Improving Livestock Production
In recent years, Chris has visited a variety of CARE projects, each one in an isolated village with rudimentary living conditions and meager resources. On her last trip, she met with a group of women who supported each other by investing in a village savings and loan group (VSL). Here she witnessed firsthand how the resources and training provided by funding from the General Mills Foundation were transformed into key elements of daily life, through a program called Improving Livestock Production for Income and Nutrition Enhancement (I-LINE).
I-LINE takes a comprehensive approach to quickly improving the income and nutritional security of the most vulnerable households in the region. Within the first six months, ...