The work on the Trust responds to challenges emerging from the climate crisis and weak natural resource governance in southern Africa. We work with communities in resource-rich areas, non-governmental organisations, civil society organisations, and human rights defenders to protect their land and livelihoods from the destruction caused by climate change and to prevent natural resource […]
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Our objective is to ensure that all girls and boys are protected from violence and abuse and access quality education. SAFER’s approach to Child Protection is from both a legal and moral perspective. It is firmly based on the principles of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). The CRC provides a
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ND recognize that if children are effectively protected against abuses and exploitation through a broad range of formal and informal protection mechanism at all levels then their prospects of growing into healthy, happy and proactive individuals is increased. SND has created awareness on child rights and importance of education through seminars to boost the society
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With Africa’s economies and health systems beginning to recover from the devastating COVID-19 pandemic, the region’s focus must once again return to meeting the healthcare goals and standards set out in the United Nation’s Millennium Development Goals. These include improving maternal care, reducing child mortality rates, and achieving continent-wide UHC coverage. Similarly, to achieve the
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The reality is that experiences with promoting the digital economy in sub-Saharan Africa have been mixed. Following great hopes in the promise of “digital connectivity” in the early 2000s, many scholars have observed that the ability of African businesses to turn connectivity into success in global markets has been limited. The future of Africa’s tech
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Africa.com hosted its first hybrid event on 23 June 2022. The event featured a roundtable discussion live from the Intare Conference Center, Gasabo Room in Kigali, Rwanda. Five panelists came together to promote equity & innovation through health, science, and technology in Africa, while also highlighting how to remove barriers facing so many African women
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There are still tens of thousands of enslaved people across Niger, according to Anti-Slavery International and Timidria; some estimates put the number as high as 130,000. Most are descendants of people who were enslaved generations ago, living and working on the land of their ancestral “masters”, like serfs in Tsarist Russia. Wahaya is one of
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The forest located in the South of the country is a blue carbon ecosystem. Meaning that it captures and stores huge amounts of carbon. Local residents manage two hundred ninety 290 acres of forest to earn a living. Some like Juma belong to the Mikiko Pamoja group. The collective, which means ‘mangrove together’ in Swahili
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After more than a decade of active conflict, the crisis in northeastern Nigeria remains one of the most severe in the world. Forced displacement, exacerbated by climate shocks and disease outbreaks, has left over 10.6 million people in need of humanitarian assistance and protection across the BAY (Borno, Adamawa and Yobe) states. This protracted crisis is characterized by grave human rights violations and widespread protection concerns, including chronic threats to physical safety and security, sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV), arbitrary
The Lagos State Government has said it is strongly committed to enhancing the agricultural productivity of small and medium-scale farmers as well as improving value addition along the agricultural value chain. Lagos State Commissioner for Agriculture, Abisola Olusanya, stated this on Monday during the Federal Government/World Bank Eighth Implementation Support Mission visit to Lagos State
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