A young woman stands and presents a flipchart showing a diagramme outlining young people's frustrations with healthcare
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Improving sexual and reproductive health services for young people in Lesotho

We've partnered with the Ministry of Health to improve young people's access to sexual and reproductive health information and services, whilst supporting a citizen-led monitoring approach that holds authorities to account.

Little Sister Pramila writes in her exercise book in a classroom
VSO/Suraj Ratna Shakya

"I used to feel bad about my low performance" - Pramila's story

13-year-old Pramila used to have to prioritise homework over studying – but with the support of her Big Sister Rama, she’s now thriving at school and dreams of becoming a teacher one day.

A woman smiles as she weighs ingredients for baking as part of an enterprise training group in Tutuka, Ashanti Region
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Making the dough: Women in Ghana on baking for a better future

Together with Mondelez International, we’re equipping female cocoa farmers with training and support to help them start their own enterprises.

Prak Sim, farmer from Cambodia
VSO/Sophal Neak

"I'm really happy that IMA4P supports me" - Prak Sim's story

The Improving Market Access for the Poor (IMA4P) programme supports smallholders like Prak Sim to turn their rice farms into thriving commercial enterprises.

Volunteering in Cambodia. Farmer Ly Theort talks with international volunteers in one of her fields
VSO/Sophal Neak

"It's easier to sell products this way" - Ly Theort's story

Thanks to the Improving Market Access for the Poor (IMA4P) programme, rice farmers like Ly Theort are benefiting from economies of scale and new contracts that make it easier to sell their crops.

Two pairs of hands holding soya beans in Mokwa, Nigeria.
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Five ways we're supporting farmers in Nigeria

The Improving Market Access for the Poor (IMA4P) project is supporting Nigerian farmers to upgrade their smallholdings into fully-fledged businesses, giving them the skills and knowledge they need to compete in the global economy.

Two female farmers laugh together as they harvest crops
VSO/Allison Joyce

Women farmers working together

The Growing Together programme is making farming more profitable for thousands of small-scale farmers – and making sure that women don’t miss out on the rewards.

Abdul Latif is from Kafikhal village, Bangladesh
Allison Joyce

Farming together for better profits

Abdul Latif has been farming all his working life, but he’s still learned a lot of important lessons from being part of the Bugra Para farmers’ group – part of our Growing Together project, working to make small-scale farming more profitable.

Women hold up solar lanterns in Malawi
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Meet the mamas fighting poverty through solar power

Solar energy has the power to transform lives in Malawi, where just one in ten people has access to electricity. Eight extraordinary women on a VSO pilot project are lighting new paths to prosperity.

Solar Mama Dines smiles as she stands outside in the sun holding a solar panel
VSO/Peter Caton

"Now I know that I can do things on my own" - Dines' story

A single mother whose husband left her when their children were still young, Dines Msampha, 42, has seen her monthly income more than double since she was trained as a Solar Mama.

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