Poverty Reduction Thanks to Concerted Efforts

Results as of January 2012 include: (1) 90% of members of the Health Round Table of La Convencion in Peru and 89% of participants in the Women Youth Child Commission of the same round table increased their skills and capacities in health intervention. (2) 2 054 women in Mali have improved their knowledge of the Moringa (small tree) and developed skills to integrate the Moringa into their daily diet as a nutritious supplement in a strategy to fight against malnutrition. (3) Coffee cooperatives in Mombin-Crochu and Bois-de-Laurence in Haiti produced 9 200 coffee plants and 18 500 forest and fruit plantlets which will be distributed between the cooperatives members. These results have contributed to: (1) increased health intervention capacities of institutions local groups and actors mostly women; (2) the implementation of preventive and educational health measures; (3) the use of new skills and to improved production and environmental management.