Impact stories

Involve men, but put women in charge.

“I felt like life will go on, and we are able to find new ways to live a better life.”

Seven months into the COVID-19 crisis, we reflect on where we've succeeded, where we've failed, and how we can adapt to the ongoing crisis.

Even in the face of COVID-19, women in savings groups continue to astound and find ways to succeed.

“What would make you feel safer where you live? How about if you had picked up your entire life and fled across the border in search of a better life?”

“…though I am disabled, I can now speak up and ask questions, demanding answers from elsewhere.”

Women—especially married women—are telling dramatic stories of change after they participated in couple’s discussion sessions and received access to bank accounts. 

Including gender at the core and prioritizing local voices are key approaches to working with communities to tackling the climate emergency. 

“What we do know, from decades of responding to epidemics in some of the poorest and most fragile contexts, is that hope is possible.”