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Region category: East Africa

  • Terms of Reference for consultancy to provide translation services

    call

    Our We Lead program is looking for services of a translation company/firm to aid in program communication and implementation of activities.

  • Climate justice badly needed by the people around Lake Turkana in Kenya

    blog

    Hivos was invited to visit Indigenous communities around Lake Turkana in northern Kenya. Vincent Mogaka, project officer for the Voices for Just Climate Action (VCA) program in East Africa, saw firsthand how local communities remain neglected in the face of the climate crisis. Here’s his account of the visit. In the northern part of Kenya, […]

    July 4, 2023
  • Resourcing African LGBTIQ+ movements for success and sustainability

    opinion

    What can funders do to ensure African queer movements are resourced for success and sustainability in the face of well-funded global anti-gender/anti-rights movements?

    June 2, 2023
  • Call for Proposals – Voices for Just Climate Action program, Kenya

    call

    Hivos is looking to partner with Kenyan civil society organizations that will contribute to the goals of our Voices for Just Climate Action program.

  • A dark cloud hangs over Uganda: President Yoweri Museveni signed the anti-homosexuality law

    News

    Uganda President Yoweri Museveni has assented to an anti-homosexuality law. The speaker of the country’s parliament made this announcement today, May 29, 2023. This comes as defiance to international pressure appealing to the President not to sign the law.  Same-sex relations were already illegal in Uganda, but the new law goes much further in targeting […]

    May 29, 2023
  • Urban Futures unveils first lineup of transformative cities

    News

    Our new Urban Futures program is working at the intersection of urban food systems, youth well-being, and climate action. We’re happy to announce the program’s first five cities of operation.

    May 25, 2023
  • Call for Proposals: Capacity strengthening of youth-led organizations

    call

    These grants are aimed at supporting capacity strengthening and organizational development of youth led/youth-focused organizations to enable youth to gather and control the knowledge about their sexual reproductive health and rights (SRHR) needs and issues as well as to sustain their efforts over a longer period of time.

  • Call for Proposals: Collaboration grants

    call

    The collaboration grant will support advocacy collaboration efforts and initiatives by consortia or networks. The purpose is to amplify voices and promote collaboration in promoting adolescent and youth SRHR in East and Southern Africa.

  • Call for Proposals: Adolescent and Youth SRHR Inclusive Access Initiative

    call

    Hivos Southern Africa is seeking proposals for its Adolescent and Youth SRHR Inclusive Access Initiative project, under the Regional Sexual and Reproductive and Health Rights (SRHR) Fund.

  • Call for Proposals: Youth Researchers Academy

    call

    This grant intends to realize meaningful youth involvement and leadership in adolescent SRHR research, as well as increase adolescent and youth capacity, participation and leadership within the broader SRHR discourse.

  • IDAHOBIT 2023 – the power of perseverance

    News

    The rights of LGBTIQ+ people are under attack. Around the world, we see that hard-won gains are being rolled back. Queer people have never been as visible as today, but their visibility seems to come at a price. Hivos applauds the courage and determination of the global queer community.

    May 16, 2023
  • Documentary about climate refugees wins prestigious Kenyan journalism award

    News

    Two years ago, Hivos started working with Kenyan media house Africa Uncensored. One of the documentaries that came out of this collaboration won one of the 2023 Annual Journalism Excellence Awards.

    May 16, 2023

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