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Mennonite World Conference’s assembly in Indonesia in July provided many opportunities for some of MEDA’s managers to build relationships with

Pennsylvania’s Bike and Sol teaches youth how to work: Bike and Sol is one of the few places, if not the only, place in the US that “will teach a middle school kid how to work and give them a job reference for their first job.”

As people around the United States and the world continue to experience the effects of inflation and supply chain disruptions from the war in Ukraine, many farmers have been struggling to make ends meet, as well.

For Ajoa Mintah, the road to entrepreneurship started a long way from her eventual destination creating and selling tasty frozen treats. Mintah is founder and CEO of Four All Ice Cream, which has a factory in Kitchener, Ontario, and a retail “scoop shop” in neighboring Waterloo.

Starting a company isn’t as easy as pushing a button, but Brenneman and those he collaborates with are pushing the right ones.

Cal Redekop, who died in July at the age of 96, will be remembered by many as an academic, author and founder of this magazine.

Benedicta is a Ghanian entrepreneur who was a lead farmer and sales agent in MEDA’s GROW project. “She’s one of those people who sees opportunities everywhere,” MEDA staffer Jennifer Denomy says.

Second Chance Success, a pilot project in Kenya and Rwanda, has worked to understand and help address factors that prevent women entrepreneurs from receiving the funding they need to grow their businesses.

Vancouver engineer Paul Fast’s career has been marked by risk-taking, innovation and international recognition. He also discusses making business decisions guided by faith.

MEDA staffer Jennifer Denomy recently visited Ghana to work with MEDA’s Ghana team. In a recent presentation to the Waterloo-based Women-Empowering-Women (WEW) group, she reflected on the impact of MEDA’s efforts to date in Ghana, and the goals of a new project.