Lydia Mbevi

I work at ACDI/VOCA as the Regional Youth and Gender Advisor, Africa.

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Profit with a purpose - Private sector philanthropic aid has multiple benefits including a return on investment that changes lives @acdivoca @Kenyatta_Trust @APForg

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@acdivoca #Tanzania NAFAKA annual planning meeting. Amazing team! @gender_jenn @EveAngerosa

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Lunch with #Afghanistan gender advisors across projects @gender_jenn

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@_GirlSPARKS training for @acdivoca on how to find her, listen to her and design for her @gender_jenn @Morgan_Mercer1

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@acdivoca we lead by example and have a female driver in #marsabit as a role model for young girls #aridlands @gender_jenn @Morgan_Mercer1

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@acdivoca Livestock Market Systems program carrying out #genderanalysis with female livestock actors in #marsabit. Processing butter with manual churner @gender_jenn @CherylTuna @SylviaMegret @GuenettePaul @hcguedenet

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@acdivoca #Tanzania we're working on building business skills of youth in ag through business to business meetings where they can learn from each other and show case their products @Morgan_Mercer1 @gender_jenn

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@acdivoca why inclusion is important to market systems approach #AVTECH2018 @gender_jenn

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Successful kick off of the #AVTech2018 with #gender, #M&E and #marketsystems folks from 14 countries @acdivoca @TanagerIntl

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If you can master the formula, it doesn't matter the problem!

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It is crucial to get community buy in for CTP responses so there is understanding of who is being targeted and why - @lmbevi from @acdivoca on addressing #gendercash challenges at our #Ebola event

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In #liberia, women were affected by #ebola as caregivers, so #we4self women's organization worked through women's groups to design a response @cashlearning @acdivoca

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Recurring crises like army worm invasions have a huge impact on #food security and #WomenEmpowerment, let's not only focus on big crisis like #ebola or #tsunami @cashlearning @acdivoca

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Cash transfers allowed households to buy food in bulk and better plan for their nutritional needs #ebola in Sierra Leone and it's effect on gender relations @cashlearning @acdivoca

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@USAID FFP Dakar #ebola quickly became the worst epidemic of its kind and cash transfer programs were the best option for timely response to this crises where we reached 120,000 affected households @acdivoca we will talk about how we handled conflict issues in #sierraleone

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@acdivoca our women in rural Tanzania get good agronomic practice training @SylviaMegret @gender_jenn

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@acdivoca #nafaka Women groups from Iringa rural, kilolo and mbarali visiting a shamba darasa (farm school) during exchange visit @gender_jenn @mafecastroo

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In our social protection and poverty reduction program in #malawi we've changed our preception that poor people cannot save money. From the ministry of finance represented @TheSEEPNetwork

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@acdivoca represented @TheSEEPNetwork focusing on savings groups. Translation from French to English makes the conference have a broader representation and be more inclusive.

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#SG2018 savings groups are critical in our strategy for #Ghanabeyondaid. From ministry of finance represented @TheSEEPNetwork