We're on a mission to create a world where food is plentiful and nutritious. You can join us. Every cent you contribute goes directly to support YAMNA's women’s cooperative. Your donation helps them receive high-quality Rich Oats grains, which they package into nutritious meal bases for their community.
Choose your gift amount:
For gifts more than $2,500 or those that prefer direct transfer options,
please get in touch with us.
100% of funds raised go directly to this project - We cover the process fees.
We're on a mission to create a world where food is plentiful and nutritiously rich. You can join us. Every cent you contribute goes directly to support YAMNA's women’s cooperative. Your donation helps them receive high-quality Rich Oats grains, which they package into nutritious meal bases for their community.
Choose your gift amount:
For gifts more than $2,500 or those that prefer direct transfer options,
please get in touch with us.
100% of funds raised go directly to this project - We cover the process fees.
In the heart of rural Morocco, a group of determined women are revolutionizing their community through the power of oats. The YAMNA cooperative isn't just producing food; they're cultivating hope, empowerment, and a sustainable future. Through our Rich Crops Action Labs (RCAL) initiative, join us in supporting their journey of self-empowerment, economic community growth and feeding families nutritious meals.
100%
of YAMNA’s cooperative members are women, benefiting directly from the support of this campaign.
50%
increase in YAMNA's productivity is expected with the introduction of pre-milled oats, allowing for greater market access and job creation.
1.8 Tonnes
(1,800 kg/4,000 lbs) of oat grain through your gift will be donated to YAMNA to be processed into ~60,000 servings of couscous.
How It All Started
The Story of Rich Oats.
The YAMNA women's cooperative is a partner of a larger initiative called Rich Crops Action Lab (RCAL). This groundbreaking initiative started in 2017 with just oats, then called Rich Oats for Africa (ROA), and has now expanded into RCAL to include more countries and grains. RCAL exists to address severe food insecurity affecting millions of people* across different African countries.
The Rich Crops Action Lab has achieved remarkable results in Morocco, transforming local agriculture and nutrition. Through innovative breeding techniques, we've developed and registered oat varieties that pack a powerful nutritional punch - containing twice the protein and up to three times more iron, zinc, magnesium, and folic acid than common oats. Due to the high percentage of health fats, the Rich Oats are preferred for taste by local communities as well. This breakthrough has had a tangible impact on farming communities, with crop yields in Morocco more than doubling from 0.9 to 2 tons per hectare.
Through your gift in this end-of-year campaign, we are partnering with the YAMNA women's cooperative to distribute 1.8 tons of high-protein oats. This will create approximately 60,000 servings of couscous - enough to produce complete protein nutrition for 12,000 families.
This is more than one-time meal; your gift ripples across communities providing hope, sown and reaped in every grain.
* "The most recent estimates show that nearly 282 million people in Africa (about 20 percent of the population) were undernourished in 2022, an increase of 57 million people since the COVID-19 pandemic began. About 868 million people were moderately or severely food-insecure and more than one-third of them – 342 million people – were severely food-insecure." (Source)
Nourishing Traditions, Growing Futures.
Join YAMNA in transforming lives from field to table, as women lead the way in bringing nutrient-rich, climate-smart agriculture from the Atlas Mountains to tables across Morocco.
Beyond packaging oats - grinding the grains social change.
We believe that sustainable work is locally-led. The YAMNA co-op is a powerhouse of female leadership, providing women with opportunities to take charge in agriculture and food production. The YAMNA women are already in roles of authority and expertise, and are not just changing their own lives, but reshaping the economic landscape of their communities. The Rich Oats they process and package into couscous meal bases are more than a product - they're a nutritional lifeline, enriching local diets and tackling the persistent challenge of malnutrition that affects the most vulnerable.
Your gift would support the YAMNA co-op in building empowerment and health, nurturing a future where women lead, communities thrive, and the traditions prospers.
Why Your Donation Matters
Your donation to YAMNA is a seed of change with far-reaching impact. By supporting this women-led cooperative, you're empowering rural Moroccan women as agricultural entrepreneurs and bolstering local traditions and food security with nutrient-rich crops. Your gift doesn't just feed a village - it nourishes a vision for a more equitable and sustainable future.
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