When Asha Obonyo, joined Cenacle farm in January 2020, she had a lot of plans for the year. However, her aspirations were disrupted by the Covid-19 pandemic, which almost crippled the flower industry in Kenya. Ms Obonyo who works in the irrigation department, had to stay at home for a few months as the situation […]
When the government of Kenya announced that the Covid- 19 pandemic had hit the country in March 2020, many businesses were thrown into panic mode. Many were caught unaware, and had no plans on how to navigate the health and operational challenges brought about by the pandemic. Action planning However, at Fides Kenya farm things […]
Voices of rights-holders
We celebrate the diverse voices and rightsholders who were agents of change pushing for gender inclusion in renewable energy, transparency in the extractives sector, dignified work for women in the horticultural sector, and healthy and affordable diets for low-income populations.
Frustrations lead to new beginnings
“It was clear to me that there was a need for such an institution in Tanzania,” says Ludovick Utouh, founder of WAJIBU – Institute of Public Accountability. Amongst others, WAJIBU informs and mobilizes public opinion about accountability in the collection and use of public resources by duty bearers and elected officials.
In partnership with Nation Media Group, we set up the first open contracting information portal for journalists in East Africa.
The 75th World Food Day celebrations come against a backdrop of an unprecedented global crisis. In less than six months, the COVID-19 pandemic has swept across five continents, causing huge socio-economic disruptions in historic proportions. The highly disrupted world and its liberal model on which almost the entire economy has been built on for several […]
By Frank Mechielsen, Sustainable Food program manager Food is high on the political agenda. The need to make food systems more resilient to external shocks like climate change and Covid-19 is now well acknowledged among states and other actors. Green, healthy, and inclusive food systems should become the new normal. But to make this happen […]
Following the outbreak of the Covid-19 disease in Uganda in March 2020, the management of JP Cuttings flower farm, in Uganda, initiated immediate measures aimed at ensuring that the health and safety of the employees is guaranteed. According to Ms Hamid Janat, the Human Resource Officer at JP Cuttings, the farm immediately acquired basic items, […]
When the first case of Covid-19 was reported in Tanzania on March 16, 2020, stakeholders in the flower industry, immediately started to think about how to cushion the workers and the businesses from effects of the pandemic. Three major flower farms namely; Dekker Bruins Tanzania, Fides and Mount Meru Flowers not only focused on how […]
In the wake of COVID-19, food insecurity in Uganda is drastically increasing. Food Rights Alliance and Twaweza East Africa call on the Uganda government to take specific and urgent action to address the growing threats to food security following the pandemic. In Uganda, as in many countries across the world, COVID-19 has challenged communities and the […]
Four years ago Janet Achiro would only dream of having a decent meal. Achiro a resident of Bardege Division in Gulu is among the scores who have been leading dejected lives after the three decade war that ravaged northern Uganda. Gulu has for over three decades been a hotbed for rebellion and insurgency by the […]
Hivos, The Prince Claus Fund, and the European Cultural Foundation (ECF) are proud to announce the launch of Forces of Art – Perspectives from a Changing World. This publication is the result of a major global research project we initiated jointly to investigate the transformative force of art and culture on the lives of people […]