EMPOWERMENT

PROJECT Manager’s
Experience
With the support of the Danone Ecosystem Fund, Danone Egypt and CARE International have co-created the project MCC
Egypt, setting-up new milk collection centers and renovating existing ones according to new quality standards. To do so,
a team was trained to be in charge of the quality control and the management of these centers. Small farmers, including
women, also have the opportunity to receive trainings in hygiene, milking, veterinary services, governance and organization.
The detailed infographic of one of our other projects in Egypt, the OMDA Sahteen is coming up, followed by the infographic of our
project in Spain- Social School of Women Empowerment.
“In every community system, women play a major
role. In Egypt , Tunisia, or Algeria , some of the
dairy farming activities are done by women
and we have seen that some projects are more
successful than others precisely because women
are involved, they are committed and apply the
methods they are given. Located in rural areas,
the Egypt Milk Communities project has set up
a collection center run in part by women: the
project coordinator is a woman and the people
who are responsible for milk quality control are
women. And it is by far the best collection center
in Egypt as part of the Ecosystem initiative!”
Yasser Balawi
EVERY SMALL ACTION IS A PIECE
CONTRIBUTING TO CHANGE
“Anything that gives women a space of their
own, an activity of their own, knowledge of
their own, even if only for a short period and
disappears afterwards, has an impact and
brings change in the minds of the women.
Perhaps there would be an immediate reaction
from the men, or from the religious leader but
underneath women have changed. Every small
action is a piece contributing to change.”
Lourdes Arizpe
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