Onevillage Partners

Nurturing opportunities for women programthe nurturing opportunities for women (now) program is an accessible three-phase program that strengthens household financial skills and business management skills. Now: strengthening household finances is an entirely picture-based training program that empowers participants with financial planning, decision-making, and public speaking skills. Participants are trained on basic financial principles, tools for saving and tracking their resources, and communication skills to achieve personal financial goals. The curriculum is entirely picture-based, so learning is accessible to all, regardless of their level of literacy. See schedule o for additional program language.at key points in the program financial decision-making is discussed with husbands and male family members, with the aim of shifting beliefs about gender roles in the home and the community. In 2024, there were 480 participants in now: strengthening household finances across 12 communities. At the end of the program, 95% of the participants shared that they had already achieved their primary financial goals. Now: improving income through business skills was formed based on community request and participant feedback. Building on skills learned in now: strengthening household finances, women are trained to successfully run a profitable business. Participants actively problem solve and learn the tools necessary to develop a successful business, how to effectively increase profit, and how to confidently communicate their business ideas. Participants use picture-based workbooks, which provide the framework for the participants to record and track income and expenses, assess risk, and calculate profit. In 2024, 462 women graduated in now: improving income through business skills, with 96% of these women reporting that they have sole or joint decision-making for purchases in their households by the end of the program.requested and developed by the now graduates, now: agribusiness is the newest and third phase of the now program. Eager to take their training to the next level, now: agribusiness applies the lessons learned from now: household finances and now: business skills to agriculture and farming. In this phase of the now program, women are trained in agricultural concepts and techniques to reduce food insecurity and increase income. Participants are provided with rice seeds at the beginning of the program and use their prior and new knowledge of agriculture to improve wellbeing for themselves and their community. In 2024, 428 women from 16 different communities participated in the program, and 100% of participants reported an increase in income.

Lead: leadership, engagement, and developmentin response to community and participant feedback, lead was created for communities that have completed at least two cycles of projects during community action. In the program, a group of women and men volunteer-leaders enhance their leadership skills and are trained in project design, management, and proposal writing. This cohort uses their training to work collaboratively with the community to identify a development project and write a proposal in a competitive bid for funding, awarded by onevillage partners. After a rigorous selection process, chosen proposals are funded, and community members implement these projects in collaboration with experts and local institutions. See schedule of from additional programming.the program creates civic engagement platforms for regional collaboration and results in sustainable, effective development. In 2024, there were 11 ongoing development projects addressing regional challenges in health, road infrastructure, and food security. Seven of these projects were completed by the end of 2024, including a completed 308 ft long footbridge in ngolahun to prevent dangerous travel between communities and a community store and milling machine for rice harvesting in kigbai.