Highlighted partners (Africa)
BROSDI
Imagine that you are a farmer in Uganda. Your years of experience in the fields have given you a treasure trove of farming knowledge. Other farmers would be more than happy to have that knowledge. The other way round is also true: they are sure to have tips that could come in handy for you. But how do you get in touch with them? Through the Busoga Rural Open Source and Development Initiative (BROSDI).
ECOM / SMS
If you order a cup of coffee, you mainly want it to taste good. In the international market, however, more requirements are set. Are there good working conditions at the coffee plantations? Is production environmentally friendly? With the support of Hivos and coffee trader ECOM / SMS, small coffee farmers in Kenya receive training to be able to meet these requirements.
Gender Links
When you turn on a television or radio in southern Africa, you will notice that women hardly have a voice in the media. In politics they are also a small minority. Consequently, their perspective and experiences are structurally underexposed, which does not at all contribute to the goal of a region in which men and women have equal opportunities. Gender Links wishes to change this.
Ombetja Yehinga Organisation
AIDS deals harsh blows to societies. Take a look at Namibia: the virus is causing collective mourning and is punching a growing hole in the work force. The hope lies with the new generation of young people. They are the ones who must stem the tide of the disease through safe sex and rebuild their country. Ombetja Yehinga Organisation helps them to achieve this goal.
TaTEDO
A Tanzanian household needs 2,500 kilos of wood a year to cook with traditional fires and stoves. TaTEDO feels this is a waste. Many Tanzanians who live in the country cook on fires built between three flat stones. In the cities women tend to use non-insulated metal stoves which run on charcoal. 'In either case, the energy output is only 15%,' says TaTEDO director Estomih Sawe.
Y.A.A.ICT-D
If your voice is not heard, you will not be acknowledged, says Kenneth Msiska, founder and director of Young Advocates for the Advancement of ICT-related Development (Y.A.A.ICT-D). His organization has proven that mobile phones and political radio programmes can give rural people a voice, especially women.
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