Project summary
The project secures food sovereignty for the rural communities of Goubi by combining irrigation infrastructure with the creation and strengthening of women-led farming cooperatives that can sustain themselves and generate self-employment.
Areas of work
- Irrigation infrastructure: construction of 7 wells with elevated tanks and a solar-powered extraction pump, plus drip irrigation equipment across 3.5 hectares of land owned by the women’s farming cooperatives.
- Women’s cooperatives: training in farming, poultry rearing and management, and EPC (Savings for Change).
- Reducing workload: collaborative building of improved cooking stoves in at least 75% of members’ homes, and provision of tools and equipment to the 14 cooperatives.
- Preventing malnutrition: awareness-raising for at least 1,000 people on the early detection of anaemia and child malnutrition, workshops for the teachers and management teams of the 7 primary schools, and the creation of a multidisciplinary team drawn from the cooperatives, the schools and the health centre.
- Visibility: production of a DVD covering the project’s activities, results and objectives.
Results
- 350 women taking part in cooperatives, with training attendance above 90%.
- 7 solar-powered irrigation wells and 3.5 hectares under drip irrigation.
- 14 farming cooperatives equipped.
- A working protocol in place for cases of malnutrition and anaemia.
- 1,300 people able to view the project through online platforms.
