December 2023

Smallholder Farmers Gain Least From International Climate Funding

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Smallholder farmers from the Global South benefit from a grossly disproportionate 0.3% of international climate finance despite producing a third of the world’s food and despite holding the key to climate-proofing food systems. The family farmers and rural communities received around USD 2 billion from both public and private international climate funds out of the USD 8.4 […]

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Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga on 2024 mass ECD registration drive

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The Department of Basic Education (DBE) is currently preparing for an accelerated mass registration drive for Early Childhood Development (ECD) programmes, which will be launched early in 2024.  The project will be rolled out in all education districts across South Africa. Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga, accompanied by DBE ECD officials, as well as officials from

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Nigeria: NGOs Call for New Strategies Against Road Crashes

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The coordinator and leader of the representatives of the non-governmental organisations and civil society organisations in Nigeria (NGOs/CSOs), Yusuf John Suberu, has harped on how to tackle pre-crash, crash, and post-crash issues in Nigeria and the way forward. Suberu, in a statement, emphasised that relevant stakeholders in the initiative have been unable to reach the

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Group Donates Food Items, Pesticides To Farmers

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The founder, Women Solidarity Initiative Development (WOSID), a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) Mrs Miriam Nshile, has donated food items and pesticides to some groups of women farmers. Nshile told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday that the goodwill distribution to the widows and orphans was in the warm spirit of Christmas. She urged well-meaning

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Malawi Govt, NGOs Urged to Address Inequality to Achieve Peace Between Refugees and Host Communities

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Traditional leaders surrounding Dzaleka Refugee Camp in Dowa have highlighted deepening social and economic inequalities between refugees and host communities as some of the factors fuelling tension and hatred between refugees and their hosts. Group Village Head (GVH) Chimtengo of Traditional Authority Mkukula has since appealed to the Government of Malawi and its partners to

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Lesotho NGO Calls for Scrutiny of Correctional Services Amid Human Rights Allegations

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In an impassioned plea for justice, a non-governmental organization (NGO) in Lesotho has urged a comprehensive review of the actions of the Lesotho Correctional Services. This call comes against a backdrop of burgeoning allegations of human rights abuses and violations of international treaties within the nation’s penal system. Allegations of Abuse At the heart of the

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Pega Foundation Pays Hospital Bills, Fetes Orphans, Widows

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By Stella Odueme As part of the Christmas festivities, a non-government organization, Pega and Friends Foundation, visited hospitals on Saturday and paid the medical bills of some indigent patients in Osogbo, the Osun State capital. Upon receipt of money for their ailing children and wards, some Parents and guardians were emotional. For instance, Mrs.Paul Deborah,

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Fundraising In Africa: How Looking Inward Makes The Difference

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Across Africa, non-governmental organisations (NGOs) bearing different monikers such as community-based organisations (CBOs), civil society organisations (CSOs) and nonprofits have long borne the duty of designing and implementing developmental interventions to address varying challenges. The World Association of Non-governmental Organizations (WANGO) lists 4912 of such entities operating in the Continent, which is safe to say is

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NGO Distributes 10,000 Clothes, Rice, Maize To IDPs In Mangu

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JOS – The Platform Foundation, a Jos-based NGO has distributed 10,000 clothing, Maize and Rice to Internally Displaced Person’s (IDPs) in Mangu LGA in Plateau state. The Director of the NGO, Alex Ntino in his address at the event which was witnessed by thousands of people from the state said the clothes Fair, relief distribution, and

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31 educators implicated in sexual offences struck off teachers’ roll: Youth NGO welcomes the move

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New LoveLife Trust has welcomed the decision by the South African Council for Educators (Sace) to indefinitely strike sex-offending educators off the roll for alleged sexual misconduct, including sexual harassment of learners and having sexual relations with their learners. The New loveLife Trust, also known as “LoveLife”, is a non-profit youth organisation  established as a

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