Support for Palestinian olive oil exports
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.”
Support for the rehabilitation of Prey Nup’s polders
Yim Boy, President of the CUP
“Everyone pays for our dike's infrastructure maintenance.”
Supporting Turkish companies’ environmentally positive investments
M. 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"
Support for Senegal’s Corporate Upgrading Program
M. 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, dressmaker in Antananarivo, Madagascar
“Yesterday, we borrowed to buy a sewing machine, and today we employ 56 people.”
Supporting the promotion of Cambodian pepper and sugar
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, schoolteacher in suburban Dakar, Senegal
“The situation in our schools is improving thanks to external aid.”
Supporting Guinea’s potato exports to the subregion
Moussa Para Diallo, President of the Fouta Djallon Farmers’ Federation
"We must have confidence in our farmers’ organizations because development comes from the grassroots"
National park of Quirimbas
Sean Nazerali, manager of the Quirimbas National Park Development Project
“Conservation is a development strategy in Mozambique”
Investment funds aimed at financing SMEs in Morocco
Brahim El Jaï, Chief Executive Officer of Maroc Invest
“We provide equity and ensure that it is used wisely by businesses.”
Bionexx: Supporting an SME and combating malaria
Charles Giblain, Chief Executive Officer of Bionexx
“Artemisinin is a miraculous molecule. As well as treating malaria there will probably be other outlets for this molecule in the future for diseases such as cancer.”
A surveillance laboratory is set up for the shrimp industry
Eliane Chunge, director of the shrimp epidemiosurveillance laboratory and research director at the Institut Pasteur
“It is very important to say that Madagascar’s shrimps are disease-free. Our country’s capacity to export depends on this.”
Supporting fruit and vegetable exports from the Dalat region
Mrs Thao, President of the Lam Dong Farmers’ Association
“Asparagus production is more competitive in Dalat than in Thailand”
La Laiterie du Berger: Supporting an SME and developing local milk production
Bagoré Bathily, CEO of La Laiterie du Berger
“Our process is profitable but also has a development aspect that we are very attached to”
Yero Mariem Sow, cattle farmer
“I can earn a living by selling milk”
Improving the health situation by supporting Haitian NGOs
Ginette Fethière, a health worker and HIV patient
“Zanmi Lasante works intelligently, it provides both support and drugs”
Protecting coral reefs
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, 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, a Senegal River Valley farmer
“We have to scale up production to feed our population.”