Vote for the Photo of the Month: March 2024
Our monthly photo series highlights the beauty and opportunity in the lives of our clients around the world.
Our monthly photo series highlights the beauty and opportunity in the lives of our clients around the world.
Naila Farouk recently completed a TechnoServe fellowship in Burundi, where she created a global marketing survey to collect data on Burundian coffee. In honor of International Women’s Day, Naila shared her fellowship experience, discussed women who have inspired her, and highlighted some of the structural barriers women face.
Lily Pacas is an entrepreneur in the coffee business and a fifth-generation coffee producer in El Salvador. Read about her experience growing up in a coffee-growing family, how those experiences led to a career in civil service, and her hopes for women in coffee.
Explore Claudia "La Vaquerita" Alvarado's story in El Salvador, where her recycling initiative fuels the local circular economy, improving solid waste management issues and promoting job creation. Through La Vaquerita, Claudia increases environmental sustainability and provides employment, an important combination for economic growth.
Are you an informed global citizen? Test your knowledge of current events with TechnoServe's February 2024 world news quiz.
Meet Yader Blandín. This young Nicaraguan man joined a gender commission to challenge stereotypes and change the mentality of multiple generations within his community. TechnoServe knows engaging men is a critical component of empowering women in agriculture.
Creating employment opportunities for the world’s growing youth population is a critical part of improving livelihoods and combating poverty. TechnoServe has contributed to a new World Economic Forum briefing paper that identifies keys to global job creation.
The guar bean, a little green pod, is paving the way for farmers in northwest India to continue growing crops through fierce droughts. See how one farmer achieved success after joining the Sustainable Guar Initiative.
We asked TechnoServe staff around the world to share what they love about working with entrepreneurs and small business owners.
Learn about some of the challenges social enterprises face in the circular economy and how they can address these obstacles and scale their impact.