• story

    A women’s burden

    All these years Helena had been inhaling smoke while cooking on an open fire. So something had to change. And it did. In 2012 Helena and her husband made a decision that transformed their lives.

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    How Hivos’ civil society partners contribute to the growing energy access rate in Nepal

    Our partner CRT/N provided training to sensitize municipalities about the many benefits of energy access. This soon resulted in allocated budgets and work plans for energy access in nine municipalities, largely for domestic clean cooking systems.

  • News

    Hivos and IIED, together with Climate Tracker, are happy to launch the Sustainable Food Media Fellowship to fund journalists from Kenya, Uganda, and Zambia to work on investigative reports. We are looking for young journalists from Kenya, Uganda, and Zambia who want to write incredible stories about the production of food and access to sustainable […]

    June 5, 2020
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    Over the past few years working on the Green and Inclusive Energy programme, I have been privileged to hear from Kenyans about their experiences with clean cooking, or lack of. In 2017, as part of Hivos East Africa’s collaboration with the County Government of Kajiado to establish a policy for renewable energy for the county, […]

    June 4, 2020
  • opinion

    On June 5, 2020, the world celebrates World Environment Day. It is an acclaimed United Nations Day to raise awareness and encourage action to protect our environment. This year, the day is being recognised as the world copes with the COVID-19 pandemic especially at a dire time when we have been called to reflect on […]

    June 4, 2020
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    Why art is important to Hivos

    Freedom of expression is the hallmark of democracy. It is a sign of societies where citizens are free to openly debate and contribute to a myriad of issues affecting their day-to-day lives. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights lists it as a fundamental human right.

  • News

    Alternative spaces for free expression are on the rise in Africa. As voices of freedom, they’re quickly taking up their place as avenues where sexual and gender minorities can freely express themselves in audiovisual spaces such as podcasts. Selly Thiam is a journalist, filmmaker, radio producer, writer and the executive producer and host of AfroQueer. AfroQueer is […]

    May 29, 2020
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    2020 marks the culmination of the 2011 – 2020 Strategic Plan for Biological Diversity and the Aichi Biodiversity Targets. This strategic plan was adopted in 2010, the International Year of Biodiversity, by the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity in Nagoya, Japan. It contributes to a shared vision of living in harmony with nature […]

    May 22, 2020
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    On this year’s International Day for Biological Diversity, Natalie Lartey and Immaculate Yossa Daisy discuss how advocacy to protect Uganda’s indigenous food is simultaneously preserving the nation’s biodiversity.  Biodiversity underpins the earth’s life support system. It balances a finely-tuned ecosystem that helps deliver basic human needs, including food. Biodiversity keeps water fresh and air clean; […]

    May 22, 2020
  • News

    The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed that the world’s biodiversity can be a forge in fighting diseases, which is critical for the burgeoning global population. According to the Alliance of Biodiversity International, a staggering 800 million (with the numbers expected to rise) are already affected by hunger- an aftershock- that will be experienced during and after […]

    May 22, 2020