Aida’s Story: Aida Guzmán, small business owner and single mother of four Aida Guzmán was also the recipient of a microcredit loan, provided by ADCADMUS. As a single mother of four children, two girls and two boys, Aida chose to invest her loan into the purchase and sale of cosmetic products. This brought Aida significant […]
Rosa’s Story: Rosa Evelia Henriquez, 65-year-old small business owner In 2011, following Tropical Depression 12E, a cyclone that ravaged Central America, Rosa Evelia Henriquez lost her home and personal possessions. The disaster left her community uninhabitable, and forced her family to relocate elsewhere. As ADCADMUS launched a microcredit program in the community she newly joined, […]
Juhi Shah – August 2020 I am Juhi Shah, a student of Masters in International Development at the University of Waterloo, Canada. My research interest includes working on gender equality by providing sustainable opportunities to women. As part of my course, I interned with World Accord from May to August 2020, where I worked with […]
Christine Kitoko – August 2020 My name is Christine Kitoko, I am a candidate in the Master of Development Practice programme at the University of Waterloo and my interests lie in grassroots mobilisation and gender equality. This past summer, I completed an internship with World Accord, wherein I was further able to explore these interests through my work. Accordingly, the internship served as the basis for the present paper, entitled: Women, Agriculture and Food Security in […]