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From Field to Facials: Work with Solidaridad Spurs a Spa Dream
The struggle to find work in South Africa is real. Since 2000, the unemployment rate has held steady at over…
29 November 2023
Redefining cocoa farming, improving livelihoods through crop diversification in Ghana
Crop diversification through Solidaridad's Cocoa Life programme is helping Ghanaian cocoa farmers, like Kwaku Atta, improve incomes and local livelihoods.…
20 November 2023
SOLIDARIDAD AND EMFED: A STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP FOR WASTE-TO-COMPOST CIRCULARITY
Kwabena Mends, a young entrepreneur and founder of EMFED Farms in Assin Fosu in central Ghana, has launched an innovative…
02 November 2023
Promoting Entrepreneurs in Agriculture One Farmer at a Time
Patrick Newman Kortey has become a household name in the local Boase Sibi community in Ghana. As an entrepreneur and…
30 October 2023
Rural Woman Coffee Farmer Leads the Way in Tanzania
For many rural women, building a successful business can be a struggle due to limited access to resources. Suzan Malya,…
13 October 2023
Banding together to conserve & restore mangrove habitat
After a fire destroyed a large part of an important mangrove forest on Guatemala’s Pacific coast, national and international institutions…
02 October 2023
Crafting the world’s finest cocoa in Brazil
João Rios and his wife Nayara represent an entire community of cocoa farmers who bet on technical assistance and rural…
28 September 2023
Brazil’s Carminha Missio Leads on the Farm and on the Environment
For decades Carminha Missio has worked to encourage sustainable soil conservation practices in Brazil’s Western Bahia. Driven by her interest…
20 September 2023
A Bright Future for a Woman Farming Coffee in Tanzania
Dorothy Masaki is a 54 year-old wife and mother of six who began farming over 35 years ago on her…
07 September 2023
Young farmers in Kenya making a business case for coffee
Sustainable coffee can be a lifeline for young women and men throughout Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania. To jump-start economic growth…
31 August 2023
