Protecting Malawian Children and Youth Through Social and Financial Entrepreneurship

This learning paper outlines the experiences and preliminary findings of a collaboration between Catholic Relief Services and Aflatoun. The program was designed to help strengthen the child protection function of Children’s Corners in Malawi. Vulnerable children ages 6 to 18 years old received financial and social enterprise training. This training strengthened their self-confidence, taught them their rights and responsibilities and helped them develop practical skills for saving, spending, planning and budgeting. Download the PDF (1.6 MB) Read online

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Améliorer l’accès des populations rurales à la santé : Etude d’un programme pilote de microassurance santé au Bénin

Ce rapport d’étude examine le projet pilote de micro-assurance santé (MAS) mené par CRS dans la région de l'Atacora au Bénin. Le projet pilote met en relation les groupes d'épargne matures avec une compagnie privée d'assurance. Download the PDF in French (1.6 MB) Download the PDF in English (1 MB)

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Improving Access to Health for Rural Populations: A Study of CRS' Health Microinsurance Pilot in Benin

This report looks at CRS' health microinsurance (HMI) pilot in Atacora, Benin. The pilot links mature savings groups to a national insurance company. The findings show improvements in costs, access, treatment and group solidarity. Download the PDF (1 MB) Read online

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Leveraging Municipal Government Support for Agricultural Value Chains in Nicaragua

Until recently, municipal governments in Nicaragua have not considered agricultural development to be part of their institutional mandate. This has made it difficult for small producers to competitively engage in agricultural value chains. CRS and its partners created the Alliance to Create Opportunities for Rural Development through Agroenterprise Relationships (ACORDAR) project in 2007. Since then, ACORDAR has helped more than 3,000 Nicaraguan farmers achieve a 98 percent increase in sales and a 117 percent increase in net income.

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Creating Change, Creating Opportunities: Promising Practices in Youth Enterprise Development for At-Risk and Gang-Involved Youth

Catholic Relief Services and YouthBuild International are implementing an integrated program called Jóvenes Constructores de Centroamerica. The effort supports enterprise development and employment opportunities for youth in El Salvador, Nicaragua, Guatemala and Honduras.

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