Nurturing Opportunities for Women

The project will train 1,000 women from the Kono District, in basic financial literacy, household financial management, effective savings techniques, and business skills, including conducting market surveys and calculating profit. In the Kono District diamond mining-induced poverty and social upheaval prevail. Small scale, subsistence farmers struggle with a deterioration soil and air quality that stems directly from the mining operation sites. Women and girls are disproportionately affected by these problems. Once these women have this knowledge, the targeted households will be more financially secure and able to absorb economic shocks more easily. This will indirectly impact more than 16,000 people their income and well-being. Thanks to the new knowledge and tools acquired to manage household savings and in their savings groups they will plan, save, and invest, enhancing personal, family and community wellbeing. The women will participate in public dialogue and collaborative decision-making to foster positive social change. They will elevate women's roles in decision-making and advance gender equity. Upon graduation the women proceed to an agribusiness program, enabling the women to apply all that they have learned about finance and business skills to their farming businesses, further strengthening their resilience and financial independence.

Founded in 2006, One Village Partners is a registered nonprofit organisation in the USA and in Sierra Leone. Its mission is to enhance collective wellbeing across Sierra Leone by investing in people and communities through partnerships.

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