Improved Food Security and Income Levels of Wadajir Farmers Cooperative and associates in Arabsiyo village

The goal of the project is to improve Wadajir's community living standards through improved agricultural production and water infrastructure. The main target group is a women farming cooperative, called Wadjir. Wadajir was first established in 2011 and is comprised of 20 women farmers. Wadajir is registered with the Ministry of Commerce as well as with the Ministry of Agriculture. The women's group have succeed in obtaining funding from the World Bank and have secured an office and set-up wholesale business and a jam enterprise. The group has requested the support of the Pharo Foundation. Three key areas of support have been identified, namely agriculture, jam making enterprise and microfinance funds. It was agreed that the Foundation would commence by meeting their agricultural needs, and therefore solicited MADO to design the following project.