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WATERIDOCHmm'WIy. W26. 2012-5 Local aid group gets $18 mil lion , ' ' ' Gh â€" 4 to support food security in arm .- '3 . . r" ' l \ Elimination - . 5(L)lllfk))f 1/27)" Chmnklerrajf ' l ' it“ \p , . 3 r \x . t.\j‘ l_.. .\ 1; X" Waterloo-based ecoâ€" a . “ . / \ ..\ ’ ‘ " I, nomic development I“? . j ' \~\\ ”I, ’ ~ i . \ ”s. ..,.....77 organization has l received SIB million from . . «I: I the federal government to ' j‘ l ..- ‘ ‘ , , (a. - :' launch a food security proj~ .‘ ' ti“? ‘ 5‘ " ‘ ‘ ect in the west African . " ‘ '- “I: ,3 g ,. " nation offihana. . l.“ ' 31$}; r. . g ‘ ' ~ ‘ The Mennonite Economic .3. . - a ‘ H k _ .’> . , Development Associates will ..' .‘ g . receive the funding frotn the w mg, ,. . . _' . . * Canadian International ‘ X Z 42" y \- Development Agency over a ’ s ‘ .91; l , . ' ‘fé ., i; six-and a-half year period .- , I k ‘9 4..- ' . ” =13 ‘ .5 .5," 3”,: and contribute about $2 mil ’4 A 'i a. 1;; "a?” '3: Urge}. f \.' ‘ lion of Its own money, britigr _ V i; L579 .31. mg total pmjecl ltmding to . $20 million. ' l'lie tireater ()pportttnl . . ties for Rural Women project ‘ will locus on the northern The aim of MEDA‘s food security project in Ghana is to reach _ a?“ Hamil ‘ portion 0' the mum“. where female farmers to increase their independence and purchas- ., a \ ‘_ ‘ " ‘ . drought has made food pro mg power W"‘°”‘°'° {9.11%. V . V duction more challenging in lol‘tin also explained the (Ianada works with various recent years. and it has three project would focus specifi- partners to achieve out- main ptlrjXN’s. cally on soybeans because of comes that provide a tangi~ BEGINS DEC. 21 at 1 0:00 AOMO GROW Will aSSi-Kt female its high nutritional value and ble benefit for those who rams s and because Ghana .-.........iy a need it most." Selected Items as Low as Dealer Cost diversifying farm production. net importer ofthe crop, Loftin said this was _ resulting in more food avail GROW officially launches MEDA's first project in Ghana . . . able to the family throughout in April to coincide with the but it reflects similar work Huge saVIngs on DISCOl'ltlnued MOdelS the year. The project will alstt local planting season and the already underway in Libya, . help women sell their prod model, aimed at reaching up Pakistan. Haiti and most and selected One-Of-a-klnd ItemS! ucts ‘ namely soybeans to 20.000 women. relies on recently Afghanistan. “We to higliervvalue markets. establishing a lead farmer reproduce models of success allowing them to increase who leverages local stake- in othercountries," she said. HURRY IN FOR BEST SELECTION! their income and give them holders and other farmers to in 2011 MEDA sent staff more purchasing power make the program a success. to Ghana on a research mis- ‘ . aw .- ,r .» .9 It will also provide more loftin said women are much sion to survey the country I .5”. g ! ‘ 41 infomtation about the nutri» more successful in this and determine the best area ‘ x, i . y . '3‘ , . . tional needs at each stage of model because of a strong to operate. While there, a g l .. . V: ' ‘1? f life and demonstrate comhi» entrepreneurial spirit. MEDA met with local organi- .. , . i ‘ , . ' nations of food that increase KitchenerWatcrloo MP zations and local partners ; micronuiricnts in the diet. Peter Braid made the who will be critical to the ,. “The women are resptm~ announcement of federal long~term success of the 1 ‘ § l8. gaa- _ sible for about 70 to 80 per funding on behalf of the fed» project because they know ”can“. ... ‘w (‘0!!! Hi agricultural ptOdUU eral minister of international the language and understand lion." said Helen Loftin. co-owwation. Julian liantino. local markets and customs. director of women's econonr “Our government continv ()nce Mlilm pulls out of tc development at MUM. of ties to prioritize food and the region. the work will con~ ‘ j _ , , ‘ , \ why women were specifically nutrition security in our tinue through those local L * ‘ ' 4’ targeted for the project. “ [he international assistance partners "We're not interest- Intt'ltlitm 15 t0 ltltik it” work, and we remain corn ed irt developing depended women to increase and con mitted to doing our part to cies." loftin said. trt)| their income. and the address global hunger and For more infonnation on monet- is used tor food. edit malnutrition," Braid said in a Mlil)A and the GROW proj- tattoo. access to Inedit Illt' press release. “ [his project is ect in Ghana. visit their Mb. . . . . \ , , , . , .l and [hepunjkm.”(fining a Rim" Hump” 0f how site,www.meda.org. Vlsll ()lllt (.l l [MANN (.l H ”N Alli) SAW 30 It) UN Si | l Lit it ill his ' B()X|NG WEEK t. 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