Success Stories

In the last five years, 13 Phoenix Fund pilots have been completed. As is typical in investing in untested ideas, some of these pilots have had great success and some haven't.

Great lessons have been learned from those that were unsuccessful, and those lessons are shared across Mercy Corps staff to enhance the quality of new Phoenix Fund pilots.

The links and attached PDFs below are some of the ones that have succeeded, in terms of creating sustainable change and livelihoods for communities.

Guatemala
The Guatemala Pineapple Project (PDF) >
After the Pineapples (PDF) >
Worth the Wait >
Mercy Corps Guatemala's Pineapple Project (VIDEO) >

Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe Irrigation Program Turns Farmers into Entrepreneurs (PDF) >

Other success stories:

Liberia: Cocoa Farming (PDF)
PDF Format, 64.88 KB
Nepal: Spicing Up the Deal (PDF)
PDF Format, 31.34 KB
Kyrgyzstan: Gardens and Plastics (PDF)
PDF Format, 36.62 KB
Zimbabwe Irrigation Program Turns Farmers Into Entrepreneurs.pdf
PDF Format, 1.16 MB

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