Global economists are all saying the same thing: Women-farmers are a key ingredient in ending poverty.
There are no quick solutions to poverty, but by supporting the matriarch of the household, the entire family thrives. When you teach a woman to farm, she teaches her children and the people around her. When a woman is in charge of her family’s finances, she invests it in her family’s and community’s well-being.
The hands that she uses to comfort and nurture are the same hands that bring her family and community prosperity through hard work.
And yet, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, while women produce between 60% and 80% of the food in developing countries, they own only 2% of the land. That’s why OIC International doesn’t give hand-outs – we provide the tools and training needed to change the lives of these women-farmers, for themselves and for their communities.
Through training courses in farming and marketing, funds to start a small business or a plot of land to being her journey, OIC International is there to empower and support the vital resource that are women-farmers.
Celebrate these women with us and create change in the world. By visiting OIC International’s brand new website, www.oici.org, you’ll find the tools that you need to start a woman off on her journey.
Sincerely,
Your OIC International Team
P.S. Hand in hand, we can create a better life for millions of women and their families by supporting their small businesses and celebrating the end of poverty.