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Making Woman in Qaranri self-reliant through Self Help group approach: Deeqo’s experience Format Deeqo Salad Mohamed, aged 35, is a widow mother of four children (a boy and three girls) lives in Qaranri village. The father was the only one contributing to the household income. this wasn’t enough for the family sustenance so, Deeqo started going to the forest to collect firewood to sell and increase family income. She would walk up 10km to sell the fire wood in Belet-hawa town market btaining an average of 3 USD every two days (thus 1.5 USD/day) which is insufficient to cover the household...

Empowering the vulnerable communities towards sustainable economic opportunities: Case study of self help groups in south-central Somalia Format The DFID funded programme Building Resilient Communities in Somalia (BRCiS II) aims to support and accompany vulnerable Somali communities and systems on their path to restoring and strengthening their resilience to shocks and stresses. Supporting Self Help Groups (SHGs) and Village Savings and Loans Associations (VSLAs) has become a component of work under BRCiS, and Concern Worldwide commissioned The Share Trust –to develop a scalable plan for in...

Press release content from PR Newswire. The AP news staff was not involved in its creation. Patrick J. McGovern Foundation awards $5.7 million to support vulnerable communities as pandemic surges December 17, 2020 GMT BOSTON, Dec. 17, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The Patrick J. McGovern Foundation announced today $5.7 million in grants to support vulnerable communities through the pandemic and to bring trusted COVID-19 data and analysis to policymakers and the public. The 21 grants are the latest of the Foundation’s COVID-19 response and community support commitments in 2020, totaling $14.7 million...