AFRIKA DEVELOPMENT AND SUPPLIES

We are helping to shape a future where rural women are equipped with the knowledge, resources, and opportunities to build sustainable and resilient livelihoods, empowering them to uplift themselves, their families, and their entire communities.

Collective action and enterprise are proven pathways for empowering rural women to achieve their economic goals. In fragile rural economies, single-owned enterprises struggle to stay afloat because the owners lack skills and capital and cannot take risks alone. This is especially true for women who lack access to inputs, training, credit and markets that they need to gain social and economic mobility. Africa Development Promise partners with agricultural cooperatives to put the power of the collective behind every woman and the family she supports. We offer capacity-building support for the cooperatives themselves, as well as vocational training for women to branch out into new enterprises that expand their livelihoods and future resilience.

“When women thrive, all of society benefits, and succeeding generations are given a better start in life.”
— Kofi Annan

Join us on our mission to help women thrive!

We’re thrilled to kick off our 10th Anniversary Fundraising Campaign! To celebrate this milestone, IEEE Smart Village and the ERM Foundation are generously donating a combined $50,000 and challenging Africa Development Promise to raise an additional $50,000 by October 31st. With your support, we can reach this goal and fund the rehabilitation and installation of small-scale solar-powered irrigation systems for ADP-supported agricultural cooperatives, empowering them to produce quality crops year-round.

We are already off to a great start, having raised over $19,000 at our 10th Anniversary Luncheon! Let's keep the momentum going—click the image below to visit our giving page, contribute to the campaign, and help us create a lasting impact!

We believe that empowering women is the key to the sustainable socio-economic development of local communities. Africa Development Promise has been working in Rwanda and Uganda since 2014 using proven pathways for empowering rural women to achieve their livelihood goals.  

Our focus is to gain a deeper understanding of the barriers that women face in the communities where we serve and together address the challenges that equip women with the training and resources to develop climate-smart businesses and savings groups. Our programs are driven by the following.

Our Core Program Practices

We take our lead from women’s understanding of their needs and aspirations. 

We build on the strengths and successes of existing collectives.

We work alongside the government and other local partners to ensure the sustainability the women’s efforts.

We prioritize local staff and resources to benefit local economic growth.

We celebrate rural entrepreneurial women's business success.