy 2025: Catalyst for Business Driven and Climate-Smart Dairy Farming project.…
11 June 2022