Project summary
The project secures food and nutrition for the most vulnerable people in four communities of the Goubi canton by building women’s socio-economic empowerment, grounded in the running of farming cooperatives and women-led enterprises. It forms part of the Pozos sin Fronteras action plan in Togo, in communities already provided with improved drinking water sources and basic sanitation.
Areas of work
- Setting up and strengthening women-led farming cooperatives and enterprises.
- Gender workshops aimed at transforming the role culturally assigned to women.
- Creating community nurseries supplied with part of the cooperatives’ produce, to guarantee nutrition for children aged 0 to 5.
- Training local people to make the land more resilient to climate change.
Results
- 100 women taking part in farming cooperatives.
- 320 children with guaranteed nutrition through the community nurseries.
- Four communities in the Goubi canton with stronger food security.
- Land that is more resilient to climate change.
