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Grants Awarded | Mano River Union
Association Guinéenne pour l'Allègement des Charges Féminines (AGACFEM)
Conakry and Gueckedou, Guinea
AGACFEM was formed in 1995 by a group of professionals who recognized both the extreme challenges facing rural women in Guinea, and the tremendous contribution they make to their communities. AGACFEM’s mission is to help improve the living conditions of rural women by providing support for their activities, informing them about their rights and increasing their economic power so they can be better positioned in decision-making structures in the family and community.
| 2009 | $3,450 | 6 months |
| This grant enables two staff members of Agacfem to attend a convening in Mbour, Senegal, with the purpose of strengthening and improving the quality and effectiveness of community grantmaking programs. |
| 2008 | $82,624 | 1 year |
| This grant enables AGACFEM to provide community grants and technical assistance to 19 rural women’s groups in the Gueckedou and Kissidougou border area of Guinea. The grants provide the women’s groups with capital to produce and market agricultural goods, set up a grain bank, and install a range of technologies, including a modern soap production unit, a multi-purpose platform for the production of energy, and a grain husking mill. This grant also contributes to AGACFEM’s own institutional development and capacity to provide quality technical assistance and services to the groups. |
| 2008 | $6,549 | 6 months |
| This grant enables a staff and a community member of AGACFEM to be part of a rural women’s delegation attending the 2008 AWID International Forum on Women’s Rights and Development, in Cape Town, South Africa, with the purpose of sharing knowledge, building connections, and informing strategies. |
| 2007 | $42, 596 | 1 year |
| This grant enables AGACFEM to provide community grants and technical assistance to six rural women’s groups in the Gueckedou and Kissidougou border area of Guinea. The grants provide the women’s groups with capital for soap manufacturing, palm oil extraction, rice cultivation, and market gardening. AGACFEM also provides the women’s groups with training in financial and project management, literacy, and women’s rights. Through this grant, AGACFEM is able to develop its own capacity with specialized staff and office equipment. |
| 2006 | $26,588 | 2 years |
| This two-year grant supports the introduction and management of functional village technology by a rural women’s association in the Gueckedou border area of Guinea. The specially designed ‘multi-purpose platform’ is equipped with a 10-horsepower diesel engine which drives several machines such as a mill, hulling machine, battery charger and carpentry equipment while also distributing water and electricity. This reduces the workload of rural women and generates income for their association, which in turn funds other activities that benefit local women and their children. |
| 2006 | $9,146 | 6 months |
| This grant enables the participation of two representatives from AGACFEM at the World Social Forum (WSF) 2007 in Nairobi, Kenya. |
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