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  • Spotlighting Women’s Energy Needs in Malawi

    The National Association of Business Women (NABW) held a meeting to introduce the Green and Inclusive Energy project to the Mchinji District Executive Council in Malawi . Forty-two stakeholders from government departments and non-governmental organisations participated in the meeting. NABW is one of Hivos Southern Africa’s partners under the Green and Inclusive Energy programme in…

  • CoFFEE is Cool

    The bitter truth about the East African Coffee sector Today, most African youth seems uninterested in working in the coffee sector as they see it as an “old man’s” hobby. However, the International Women’s Coffee Alliance (IWCA) states that it is women who form the majority of the world’s estimated total of 25 million coffee farmers.…

  • We mourn Bassel’s death and honour his courage

    Syrian Hivos partner executed three years after his detention Last week, Bassel’s wife and closest family members announced his death was officially confirmed by the Assad regime. For me and his other friends this was extremely sad to hear, although after two years without any news about or from him, the chances he was still…

  • Activating Citizen Engagement on Green & Inclusive Energy Through Roadshows in Malawi

    Youth Net and Counselling (YONECO) conducted nine roadshows in Zomba and Machinga districts in Malawi as part of a mass awareness campaign to promote the use of clean and sustainable energy. With support from Hivos Southern Africa, YONECO is implementing a project called: “Stimulating Citizen and Public Engagement in Green and Inclusive Energy for Sustainable Development.”…

  • Los rostros del manglar

    You can read this blog in English here. La Reserva Cayapas Mataje en el noroeste del Ecuador alberga a los manglares más altos del mundo y a 26 comunidades afro-descendientes. Las 35,000 hectáreas de manglar fueron declaradas reserva natural a mediados de los años noventa para evitar la tala del ecosistema por parte de la…

  • Food diaries: Food choices and dietary patterns among households in Western Uganda

    Kabarole District situated in South Western Uganda is endowed with a rich climate and fertile soils. The district contributes large amounts of food not only for the Rwenzori region – where Kabarole is situated – but other regions and neighbouring countries such as Rwanda, Tanzania, Congo and Sudan. The irony, however, food and nutrition insecurity,…

  • Absence of Energy Cripples Health Service Delivery

    Community Energy Malawi (CEM) is currently working in a rural and remote area to promote uptake of green and inclusive energy with support from Hivos Southern Africa. The project area is Balaka District, located in the south of Malawi. The district covers an area of 2,193 square kilometre representing 2.4 percent of the total land area…

  • Green Inclusive Energy Excites District Health Office in Malawi

    The Chitipa District Health Office (DHO) in Malawi is excited with the Green Inclusive Energy (GIE) project which Community Energy Malawi (CEM) is implementing in the district. The DHO lamented at the lack of technical backstopping on solar PV and other renewable energy systems installed at health centres in the district.  “We have several partners…

  • Renew’N’Able Malawi Conducts Training-of-Trainers for Non-Energy CSOs

    More than 90 per cent of the population in Malawi depends on biomass source of energy, only 10 per cent has access to the national grid power system covered by Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM). This negatively influences several development sectors including health, education and economy, and hugely affects the environment. Renew’N’Able Malawi (RENAMA), a Malawian non-governmental organization, is implementing…

  • Advancing opportunities for Women to transform their economies with Open Contracting

    The High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development Goals was held from 10-19 July 2017 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York.  43 countries submitted voluntary national reviews and over 2458 stakeholders reportedly attended. As a stakeholder to the event, Hivos East Africa co-hosted one of 147 side events together with the African Women’s…

  • Eye on Malawi extractives

    At the end of April, Moore Stephens submitted the final version of Malawi’s first Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative report to the Multi-Stakeholder Group. Over the last two months I have shared the top ten insights I gleaned from the report and 10 questions I have after reading the report. In the final column in this series, I explore ten…

  • Energy’s Vital Role As An Enabler of Healthcare Delivery in Malawi

    Universal health and universal access to energy are both global and Malawi development goals. However, not enough attention is given to their interdependence and their strong relationship. There are grave consequences of energy poverty on health indicators. Hivos Southern Africa’s partner under the Green and Inclusive Eenergy programme, Malawi Health Equity Network (MHEN), trained community groups at…

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