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MEDA is always looking for creative ways to help the working poor. We improved market access to 7000 embroiderers in Pakistan … but we’re not finished. We’re dreaming up ways to make daily life for these working women even brighter. Could the answer be solar powered lamps? Could the same market chain working one way to bring their embroidery to market work the other way to bring solar lamps from the market to their home? This is the kind of innovation that MEDA is all about. Read more...

MEDA’s Linda Jones talks about the norms that bend when economic opportunity opens up. Many men are even proud of their breadwinning wives once they understand the impact the programs make on their economic future. Read more...

Steve Stutzman knows about energy and power…this is his business. But a trip to Bolivia in the mid-90s allowed him to see a different power at work – MEDA’s development work. That trip convinced him. Click here to read why he supports MEDA...