Implementing Partners: ACDI/VOCA (Agricultural Cooperative Development International)

Funding Period: September 2008 - August 2012

Amount: $2,626,203

Purpose: Demonstrate effective means of sustainably improving the economic circumstances of orphans and vulnerable children an d the families and communities that care for them

Objectives:

• Promote economic strengthening through development of the agriculture sector to increase household income and improve educational and nutritional outcomes for children
• Leverage schools to increase the value communities place on education by:
  • introducing an agricultural business curriculum, using schools as the location to connect farmers and input suppliers, and
  • utilizing school gardens as demonstration plots for new farming techniques