Happy Mother's Day to all mothers around the world!
This Mother’s Day, we’re celebrating women entrepreneur Sieng Sophanna, a single mother of three in Cambodia who transformed a small roadside shop into a thriving agricultural supply business trusted by farmers across her community.
Through iDE’s agribusiness accelerator, Sophanna gained the skills, confidence, and connections to grow her business, increase her income, and create jobs for others.
Her story reflects iDE’s impact strategy in action: powering entrepreneurs, strengthening local market systems, and creating opportunities that help families and communities build lasting resilience.
Today, Sophanna is not only supporting her children — she’s helping farmers access the tools, knowledge, and climate-smart solutions they need to succeed.
This #MothersDay, we honor the mothers who are growing businesses, feeding communities, and shaping stronger futures for the next generation.
#iDE #PoweringEntrepreneurs #ImpactStrategy
What does financial access really look like for women entrepreneurs?
A new iDE report from Nepal which is grounded in feminist participatory action research, says women need access to finance to empower themselves, their families, and communities.
But the report, which looked at 66 women entrepreneurs, found their experiences with financial institutions are mixed.
There are several challenges including burdensome documentation and procedures, challenges with repayment due to market struggles and increasing interest rates, legal and collateral risks and a high degree of emotional impact in the form of stress.
The path forward? The report says financial systems need to be more inclusive, flexible, and responsive to women’s realities.
#iDE #PoweringEntrepreneurs #ImpactStrategy #Nepal #WomenEntrepreneurs #NepalReport #FinancialSystems
This #EarthDay 🌍, we’re celebrating the impact of iDE Cambodia’s CSmart project—where climate-smart agriculture is transforming what’s possible for smallholder farmers.
Over 5+ years, more than 6,000 farming households (40% women-led) strengthened their resilience to climate and market shocks while increasing incomes and improving food safety. 🌱
With the right tools, practices, and market access, farmers boosted annual profits from $830 to over $3,700 with some earning more than $7,000. 💧
This is what climate action looks like: practical, scalable, and driven by farmers themselves.
Read more through the link in our bio!
#EarthDay #Impact #Scale #Resilience #PoweringEntrepreneurs
From baking cakes as a child to building new income stream as an event’s decorator, Aida’s story is one of resilience—and what’s possible when women entrepreneurs have the right support.
Through iDE’s SHE incubator program in Mozambique, women like Aida are gaining the tools, confidence, and networks they need to grow their businesses and move up the income ladder and out of poverty.
In 2025 alone, participants in the incubator program increased their revenues by an average of 43%, driving impact that extends far beyond their businesses, boosting the fortunes of their families and communities.
Because when women thrive, communities do too.
Learn more thorugh the link in our bio.
#iDE #SHE #BusinessIncubator #impact
You’ve followed Dev Kumari Chaudhary’s story—from small-scale farmer to community leader. Along the way, she’s diversified her crops, adopted regenerative practices, accessed new markets, and empowered others in her community.
Today, her farm is more than a source of income. It provides nutritious food for her family—and a roadmap for other women and young mothers to follow.
“We’re not just learning how to farm differently, we’re learning how to think differently. Everything is connected now, from our soil to our markets.”
Dev’s story is a powerful reminder: when women are equipped with the right tools and opportunities, entire communities thrive.
Your partnership makes stories like this possible—helping break down barriers and expand opportunities for millions of women around the world.
✨ Be part of the impact by donating through the link in our bio!
#WomensEmpowerment #ClimateResilience #SmallholderFarmers #GenderEquality #SustainableAgriculture #iDEimpact #GlobalDevelopment
What does dignity look like? In southern Madagascar, it can be as simple—and as powerful—as a safe, flushing toilet.
A recent UNICEF story highlights how communities on the African island are embracing new sanitation solutions that are transforming everyday life. As part of an iDE program that supplies the products, families are choosing to pay for improved latrines—not just for convenience, but to protect their health and the well-being of their neighbors.
At iDE, we’re proud to implement a market-based approach to sanitation—empowering communities to drive lasting change. Because real impact isn’t just about infrastructure—it’s about adoption, ownership, and sustainability.
Read the full story from UNICEF:
/madagascar/en/stories/communities-welcome-new-types-improved-latrines
#WASH #Madagascar #Impact #Sanitation #CommunityLed #iDE
Water shapes opportunity and #inequality. 💧
This World Water Day, the focus is on Water and Gender, because the global water crisis doesn’t affect everyone equally.
In the Sundarbans, an ecosystem spanning Bangladesh and India, women often collect, manage, and safeguard water for their families.
