is increasing access to educational and training opportunities, income-generating activities, gender-sensitive health services and safe drinking water for women living in rural areas across Africa.
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Waterborne diseases, such as cholera are endemic in Cameroon, where outbreaks have been reported every year for the past six years. Between 2022 and 2023, almost 1,900 cases of cholera were confirmed, and hundreds of deaths were recorded. In the rural municipality of Koutaba, located in western Cameroon, most people rely on extracting clean water from deep underground. Unfortunately, the deteriorated infrastructure, or lack thereof, has made it challenging to access clean water. With funding from the Korean International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), is working with the government of Cameroon and local communities to provide clean drinking water to more than 120 villages, distributed across three different regions of the country.
In its natural state, tropical peat occurs in flooded swamps and is one of nature’s most effective ways of removing carbon from the atmosphere, helping to mitigate global warming. When peat catches fires, it releases up to ten times more carbon than forest fires. Indonesia is home to 40 per cent of the world’s tropical peatlands, and they hold up to 57 billion metric tonnes of carbon. It is indisputable that the protection and restoration of the Indonesian peatlands is vital for the planet. As part of this, and partners are supporting communities that are at the forefront of peatland restoration and conservation by strengthening cooperation between villages.
Facing historical discrimination, indigenous groups around the world lack access to social services and economic and political opportunities. The indigenous people of the Philippines are no different. Battling high levels of pervasive illiteracy and unemployment, even accessing a birth certificate is a challenge. Without a birth certificate, children are unable to access public education nor are they able to access government social welfare programs, intended to break the cycle of intergenerational poverty in the Philippines. With in focus, in partnership with the EU are ensuring no one is left behind by providing access to legal services in the communities.
Villages across rural Cameroon are getting better access to safe drinking water. With funding from KOICA, is working in partnership with the government and communities to build and rehabilitate water infrastructure.
and the European Union (EU) have joined forces for the EU4Culture project in Albania, which restores and revitalizes 24 culturally significant heritage sites that suffered damage during a devastating earthquake.
Scalping accidents disproportionately affect women and girls in northern Brazil. A new initiative by the government of Brazil and is helping to empower survivors through entrepreneurship.
At the beginning of 2023, helped deliver more than 300 electricity generators to 13 regions in Ukraine as part of an emergency response project to support the needs of Ukrainian communities.
The capacity of the maternal and neonatal ward in the District General Hospital in Matara, Sri Lanka, is increasingly falling short. works to rehabilitate a new hospital to serve the community.
To improve road safety and increase access to markets, provided project management and technical assistance for the rehabilitation of more than 300 kilometres of roads in Niger.
Renewable energy is touted as a solution for rural electricity access in Africa. -implemented projects in Sierra Leone run solar-powered mini-grid systems in rural areas of the country.
COVID-19 pushed healthcare systems to their breaking point. works to help prevent the spread of COVID-19 and to minimize the toll on healthcare facilities and workers across Ethiopia.
Supporting sustainable procurement could help drive economic development in Least Developed Countries - .
Least developed countries (LDCs) represent around 880 million people. That is 13 per cent of the world’s population. LDCs confront the biggest barriers to sustainable development. They face energy poverty, limited access to markets, lack of productive capacity and climate vulnerability. Together with partners, implements a broad range of sustainable development projects in LDCs – supporting vulnerable communities and advancing opportunities and equality. The projects increase access to sustainable energy, build critical public infrastructure, strengthen resilience and expand health capacity.