Our ‘women in business’ project tackled a huge challenge head-on: lack of female land ownership in rural areas of The Gambia. A major focus of the project was to provide women with financial backing to purchase land, empowering them to transform subsistence farming into a sustainable business.
In rural areas of The Gambia, land ownership is almost exclusively reserved for men. Because women have neither the financial capacity nor opportunity to purchase land, it is extremely difficult for them to build viable and successful businesses. This in turn has a knock-on impact on food security, health and education, further perpetuating the cycle of poverty.
In Kassange, a community in the West Coast Region of The Gambia, women farmers have been working together to change their harvesting habits and increase their yields. They support each other by sharing information on best practices and ideas for using the crops they grow to feed their families and the wider community.
Funded by the Welsh Government, United Purpose’s COVID-19 response project in Guinea aims to reduce the impact of the pandemic in the Upper Region. We are doing this by building the capacity of health care centres, spreading accurate information about COVID-19 prevention, and supporting vaccination initiatives. Meet the people helping us make this happen…
Aelama belongs to a Mother’s Club in The Gambia - a collective support system for mothers in local communities that provides information about nutrition, growing biofortified crops, and recipe ideas. As a mother to a young daughter, Aelama has seen first-hand the benefits of a more nutritious and balanced diet - and how simple changes can result in life-changing impacts for her family.