But rising salinity and frequent flooding are making that responsibility harder and riskier every day.
That’s why communities are adapting.
Through climate-smart solutions like rainwater harvesting and sand filtration, women are leading the way, turning unsafe water into safe, usable water for their households.
With #inclusive design, these solutions ensure that elderly community members, pregnant women, children, and people with disabilities can access water safely and with dignity.
Because when water works for women, it works for everyone.
#WorldWaterDay #WaterAndGender #WaterForAll
Last week we introduced you to Dev, a farmer in Surkhet, southwest Nepal, who spent 30 years working her land before climate change forced a difficult choice: adapt or lose her livelihood.
Dev chose entrepreneurship.
By pivoting toward climate-smart business practices with iDE training, she transformed her farm into a resilient business:
👩🌾 Sustainability: She swapped chemical fertilizers for ‘jholmol,’ an organic mixture that restores soil health and naturally repels pests.
🔨 Smart Infrastructure: With her increased income, she installed a rainwater tank to irrigate crops during Nepal’s dry seasons.
Dev’s success is powered by iDE’s women-focused market systems approach. By connecting farmers to “agro-vets” or suppliers, cooperatives, and buyers who value sustainable produce, we ensure that investing in entrepreneurship pays off.
In Surkhet, this model has already helped 2,554 households access reliable markets and build more secure futures.
You can continue to help power iDE entrepreneurs through the link in our bio!
#InternationalWomensDay celebrates the entrepreneurs, leaders, and mothers changing our world.
These women are also the force behind iDE’s movement to power 1 million entrepreneurs and foster prosperity for 100 million people. And to honor them, we’re sharing the story of Dev Kumari Chaudhary from Nepal over the coming weeks.
After 30 years of farming in Surkhet, Nepal, climate change forced Dev to abandon traditional practices and seek a new approach. In 2024, Dev joined iDE’s Market-led Nutrition Initiative, and through hands-on workshops, mastered climate-friendly composting, natural pest control, and crop diversification.
And with this new knowledge, Dev began helping other Nepali farmers and mothers adopt sustainable, nutrition-driven practices.
Continue powering iDE women entrepreneurs through the link in our bio!
#iDE #IWD #ruralentrepreneurs #ImpactStrategy
In rural Cambodia, nearly 70% of households lack access to safe solid waste management.
In just nine months, iDE’s market-based approach helped grow a formal waste collection service to 1,700 customers—a 350% increase—with a 67% sales close rate and 89% on-time payments.
The result? 14 new jobs, a second waste collection truck, and cleaner, healthier communities.
With expansion already underway in new districts, this model is proving that sustainable waste systems can work, and scale, when markets are strengthened, and communities are at the center.
#iDE #WASH #Cambodia #Sanitation #WasteManagement
🌿 High in the Guajiquiro Biological Reserve, 120 Lenca women turned wild blackberries into opportunity!
With new equipment, training, and market support from iDE Honduras, they’re now selling jams, frozen treats, and artisanal wine—over 1,000 products and counting—and sharing profits for the very first time.
With your support, these incredible women are ready to reach new markets in 2026 and grow their cooperative so even more women across Guajiquiro can thrive.
Thank you for standing with women like Hildegarda. Together, we can step into 2026 with hope, impact, and possibility!
#100MillionFutures #iDE #PoweringEntrepreneurs #WomenEmpowerment #LencaWomen #AgricultureInnovation #MarketAccess #iDEImpact #RuralEntrepreneurs #CommunityGrowth #HopeFor2026 #Honduras
Did you know rural communities are willing to invest in waste collection for better health?
For years, many believed it wouldn’t work! But iDE is proving otherwise with a unique, market-based approach, showing that communities can drive their own solutions. With support from iDE’s Waste Management Market Acceleration Program (WaMA), local entrepreneur Lam Samnang grew his waste collection business over five fold in just six months, expanding beyond the district town to rural households.
Communities are becoming architects of their own sanitation and market solutions, gaining an integrated ecosystem that strengthens health, income, and climate resilience. With iDE’s market-based support, families are accessing safe toilets, clean water, and better incomes, and some provinces in Cambodia now reach up to 88% sanitation coverage.
Your donation powers market-based approaches like WaMA—enabling local entrepreneurs to expand essential services, strengthen public health, and build climate-resilient communities.
👉 Donate today through the link in our bio!
#100MillionFutures #iDE #PoweringEntrepreneurs #SanitationForAll #MarketBasedSolutions #WASH #CleanCommunities #ClimateResilience #InclusiveMarkets
