Organizations Fighting Hunger

Description:

The ​Jaksally Development Organisation works to reduce hunger and build food security in Ghana, Burkina Faso, and Cote d'Iviore.

Their work focuses on supporting women and youth in rural communities, and their programs include:

• Women and Youth in Agriculture - supporting women and youth with agricultural technology transfers, to maximize small land areas and increase yields.
• Women and Youth in Savings - supporting them to save their own and reinvest that into agriculture.
• Environmental Enterprises - supporting bee keeping increasing incomes, creating employment, reducing bush fires and increasing the size and quality of shea and cashew nuts.
• Value Chains Development - strengthening their capacity to process, market, and otherwise add value to raw products.
• Empowerment -  they support women and youth in governance and agricultural policy advocacy to be better informed and participate in decision making. They also coach, mentor and walk with the youth in agriculture.

How to Help:

Iowans can support the mission of the J​aksally Development Organisation by volunteering as interns to help document their work, write about lessons learnt, write stories about the organization and its impacts, speak with their beneficiaries and publish articles on all of these. Individuals are encouraged to contact Mr. Jeremiah Abubakari Seidu at jeremiah.seidu@yahoo.com or +233244409552 to learn more or volunteer.

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