Since last year, CFIE has supported more women with savings groups programming in cities across Alberta. Women in our WE groups around the province have accomplished incredible feats such as purchasing farms on their own, mobilizing their communities for new classroom construction and installing electric utilities in their homes.

Across the cities we work in, where most of the working population relies on agriculture for income, drought and inconsistent rainfall can plague regions and leave smallholder farmers struggling to make ends meet. In times like these, women and children are hit the hardest. CFIE’s women’s empowerment groups help community members build their savings to weather these financial storms as well as give them a voice and community decision-making power to help prepare for and respond to these emergencies.

In every corner of the world, we’ve seen that when women are economically empowered and take on leadership roles, communities are forever changed.