Our Impact

Shared Interest Foundation in 2023

Building Resilience since 2004

Shared Interest Foundation is the charitable arm of Shared Interest Society. We aim to improve livelihoods through the development of sustainable businesses and income generation initiatives across Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America.


As set out in our Annual Review, we work in partnership with local organisations to carry out vital work that addresses three key themes.


Our Three Pillars of Impact

Developing Sustainable Enterprises

To support the development of sustainable income generating enterprises to improve livelihoods and contribute towards a reduction in poverty.

Empowering Women and Youth

To economically empower women and youth to play an active role in supply chains and earn a meaningful income.

Building Climate Resilience

To support farmers to implement climate adaption techniques to build their climate resilience and increase environmental protection.

Key achievements from 2023 include:

PILLAR ONE: DEVELOPING SUSTAINABLE ENTERPRISES



Project: Increasing the resilience of coffee farming households 

Participants: 365 coffee farmers (146 women)

Location: Uganda




Project: Improving livelihoods through agro-processing 

Participants: 50 female shea nut collectors

Location: Burkina Faso




View our infographic below for an overview of our projects that focused on the development of sustainable enterprises. For deeper impact insights and project details, visit our projects page.


PILLAR THREE: BUILDING CLIMATE RESILIENCE

Project: Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation

Participants: 225 sphagnum moss harvesters (85 women)

Location: Peru




Project: Strengthening Coffee Producers’ Resilience to Climate Change

Participants: 625 coffee farmers (122 women)

Location: Rwanda




Project: Coffee Farmers and Agroforestry

Participants: 300 coffee farmers (79 women)

Location: Uganda




View our infographic below for an overview of our projects that focused on the development of sustainable enterprises. For deeper impact insights and project details, visit our projects page.


PILLAR TWO: WOMEN AND YOUTH EMPOWERMENT



Project: Growing Fairer Futures

Participants: 243 young coffee and cocoa farmers

Location: Ivory Coast and Rwanda




Project: Bees for Business  |  Dakoro Solar Panels  |  Soilless Vegetable Farming (Domestic and Enterprise)

Participants: 290 women

Location: Ghana and Burkina Faso




View our infographic below for an overview of our projects that focused on the development of sustainable enterprises. For deeper impact insights and project details, visit our projects page.


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