Danone Egypt is thrilled to announce that ARBORUS has awarded its 2022 Gender Equality Diversity Trophee to the Alban Baladna project. This initiative has been co-created with Danone Egypt, CARE International, and Danone Ecosystem for its solutions addressing social, environmental and economic challenges in Egypt.
Launched in 2010, the Alban Baladna project aims to create a sustainable milk collection ecosystem for small farmers, enabling them with the correct infrastructure, education, tools and skills.
In addition to offering a various number of services to farmers, this project is a true believer of women’s empowerment! Since the launch of the project 8,500 farmers improved their livelihoods, 95% of them being women. It also created 190 jobs among which 36 of them are held by women, addressing the chronically high unemployment rate in rural Egypt and deploying a significant role for women
For more details: 2022-11_Arborus-Award_Press-Release_Alban-Baladna.pdf (danone.com)