Our Partnership with Mavuno

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has endured decades of armed conflict and instability, resulting in more than five million deaths. The World Food Program’s 2020 forecast predicted that of the 100 million people in the DRC, 15.6 million are severely food insecure and the country is home to the second-largest hunger crisis in the world after Yemen. Mavuno has found a direct correlation between high levels of poverty and farmers’ lack of sound, agropastoral knowledge and skills, which is contributing to this hunger crisis.

Farmers are using dated methods that are depleting the soil and causing many to travel long distances or relocate in search of fertile land. These farmers also lack access to microfinance structures and business skills. A combination of all these factors has destroyed the livelihood of local communities. 

One Day’s Wages partnered with Mavuno, an organization that seeks to empower local agripreneurs to ignite economic development, and in turn, help to build a peaceful and prosperous Congo. This partnership trained farmers in various villages to become certified agripreneurs, who then returned to their communities to empower more farmers through a condensed version of their training surrounding agro-pastoral and entrepreneurial skills.