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Profile: HALCHA Youth & Community Development organization
HALCHA Youth and Community Development organization is based in Garbatulla, a small town in northern Kenya where the populace are faced with poor living standards, low literacy levels, unemployment, unpredictable weather patterns that adversely impact on food security.
Woman storekeeper boosts Malawi farming
NEPAD seeks to bring fertilizer nearer to villagers
V. Material Benefits of Microfinancing
Microfinance initiatives can play an effective role in addressing material poverty, the physical deprivation of goods, services, and the income to attain them. MFIs can help people become more economically secure. This, in turn, has a multiplier effect on people's standard of living, enhancing basic household welfare, such as food security, nutrition, shelter, sanitation, health and education services. MFIs can help prevent and extricate people from debt. Oftentimes, they liberate low-income households from moneylenders with outrageous interest rates that often reach 100% annually. Savings and credit services help people start or improve their own small businesses, providing income generation and employment for themselves and their families.
How does microfinance help the poor? FAQ
Experience shows that microfinance can help the poor to increase income, build viable businesses, and reduce their vulnerability to external shocks. It can also be a powerful instrument for self-empowerment by enabling the poor, especially women, to become economic agents of change.

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Should You Buy a Food Franchise?
If you’re thinking about buying a franchise, chances are you’ve considered one of any number of food franchises, and for good reason. Fast food franchises have changed the way America eats and are among the oldest and biggest franchises in the U.S. But are you aware that food franchises can also be among the most challenging businesses to run? Before you invest too much time looking at which food franchise to buy, take time to weigh the advantages and disadvantages of owning a food franchise to determine if you have what it takes to be successful in this business.
New Opportunity from a Seasoned Industry
The most popular Franchises out there are Food Service businesses. From fast food, casual dining to upscale restaurants, most people looking for a business will almost always look at Food. Now food is a tough business (take it from someone who has been in the business). Long hours, high employee turnover, recession, competition are some of the factors that make the Food business tough, and are some of the factors why Food industry has a high rate of failure. Having said all that, I want to introduce you to a company that does not deal with most of these problems, and is in an Industry that is virtually recession proof and provides a service that every family in the United States and really the world needs and uses.
Inspiring Us to Change Our Habits and Change Our Lives
Cyndi O'Meara is the author of "Changing Habits-Changing Lives" and is a very passionate nutritionist. Cyndi's focus is on holistic food quality rather than the quantity of food or the components of food such as fat, carbohydrate and protein.

Preparing for Security Breaches
A major security breach of sensitive customer data is a nightmare every business with digital consumer records needs to plan for. It may be impossible to stop security breaches, but it is possible, and even a legal obligation, to have a process in place to manage and minimize the damage that a security breach can cause. Here's how to do it.
Creating Healthy Work Environments
We want security and we want it everywhere. As a nation, we’re focused on national security. We schlep to work everyday for financial security. Once we get there we work hard to prove ourselves hoping for job security. We have lifestyles we want to secure and we look for it in our relationships. We secure our buildings, our computers, our accounts and our valuables. But we never seem to notice that the security people feel inside is often the least secure thing of all. Instead we install more alarms, add to our nest eggs and write new laws to protect our assets, our futures and our loved ones, when what we really need to do to make better, healthier companies is exert as much energy securing ourselves internally as we do our external environments and circumstances.
POS Security for Productivity
We talk about data security and video security, but one of the simplest, most fundamental aspects of security is often overlooked or improperly maintained, anti-virus and firewall protection.
Home-based Business: Organic Food Delivery
Food industry makes a profitable home-based business. Today, the demand for healthy food continues to rise. Among the healthy and nutritious foods that American people need is organic food.
Food Trucks, Food Carts and Concession Stands - Popular Solutions to Unemployment for Aging Baby Boomers
As retirement looms many aging baby boomers worry about their future. Further, many older workers are now being forced into early retirement when they are unable to replace their job lost to downsizing, out-sourcing, or the current recession. Luckily, many older workers and retirees have found a solution. They’ve joined the growing number of “nouveau-entrepreneurs” who are becoming food concessionaires- selling food from food carts, food trucks, food trailers or concession booths at fairs, festivals, and special events.
The Food Truck Phenomenon- Gourmet, On-The-Go
In a society full of gourmet food-loving, time-crunched consumers it’s little wonder that food truck businesses that marry upscale food and convenience are proving to be the perfect recipe. Today’s food trucks have come a long way, though. From cupcakes to tacos, today’s food trucks are serving up a wide-range of popular treats and upscale fare, and redefining the sector. Fortunately, with numerous established food franchises and onsite, vending businesses available, you don’t have to be a seasoned restaurateur, a professional chef, or an experienced business owner, to become part of the fast-growing, mobile food movement.

HACCP - A State of the Art Approach to Food Safety
A number of U.S. food companies already use the system in their manufacturing processes, and it is in use in other countries, including Canada. The ISO body has published the new system as Food safety management system as ISO 22000: 2005 as Food safety management system - requirements, which cover all FDA requirements through various clauses of ISO 22000. New challenges to the U.S. food supply have prompted FDA to consider adopting a HACCP-based food safety system on a wider basis. One of the most important challenges is the increasing number of new food pathogens. HACCP focuses on identifying and preventing hazards from contaminating food.
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