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Sep 6, 2024 | startribune.com | Gabriela Aoun Angueira |GABRIELA AOUN ANGUEIRAThe

The small nonprofit, run by an all-female staff of five, formed a Farmer's Rehabilitation Fund after the storm to provide vouchers not just for farm equipment, seeds and baby chickens, but for roof repairs, schoolbooks and tuition fees. A portion of the fund focuses specifically on female growers, who make up one-third of the country's registered farmers. Women can face outsized burdens after disasters. Being displaced from their homes can put them and their children in less safe living situations.