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Our impact areas

Gender Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
Civic Rights in a Digital Age
Climate Justice

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Hivos publishes new paper: More climate finance to locally-led solutions

This paper underlines why money should flow to the local level and showcases promising examples of locally-led climate solutions. It shows ways for international donors and funds, as well as for intermediaries, to increase and secure the effective flow of financial resources to the local level.
The Bessy Ferrera Fund supports LGBTI people in emergencies

Bessy Ferrera was a young Honduran trans woman and activist who was killed in 2019 by a hate crime. Her legacy inspired Hivos to create an emergency fund for LGBTIQ+ people in life-threatening situations. The fund has already helped over 30 people.
The phone changed everything

Nanjala Nyabola is editor and contributor of Vertical Atlas. In her essay, The Phone Changed Everything, Nanjala Nyabola sheds a light on the political economy of the mobile phone in the context of Kenya.

Programs

Hivos currently works in 38 countries and has regional hubs in Latin America, East Africa, Southern Africa and the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) where we implement more than 30 programs.

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Voices for Just Climate Action

Voices for Just Climate Action

GreenWorks

ENERGIA

Resource Of Open Minds (R.O.O.M)

Resource Of Open Minds (R.O.O.M)

All Eyes on the Amazon

All Eyes on the Amazon

Digital Defenders Partnership

Digital Defenders Partnership

The Challenge Fund for a Just Transition

The Challenge Fund for a Just Transition

Youth Food Action

Youth Food Action

The West & Central Africa Alliance for biodigester promotion

The West & Central Africa Alliance for biodigester promotion

Rural Women Cultivating Change Program (RWCC)

Rural Women Cultivating Change Program (RWCC)

Women Transforming Central America

Women Transforming Central America

Libre de Ser

Forward with Diversity II

Forward with Diversity II

Freedom of Expression and Information in Tunisia

Freedom of Expression and Information in Tunisia

Openness 4 Covid-19 Response & Recovery in Kenya (O4C19)

Openness 4 Covid-19 Response & Recovery in Kenya (O4C19)

Amazon Indigenous Health Route

Amazon Indigenous Health Route

ACTION

She Leads

Alianza Liderazgo en Positivo (ALEP)

Alianza Liderazgo en Positivo (ALEP)

PROTECT

Work: No Child’s Business

Work: No Child’s Business

Voices and actions for accountability in Malawi (VAAM)

Voices and actions for accountability in Malawi (VAAM)

Diverse and Inclusive Guatemala

Diverse and Inclusive Guatemala

African Crossroads

African Crossroads

RUAF

Empowering key populations in Bolivia

Empowering key populations in Bolivia

Hivos-Triodos Fund

Hivos-Triodos Fund

LGBTI+

SWITCH Asia Local Harvest

SWITCH Asia Local Harvest

Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) Fund

Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) Fund

Sustainable Agriculture in Cuba

Sustainable Agriculture in Cuba

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We implement our programs together with 449 partner organizations

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In 2020, Hivos spent 54 million euros on realizing its objectives/programs

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