Teach a woman how to harvest, and her family and community will benefit for a lifetime
WECF's EWA programme “Empower Women, Benefit for All” in rural Kyrgyzstan leads to women empowerment, income generation for women and improved living standards
07.08.2015 |Carmen Chan
“Even though we grew up among cotton fields, we didn’t really know how to grow cotton and how to water it,” says Kanagat from the Erke-Kashka village. Watch how Kanagat and other women in rural Kyrgyzstan rise to the challenge, thanks to WECF’s women empowerment programme:
This video is available in the following languages: English, Kyrgyz and Russian.
Thanks to this project of WECF, Kanagat and other women in rural Kyrgyzstan have improved crops and they can educate their children. Would you also like to help women in rural areas attain better living standards and a brighter future for their children? Please make a donation here.
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