Growing Resilience through Climate-Action and Youth-Empowerment (GRACE) | Mastercard Foundation

Growing Resilience through Climate-Action and Youth-Empowerment (GRACE)

A five-year program focused on climate-resilient farming practices and improving the quality of work for vulnerable young farmers.

GRACE Program in partnership with the One Acre Fund, Hannatu standing outdoors in a lush farm setting.

Status

active

Period

January 2024 - March 2027

Focus Areas

Growing Resilience through Climate-Action and Youth-Empowerment (GRACE) is a five-year program focused on climate-resilient farming practices and improving the quality of work for vulnerable young farmers. It includes nine countries: Kenya, Burundi, Ethiopia, Malawi, Nigeria, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia.

This program aims to enable 1.2 million vulnerable young people, particularly young women and exclusively from rural areas, to enhance their incomes and transition to dignified and fulfilling work.

GRACE Program in partnership with the One Acre Fund, Clarisse tending to a garden.
GRACE Program in partnership with the One Acre Fund, Hannatu standing outdoors in a lush farm setting.
GRACE Program in partnership with the One Acre Fund, Mariam Able Wihanzi aerating grains outdoors.
GRACE Program in partnership with the One Acre Fund, Clarisse tending to a garden.
GRACE Program in partnership with the One Acre Fund, Hannatu standing outdoors in a lush farm setting.
GRACE Program in partnership with the One Acre Fund, Mariam Able Wihanzi aerating grains outdoors.