AGILE International

that create strong families and communities. Our founder Fatou Doumbia, has a dream, a dream to empower rural women in Mali and West Africa by restoring food security and the cultural wisdom that underlies traditional sustainable agriculture. As of today rural communities in Mali and Western Africa face diminished food supply, water scarcity, lack of access to energy, child education, unemployment, unequal status of women and more. How can we make a change? The biggest challenge for women and girls in west Africa is access to land. By increasing land ownership among women, we create the opportunity to generate revenue through food. With this revenue they begin to gain access to capital, education, achieve economic autonomy, food and shelter their families, increased bargaining power at home and in the market place, and move toward gender equality. This is a shift away from traditional land ownership in West Africa, toward building a legacy for generations of women to come!