Malick Ba, Executive Secretary of Symbiose, a local organization to support community development in charge of assisting local authorities in the elaboration and implementation of local development policies, created by the natives of the central zone of Senegal, in the department of Nioro du Rip, who have experience in supporting grassroots development.

(ES) The cooperative ACPACI was born in 2013 with a group of small farmers who planted new cocoa plantations in El Salvador. They decided to join together to be able to transform their harvests into fine chocolates and thus be able to generate sustainable work in their communities. With the help of the organization FUNDESYRAM they have established short supply chains for their brand NOYA Chocolates.

“PALM Corps has supported me enough. Without such support, I would have gone back to South Sudan.

Now I have got hope, that there is light again”.  - Amin Francis

PALM Corps (Promoters of Agriculture and Market Linkages) is a non-profit company arising from challenges faced by rural communities in agriculture, health and education. It sets out to  improve the quality of life through innovative, sustainable, evidence-based and people-centered projects that transform livelihood practices, attitudes and values.

Learn more about PALM Corps project experiences at a glance (One-Page-PDF) !

Good Practice:

Livelihood Transformation: Enhancing Access to Land for South Sudanese Refugees

Improving Market Access for South Sudanese Refugees

Learning from Failure:

Improving Agricultural Input Distribution in Refugee Settlements

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