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Yemen
In a district cut off from markets for months, a cooperative of twelve women turned one shared oven into a lifeline — and, quietly, into a business that now steadies thirty households.
Field team, Aden
· 9 Jul 2026
· 7 min read

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Yemen
In a district cut off from markets for months, a cooperative of twelve women turned one shared oven into a lifeline — and, quietly, into a business that now steadies thirty households.
Field team, Aden
· 9 Jul 2026
· 7 min read
Malawi
A livestock scheme designed by the women who run it is outlasting every drought forecast we were handed.
Grace Mbewe
· 2 Jul 2026
· 5 min read
Gaza
Kept between shifts over eleven weeks, these pages hold what the statistics leave out — and what keeps her returning to work.
Leila Karimi
· 27 Jun 2026
· 6 min read
Global
One word reshaped how our teams design programmes — and who gets to decide what help looks like.
Sara Whitfield
· 21 Jun 2026
· 8 min read
Pakistan
After the floods washed away a season, a group of farmers pooled what little remained. It became the region’s most reliable supply.
Priya Anand
· 14 Jun 2026
· 5 min read
Afghanistan
When the school gates closed, learning moved indoors. This is how a network of quiet rooms keeps a generation reading.
Hannah Reed
· 1 Jun 2026
· 7 min read
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