What sort of work does the does the RAJA-Danièle Marcovici Foundation do?
The RAJA-Danièle Marcovici Foundation works to empowerment of women and the improvement of their living conditions around the world. We support projects in the fields of education, training, socio-professional integration, the fight against violence and the defense of women's rights, as well as the role of women in the protection of the environment and the fight against climate change. Since its creation in 2006, the Foundation has co-financed more than 406 projects in 52 countries. More than 8 million Euros have been allocated to improve the lives of more than 85,000 women.
Why do you support AVSF?
We have supported AVSF on several occasions and in different parts of the world: whether it is training female Haitian farmers or fishermen's wives in Brazil, supporting Guatemalan women producing medicinal plants, or helping Togolese women producers face to climate change, the projects we have supported address key issues for women. In a world where women provide between 60% and 80% of food production in developing countries, while having very little access to productive and financial resources, it seems essential to us to contribute to the development of Income Generating Activities for women as well as the recognition of their role within their own community. AVSF integrates these crucial issues into their projects by supporting female farmers to produce more and better quality and thus improve their families’ food security and incomes. The organisation also works to defend their rights and to assure women’s role in society is recognised. At the RAJA-Danièle Marcovici Foundation, we share all these priorities.
Our Foundation currently supports AVSF for the socio-economic integration of 400 young women of the Lenca Indian ethnic group in the departments of Intibucá and La Paz in Honduras, through trainings in agroecological production, small business plans, and women's social and economic rights (building political advocacy plan). These income-generating activities as well as the implementation of political advocacy plans enable women to gain autonomy and recognition within their families and communities, and contribute in wider terms to the change of mentality in Honduras.
How does your work with AVSF tie in with your mission?
The RAJA-Danièle Marcovici Foundation has been particularly involved in fighting issues affecting women and the environment since 2015. A "Women & Environment" action program to promote the role of women in protecting the environment and combating climate change was deployed as part of a product-sharing operation funded by the RAJA Group. This theme is now a specific area of intervention of our Foundation, and includes the promotion of sustainable agricultural practices, access to sustainable energy for women, projects of natural resource management, waste management and adaptation to climate change – involving women.
The projects led by AVSF are fully in line with this approach, by promoting sustainable agricultural methods to better preserve the soil, improve the yield of their production and therefore the corresponding income, while helping women to strengthen their position within their community and to make their voices heard in producer organizations.
The RAJA-Danièle Marcovici Foundation works to empower women and improve their living conditions around the world. The Foundation supports projects in the fields of education, training, socio-professional integration, the fight against violence and the defense of women's rights, as well as the role of women in the protection of the environment and the fight against climate change. Since 2006, the Foundation has participated in the emancipation of a number of women by supporting AVSF in Haiti, Guatemala, Brazil and Togo. From 2018 to 2019, the Foundation has chosen to support the socio-economic integration of 400 young women from the Indian Lenca ethnic group in the departments of Intibucá and La Paz in Honduras, through trainings in agroecological production, the development of small business plans, and women's social and economic rights (building political advocacy plans). These income-generating activities as well as the implementation of political advocacy plans enable women to gain autonomy and recognition within their families and communities, and contribute in wider terms to the change of mentality in Honduras.
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