The Walmart Foundation was opened in 1962 in Rogers, Arkansas and is dedicated to making a difference in the lives of its customers.
The foundation’s Global Women’s Economic Empowerment Initiative will help provide more training, market access and career opportunities to nearly 1 million women, many on farms and in factories, ultimately allowing them access to the economic opportunity they deserve.
Since the launch of this initiative, the Walmart Foundation has contributed more than $79 million in state, national and international grants toward these programs.
Past Funding in Africa
- Last year the initiative accelerated the pace of training women farmers by partnering with leading NGOs and partners such as the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). In Uganda, the Walmart Foundation-funded project will reach 33,000 women vegetable growers, through a partnership with Mercy Corps.
- Outside of farming the foundation is also helping African women succeed in a working environment that demands new digital skills.
- Walmart and the Walmart Foundation will fund further training for 135,000 farmers in Africa – 85,000 of whom are women.
Important Projects
- USAID Rwanda’s Ejo Heza program, providing training to 50,000 farmers (30,000 of whom are women) on agricultural techniques. Training will emphasize production of corn, beans, dairy farming and horticultural crops.
- The Women’s Improved Marketing and Asset Control (WIMAC) project, reaching 45,000 farmers – 22,500 of whom are women. WIMAC will empower women farmers through building skills and leadership in agriculture, through training on improved production and post-harvest practices; and facilitation of market linkages between buyers, suppliers and service providers.
- The One Acre Fund program in Kenya, training 40,000 small farmers, including 28,000 women. The funds will enable these Kenyan farmers to improve their agricultural practices and improve market access, which is expected to double farm incomes, from around $135 to $270 in one planting season.
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