Julie Redfern (second from left), MEDA's director of microfinance, recently returned from Afghanistan, where she was following the progress of MEDA's work there with Women for Women International in a microfinance institution that the two partner organizations founded in 2004. "Meeting some of the women who are benefitting from this work filled me with a sense of hope. It was exciting and invigorating to see the sparkle in their eyes as they talked about their small and growing businesses."
That work will continue and grow thanks to the Afghanistan Challenge. In this month's MEDA's World radio interview, Julie explains how it works. Click here to listen (~5MB - If there are problems, please right click and select Save As.) Past episodes of MEDA's World.
Just a small loan can mean a world of difference for an enterprising Afghan woman and her family living in poverty. Take the challenge! Through the Afghanistan Challenge – a partnership of MEDA and CIDA (Canadian International Development Agency) – your small donation can make a big difference, and put a whole family on the road to prosperity. Support the Afghanistan Challenge at medatrust.ca/give—not just for Canadians!
A young Afghan woman studying in Canada is gaining valuable work experience this summer as an intern in MEDA's Through the Garden Gate (TTGG) project in her home country. Learn more about this bright young woman.
This year, MEDA's Business as a Calling convention features an intriguing slate of plenary speakers ...
... Nov. 5 – Stephen Kreider Yoder, providing a journalist's view of Silicon Valley’s Big Move into Energy Innovation and Utilization
... Nov. 6 – Len Penner, with New Frontiers in Feeding the World: Global Food Supply and Security
... Nov. 7 – Roger Bairstow and Suzanne Broetje, on Purpose, People, Planet, Profit: Quadruple Bottom Line Results at Broetje Orchards
Robert Shuh of Elmira, Ontario, spent two years in Nicaragua leading MEDA’s Produmer sesame project, and joined the MEDA board in 2004. Learn more about Robert.
MEDA staff in Nicaragua gathered recently for a bittersweet milestone, marking the end of the Produmer project, but the beginning of a new cooperative that hopes to carry on that work. More about the legacy.
Sesame farmer learns new methods through Produmer
Francisca Hernandez Juarez, together with her family in El Sauce, has produced sesame since childhood. After three years with Produmer, she has taken full advantage of the help she received. Francisca has participated in reforestation initiatives and now grows vegetables throughout the dry season with the help of drip irrigation, training she received through Produmer. Read more about how Produmer helped Francisca.
Audrey Quinn spent five months as a MEDA intern in Nicaragua, where she documented the work of Produmer and created a video that captures the project's successes. Watch it on our YouTube Channel!
MEDA Tanzania recently had the opportunity to give a personal introduction of its work to USAID's mission director Robert Cunnane and development outreach and communications officer Cory Brandt with a ground-level tour June 4 of the Under Five Catch-up Campaign. Why did USAID visit MEDA Tanzania?
We are pleased to announce that Jennifer Gurbin has joined MEDA as a junior consultant/project coordinator in both the microfinance and production market linkages areas. Meet Jennifer Gurbin.
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