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Region category: East Africa

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  • We stand in solidarity with Uganda’s LGBTIQ+ community

    News

    As supporters and allies of LGBTIQ+ individuals and movements in East Africa, we stand in solidarity with the LGBTIQ+ population and civil society organizations in Uganda

    March 28, 2023
  • Investments in water must tackle the threats of scarcity, quality and access

    opinion

    By Vincent Mogaka, Voices For Just Climate Action Project Officer The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that water scarcity in Africa affects one in three people. Water scarcity is killing livestock, drying up crops and driving families from their homes in search of water. There is a link between climate change and water scarcity. Climate […]

    March 22, 2023
  • Terms of Reference: Legal Representative – Hivos East Africa

    call

    Hivos East Africa is seeking the services of a legal firm to provide legal services to Hivos East Africa the year 2023 and 2024.

  • Terms of Reference: Company Secretarial Services – Hivos East Africa

    call

    Hivos East Africa is seeking the services of a firm to provide Company Secretarial Services to Hivos East Africa the year 2023 and 2024.

  • Celebrating our in-house women leaders on International Women’s Day 2023

    story

    In light of this year’s International Women’s Day, we’re shining a light on three extraordinary women in our East Africa office in Nairobi, Kenya. As program managers, they lead three of Hivos’ largest programs. Saida Ali works for Free to be Me, Maimuna Kabatesi for Voices for Just Climate Action (VCA), and Nyambura Gathumbi for […]

  • Terms of Reference: Consultancy to facilitate a grants application training

    call

    With this ToR Hivos is seeking a consultant to design and facilitate a grants writing training for applicants to the Community Media Fund (CMF) project

  • Getting 1300 women entrepreneurs through the Corona crisis

    story

    During the corona crisis, entrepreneurs all over the world were under pressure. This was also the case of the women who, with our support, had recently started their own sustainable business. In countries without a social safety net or government support, their situation was particularly vulnerable. But thanks to contributions from the Dutch public, they […]

  • Terms of Reference: Consultancy to provide English and French translation services

    News

    With this ToR Hivos is seeking a consultant to provide simultaneous interpretation and written English-French translation services over an extended duration for the Community Media Fund Project for a duration of one year. 1. The assignment The Community Media Fund (CMF) is a project by the Bloomberg Media Initiative In Africa (BMIA) whose grant is […]

    January 19, 2023
  • Terms of Reference: Free to be Me mid-term review

    call

    Hivos is looking to recruit on a short-term basis, an external international team of consultants to undertake the mid-term review of the Free to Be Me program (2021-2025), executed under the Netherlands’ Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Power of Voices- Strengthening Civil Society grant instrument.

  • Terms of Reference: We Lead mid-term review

    call

    Hivos is looking to recruit an external international team of consultants to undertake the mid-term review of the We Lead program (2021-2025).

  • We condemn the murder of Edwin Chiloba and stand in solidarity with LGBTIQ+ persons in Kenya

    News

    The Free to be Me Alliance stands in solidarity with the LGBTIQ+ community in Kenya and with all those mourning the loss of Edwin Kiprotich Kiptoo, commonly known as Edwin Chiloba. We recognize this is a difficult time for queer activists, the family and friends of Edwin, and those who admired and supported his work […]

    January 10, 2023
  • Request for proposal: team building for Hivos staff in East Africa

    News

    Hivos East Africa is looking for a consultant to facilitate a 2-day team building event.

    January 9, 2023

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