In their Words
A Different Way to Make a Difference
We partner with smallholder farmers and small business owners around the world to help them gain the skills, confidence, and connections to increase their incomes and forge a path out of poverty. Hear what the people we serve, our donors, and our staff all say about why TechnoServe is a different way to make a difference.
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In 2023, every dollar invested in our programs produced $5.60 of additional income for participants.
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Explore Their Stories
In Their Words: Stories of Impact and Change
Don’t just take our word for it. Learn from those who have experienced firsthand how TechnoServe is changing lives and communities.
Evelyn Windhager Swanson
TechnoServe Donor, U.S.
“We indisputably and verifiably help people to help themselves. We help people understand how to do their businesses better. And we train them to train the next person who needs a hand up. That is how TechnoServe is a different way to make a difference.”
Patricia Tello
TechnoServe Staff, Peru
“What distinguishes TechnoServe is its focus on developing capabilities and implementing sustainable solutions. Contributing to this process has allowed me to be part of a structural change that lasts over time— something I believe is fundamental to effectively and sustainably fighting poverty.”
Benjamin Alas Ordoñez
TechnoServe Client, El Salvador
“TechnoServe is a different way to make a difference. They taught us how to use the resources we already had on the farm to cut costs. This is something profound of real substance because as a farmer who relies on this [farming], I value it greatly.”
Archana Stalin
TechnoServe Client, India
“Hands down, I think it was the business advisor who made the difference. I think that making a difference is in the DNA of the entire organization there.”
Charlie Reardon
TechnoServe Donor, U.S.
“TechnoServe is a different way to make a difference because you will be able to help more people permanently improve their lives than any other opportunity you’re ever going to get.”
Sildio Mbonyumuhire
TechnoServe Staff, Rwanda
“Rather than just providing temporary relief, TechnoServe equips people with skills, knowledge, and resources they need to lift themselves and their communities out of poverty on a sustainable basis.”
Lúcia Sigauque
TechnoServe Client, Mozambique
“TechnoServe is a different way to make a difference because they made me realize that I couldn’t limit myself, that I couldn’t stop. I started to see the horizon. I started to see things in a broader and different way.”
Your Donation’s Impact
Why Your Donation Matters
We believe that everyone deserves the opportunity to build a better life and lift themselves out of poverty.
TechnoServe’s approach helps people around the world gain the skills, connections, and confidence to improve their incomes, create self-sustaining businesses, and build brighter futures for themselves, their families, and their communities.
Join this powerful community today. Give to our end of year campaign to make a difference in the fight to end poverty.
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A nonprofit organization you can trust
At TechnoServe, we prove our transparency and accountability every day. That’s why we’ve been awarded four stars by Charity Navigator, an “A” rating by CharityWatch, and recognized by GuideStar’s highest level of recognition: the Platinum Seal of Transparency.
TechnoServe helped me. And not only me, as well as other people in my community, other families that are multiplying the knowledge from one to another. Thank you, TechnoServe!
Lúcia Sigauque, entrepreneur, Mozambique