Translation
Project details
What we need
- Specific copy from one document (up to 1000 words) translated from one language to one other of the Organization's choice
- Note: If you need more than 1000 words translated or copy translated into more than one language, please post additional versions of this project
What we have in place
- We currently have field communications outlining our language used to date, which should make it easy for you to get started. We also have a detailed website, and the ability to provide any other information you need.
How this will help
This project will save us $7,098 , allowing us to enroll 50 farmers in our mobile layaway program.
myAgro is a rapidly growing social enterprise that continues to grow and innovate with donor support. With communications written in French we can utilize a wider range of donors for support of our programs in West Africa, a French-speaking region. This project will help myAgro increase donors and further our goal to reach smallholder farmers across West Africa.
Project plan
Posted by
Tamara C.
Director of Strategy and Partnerships
Our mission
To move smallholder farmers out of poverty.
What we do
myAgro is a nonprofit social enterprise that enables smallholder farmers to use their mobile phones to pay on layaway for high quality inputs (seeds, fertilizer) and agricultural training. These investments allow farmers to produce 50-100% more food each season, significantly improving the food security of farm families and helping them move out of poverty. myAgro is the only organization globally that is implementing a mobile layaway approach to serving smallholder farmers. myAgro's model matches existing farmer behavior and needs, and unlike credit-based programs, is accessible to all farmers and requires little working capital.
MODEL
myAgro's unique mobile layaway platform allows farmers to save their funds in small increments, whenever they have cash available, using their mobile phones. myAgro's system is a smart twist on how people in developing countries buy "airtime" for their cell phones: just as farmers go to their village shop to buy scratch cards for pre-paid phone minutes, they can now buy myAgro cards and layaway $1 to $50 to purchase seed and fertilizer during the planting season. When a farmer buys a myAgro card, a text message with the card's code and amount is sent to myAgro's database, and myAgro allocates the amount to the individual farmer's account. myAgro then purchases high-quality seed and fertilizer in bulk and, at planting time, delivers them to farmers along with technical training.
