We Effect

We Effect was founded in 1958 to support the development of democratic organisations and societies, working together with partner organisations to build capacity to articulate the rights and needs of their members. Our vision is a sustainable and just world free of poverty. We Effect’s global strategy, “Equality First”, emphasises the importance of gender equality to reach our results in 13 Programmes spread over 24 countries in Asia, Europe, Latin America, Southern and Eastern Africa.

We Effect’s Southeast Asia programme (SEA programme) has being implemented in three countries of Cambodia, Myanmar and Vietnam, which stretches a decade back. It supports member-based organisations to fight poverty and injustice in rural areas, including agriculture cooperatives, self-help groups (SHGs), village savings and loans association (VSLAs), producer groups, community forest groups, and those groups members. SEA programme for the period of 2018 – 2022 aims that “small-holder farmers and agriculture producers in poverty are economically empowered and socially included to reach equitable growth and equal rights”. To achieve this, the programme works towards six main outcomes: [1] Promoted sustainable and climate resilient agriculture production; [2] Improved access to gender-sensitive and inclusive financial services; [3] Promoted Women entrepreneurship and gender equality; [4] Strengthened farmer organization in market linkage and representative member rights; [5] Farmer rights protected by an enabling policy environment; and [6] Local partner organizations strengthened to be active HRB actors and agents of change.