Programs
Mobilizing rural women through empowerment and entrepreneurship
FarmHers
Markets
In an effort to create market opportunities for our FarmHers, we host a monthly ‘FarmHers Market’ at the courtyard of the beautifully painted Alliance Francaise ‘The Pyramid’ featuring an assortment of home-grown goodies from fruits, vegetables, jams, pepper sauces, kombucha, handmade soaps and sauerkraut all made from the hands of a FarmHer.
In the Eyes of a FarmHer (Agri-Tourism Tour):
‘In the Eyes of a FarmHer,’ is our farm tour, sample market, and exposition that allows our FarmHers to showcase their farms, locally produced products and share heartfelt testimonials about their struggles and triumphs as women in agriculture.
Helen’s Daughters Women’s Ag-cademy
Our training programmes run in St. Lucia, St. Kitts & Nevis and St. Vincent & the Grenadines and feature experts from each island from Sustainable Agriculture, Financial Literacy, Agri-business Development, Nutritional Marketing and Agri-Tourism.
Life Academy
This exclusive program, originally created for FarmHers, is now open to women from the wider
public. It offers a supportive space for FarmHers and women alike to learn, connect, and grow.
Participants engage with a diverse range of topics including nutrition, emergency preparedness,
grant writing, and psychological first aid, all aimed at supporting their development as
empowered and well-rounded individuals in agriculture.
Farm to farm visits
Farm-to-farm visits involve visiting commercial farms or farm exchanges within our FarmHer network. Our women are guided through the farm’s daily tasks and are accompanied by an agricultural consultant to share even more knowledge; this initiative provides peer-to-peer support as a result of knowledge gained not only from experts but also from their farm sisters, allowing our members to share their knowledge and skills with one another while also putting those skills into practice firsthand.
The Helen’s Daughters Scholarship Program
The Helen’s Daughters Scholarship Program
We’ve established an annual Helen’s Daughters Scholarship for two (2) female students accepted into either the Agribusiness Entrepreneurship or Climate Smart-Crop programmes at Sir Arthur.
Agri-Apprenticeship Programme (Partnership with Hotel Chocolat)
Part of our partnership with Hotel Chocolat, is the establishment of the first ever all-female agri-apprenticeship programme for two young women from the neighbouring villages of Soufriere and Choiseul. This is a year long programme where the apprentices will manage a hybrid aquaponics and sell their produce directly to the hotel, allowing them firsthand experience in running an agri-business, this will be coupled with training and mentorship. Towards the end of the programme, the apprentices can either start their own agricultural businesses with start-up funds provided by Helen’s Daughters, or they have the option of working with Helen’s Daughters or Hotel Chocolat.
