Two Cases: Africare/Malawi and Africare/DRC

1. Two Cases: Africare/Malawi and Africare/DRC • Malawi: I-LIFE in 7 Priority Districts in Southern Malawi • 5- year $2.9 m MYAP in consortium with seven NGO’s • 34,150 MT monetized; 5,650 MT for direct distribution • Focus: Reduce food security among 20,000 vulnerable poor • DRC: JENGA in South Kivu Province • 3-year $3.0 m MYAP in consortium with ADRA • 13,202 MT monetized; 2,182 for direct distribution • Focus: Reduce food security of 18,000 female-headed households and returnees • Interventions: • Improved varieties • Improved production techniques • Farmer mobilization into production and marketing groups and savings and loans groups • Food for Work for infrastructure • Targeted feeding • Interventions: • Resettlement support • Improved agricultural practices • Improved market linkages • Rebuilding of irrigation systems and household storage lost in the conflict • Targeted feeding

2. Examples of the Interventions

3. Village Savings and Loans in Malawi • Members of self-selected groups save money to be a source of loan capital for members to borrow from 228 groups - 70% women • Provide savings services in communities with no access to formal sector financial services • Enables members start business ventures in order to build up financial capabilities Total Cumulative Savings: $169,540 Total cumulative loans: $123,400 Women VSL transaction in progress Knitting business from VSL proceeds

4. NUTRITION: Activities implemented through Care Group Africare’s Care Group beneficiaries: • Growth Monitoring • Health Promoters and Care Groups trained • Lead Mothers trained to provide education on child care and feeding practices • Beneficiary mothers involved in market gardening of highly nutritious crops Support to HIV/AIDS Infected and Affected HHs • Mainstreaming of HIV/AIDS messages in all program interventions • Linkage of HIV/AIDS support groups with other service providers • Psycho-social support to PLWA through positive living services Growth monitoring for under five children Cooking demonstrations

5. Supporting and Empowering Women Women VSL transaction in progress Growth monitoring for under five children Proud woman business owner Cooking demonstrations

6. Some Achievements of the Malawi Project 50% reduction in the number of underweight children Almost 90% of beneficiaries purchased improved crop varieties 100 % adoption of improved agriculture production techniques 2-3 crop cycles per season instead of only 1 9.4 months of food provisioning, up from 6.8 months

7. Results from the JENGA Project in the DRC

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