Testimonies

Testimonies

Support for Palestinian olive oil exports

Rizq Allah

Rizq Allah, member of the Farkha organic olive oil cooperative and executive director of the new Palestinian Olive Oil Council

“Now that olive oil producers integrate European criteria into their production techniques they can export to Europe.”

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Support for the rehabilitation of Prey Nup’s polders

Yim Boy

Yim Boy, President of the CUP

“Everyone pays for our dike's infrastructure maintenance.”

Supporting Turkish companies’ environmentally positive investments

Erdogan Gögen

Erdogan Gögen, CEO of the waste treatment firm Invest Trading Consulting (ITC)

"Waste is not rubbish, it is a raw material. We have changed the way people think"

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Support for Senegal’s Corporate Upgrading Program

El Hadji Sow

El Hadji Sow, Deputy Chief Executive Officer of NMA Sanders, Nouvelle Minoterie Africaine (Bakery flour, livestock feed and pasta manufacturer)

"Our workers and foremen know how to use the machines, they know how to work"

Microfinance institutions in Madagascar

Célestine Ravaonoro

Célestine Ravaonoro, dressmaker in Antananarivo, Madagascar

“Yesterday, we borrowed to buy a sewing machine, and today we employ 56 people.”

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Supporting the promotion of Cambodian pepper and sugar

Tep Yoeun

Tep Yoeun, a pepper producer in Angkoy Chey 2 province, Kampot Province

"By changing our practices we can improve the quality of our pepper and increase our income”

Education and training in Senegal

El Hadji Dame Baye

El Hadji Dame Baye, schoolteacher in suburban Dakar, Senegal

“The situation in our schools is improving thanks to external aid.”

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Supporting Guinea’s potato exports to the subregion

Moussa Para Diallo

Moussa Para Diallo, President of the Fouta Djallon Farmers’ Federation
 
"We must have confidence in our farmers’ organizations because development comes from the grassroots"

Investment funds aimed at financing SMEs in Morocco

Brahim El Jaï

Brahim El Jaï, Chief Executive Officer of Maroc Invest

“We provide equity and ensure that it is used wisely by businesses.”

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La Laiterie du Berger: Supporting an SME and developing local milk production

Bagoré Bathily

 Bagoré Bathily, CEO of  La Laiterie du Berger

“Our process is profitable but also has a development aspect that we are very attached to”

La Laiterie du Berger: Supporting an SME and developing local milk production

Yero Mariem Sow

Yero Mariem Sow, cattle farmer

“I can earn a living by selling milk”

Protecting coral reefs

Sandrine Job

Sandrine Job, an expert in coral reef restoration, New Caledonia

“If I had to learn just one lesson from this project, it would be the importance of involving populations and of using coral reef restoration as an awareness-raising tool.”

Protecting biodiversity hotspots

Dr. Sujit P. Bairagi

Dr. Sujit P. Bairagi, President and founder of the Dolphin Foundation, an organization working for biodiversity conservation in Northeast India.

“Community organizations in turn train their communities and raise their awareness about the need for sustainable forest activities”

Developing irrigated agriculture to combat food insecurity in Senegal

Alioune Gueye

Alioune Gueye, a Senegal River Valley farmer

“We have to scale up production to feed our population.”