Impact stories

What happens when you think of poor women as economic powerhouses? The world changes.

My Right to My Future, Women’s Participation in Peace Building and Conflict Resolution (PEACE II) ran from 2015-2017 in Palestine with $672,993 from the EU and Austrian Agency for Development. It worked with 4,300 people directly.

What’s different before and after the Partnership for Learning project? 50,000 more kids get to go to school, and do better while they are there. Getting Jean Jean Roosevelt—a Haitian music star—to write and perform a theme song helped, and so did…

Watch what women can do when you listen to their goals. In Niger, women members of savings groups are prioritizing education for the next generation as a key strategy for improving their communities.

Communities in Ethiopia and Somalia say, “If we had not received aid when the cyclone hit us, we would not have survived.” How did we do it? By listening to what they had to say.

Network, Engage, Transform ran in Sri Lanka from 2016 to 2018 with $523,484 from the EU. It reached 630 people directly and 78,205 indirectly. The team partnered with Women Action Network and Transform Kilinochichi (WANT) and Community Development…

RAN-AINA ran from 2014-2017 in Madagascar with $1.2 million from the European Union. It reached 18,000 people directly and 82,068 people indirectly.

Yemen’s Emergency Assistance for Vulnerable and Conflict-Affected Communities ran from 2017-2018 with $10 million from USAID’s Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance. It reached 242,000 people directly, and 128,000 indirectly.

“We are confident, we cannot give up…” Women in Jordan are learning to stand up for themselves, and it’s changing their lives.