Millennium Villages

Apr 05

Progress Toward Sustainability via Agribusiness in Malawi

By Natalia Mroz

The Millennium Villages Project has begun to accelerate its efforts to promote sustainability. Mwandama, Malawi is leading is leading the way by creating rural cooperatives designed to help member farmers transition from subsistence to commercialized agriculture.

Feb 21

Inside Kenya’s Sauri Millennium Village: a Beacon of Progress in Integrated Development

By Gabriel Saldaña - The Borlaug Institute for International Agriculture

The Borlaug Institute for International Agriculture visited Sauri Millennium Village in Kenya. In a blog post, they reflect on the their visit and the importance of an integrated approach to sustainable development, which is exemplified by the Millennium Village Project.

Jan 31

A Vital Link to Health Services in Sauri, Kenya

By Claire Bulger

Community Health Workers take advantage of low and high-tech tools to provide a critical link between village residents and the local healthcare clinic.

May 13

Ruhiira Goes Bananas for the Fruit

By Joelle Bassoul Mojon

In the cold morning air heavy with mist, green waves rise gently from deep valleys up to Ruhiira’s hilltops then flow downwards again, engulfing small villages.

May 14

Pampaida: A Model of Rural Development in Nigeria

By Bala Yusuf Yunusa

Since inception, the Pampaida Millennium Village has achieved many successes.

May 28

A Tale of Two Villages

By Joelle Bassoul Mojon

Ruhiira and Katine. The former is located in the southeast of Uganda, the latter in the northwest. One is a stable village, the other a post-conflict community.

Jun 08

U.S. Media Editors Stop in Sauri on Kenya Tour

By Joelle Bassoul Mojon

In June, a group of 12 senior editors and producers from U.S. media houses visited the Sauri Millennium Village in Western Kenya to witness firsthand development programs in Sub-Saharan Africa, with a focus on agriculture and food security.

Sep 29

Partners’ Meeting notes from Project FEED

By Ellen Gustafson

Just as September and the UN General Assembly are getting the fall off to a running start, the Millennium Promise Partners Meeting was a great harbinger of progress in Africa for the months to come.

Sep 30

Rwanda’s Millennium Village exports cassava to Burundi

By Joelle Bassoul Mojon

Patrice Nsihimymihigo’s small courtyard is covered with cassava. Sitting around it, women peel the brown roots and throw them back milky white onto the pile.

Nov 11

Coping mechanisms to face a devastating drought

By Ahmed Mohamed

Climate change is a reality in the Millennium Village of Dertu and Northern Kenya.

Dec 04

‘The MVP have opened up the eyes of people,’ says Kenya’s Prime Minister

By Joelle Bassoul Mojon

Kenya’s Prime Minister Raila Odinga hailed the Millennium Villages Project’s (MVP) achievements in his country, at a meeting in Nairobi with a high-level Ethiopian delegation.

Jan 04

Successful launch of Mayange’s cassava flour plant

By Aloys Hakizimana

All were anxiously expecting it: the farmers in order to sell off their harvest, the community to buy good quality products, and the Millennium Villages Project (MVP) team to kick-start this income generating venture.

Feb 02

Director General of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization visits Potou Millennium Village

By Serigne Tacko Kandji

On Monday 22 January, 2010, the Director General of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, Jacques Diouf, visited the Community Garden of Gabane Wolof located in the Potou Millennium Village cluster.

Feb 24

Kenyan Ministry of Education delegation impressed with Sauri’s school meals program

By Richard Ogeda

It is possible! That was the key message from Margaret Ndanyi, the Director of the school health, nutrition and meals Unit at the Kenya Ministry of Education, after touring schools in the Sauri Millennium Villages Project.

Jun 08

Scaling Up the Millennium Villages Program in Mali

By Ibrahim Diallo

Initiative 166 Council Day, a special event organized by Mali’s Commission for Food Security and its partners, was celebrated on 14-16 April 2010 in Bamako and Segou.

Jul 20

Sauri farmers learn about new concepts in water and agriculture management

By Kenneth K’Awuor

Fifty farmers, including 10 women, from Sauri Millennium Village, Western Kenya, were trained in July on new concepts in water and agriculture management by a team from the Arava Institute of Environmental Studies.

Dec 08

Strengthening links with the Kenya authorities: focus on health and nutrition

By Margaret Wagah & Jackline Oluoch

A look at health in Sauri, Kenya

Aug 07

The Great Race and Porridge

By Katherine Kalaris

Part of the blog series from MVP summer interns.

Jan 05

Empowering Women: the Force Behind Ruhiira’s Best Restaurant

By Naomi Handa-Williams

Lunch time in Ruhiira? Look no further. ‘Fang Fang’ is the place to go for yummy matooke (bananas) and beans. The woman behind this thriving micro-business is Tumushabe Boneconcila, whose entrepreneurial spirit is doing much to both improve the quality of her own life and radically shake up ideas of traditional gender roles in the community.

Feb 02

Sauri Looks Back on Five Years of Success

By Salome Munyendo

Located in Western Kenya, Sauri was the first Millennium Village (MV) to see the light in 2005. Five years on, the project area has grown to nearly 70,000 people and has registered numerous successes in its multi-sectoral approach.

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