Update to the Global Board (October 2008). Due to unfavorable farming conditions, microfinance partners have faced challenges repaying their loans on time. However, with the help of the epicenter and loan committees, partners have increased their repayment rates by 13 percent.
Update to the Global Board (October 2008). The Hunger Project-Mozambique focused on projects with tangible impacts for its partners. As a result, partners are starting food processing businesses following Hunger Project trainings. Tree planting projects and water and sanitation projects are well underway.
Located in Southern Africa, Mozambique is a country with a population of 21.2 million. With an illiteracy rate of 61% and 74.1% of the population living under USD $2 a day poverty remains widespread in the country. The Hunger Project has been working in Mozambique since 2006 and is empowering 17,000 partners in three epicenter communities.
The African Woman Food Farmer Initiative (AWFFI) microfinance program is designed to address the critical missing link for the end of hunger in Africa: the economic empowerment of
