THE AGREE PROJECT – SOUTH SUDAN
Shaping skills, cultivating self-determination
A documentary reportage set in South Sudan—between Gumbo, on the outskirts of Juba, and ten rural villages along the Nile—following the daily work of the AGREE Project at the Mazzarello Cooperative. Through photography, the work narrates an initiative that empowers 576 women by combining vocational training, modern agro-ecological tools, and sustainable irrigation systems to build lasting food security and financial self-determination.
Alongside sustainable farming, the cooperative fosters women-led enterprises in catering and tailoring, diversifying income opportunities and strengthening local communities. Moving between cultivated fields, workshops, and moments of collective organization, the images capture resilience, shared knowledge, and personal agency—documenting how cooperative work becomes a concrete space of emancipation, mutual support, and future-building along the Nile.
