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    “With 29.8 million inhabitants, 76 percent of the population in the Brazilian Amazon is urban and faces problems typical for large capitals, but the main problem is their greatest resource: water.” This statement lies at the root of Mandí, an organization working to improve sanitation and climate adaptation in Amazonian cities in the state of […]

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    By Tanja Lubbers, Regional Director, Hivos Latin America I arrived in La Paz, Bolivia, on a cold night in early June. Landing atop the Andes at 4,300 meters (about 2.67 mi) is always magical—the thin air, the silent cable cars, and the city below buzzing with life even at 4 a.m. Some were just starting […]

    June 17, 2025
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    This open letter is from the Positive Leadership and Key Populations Alliance (ALEP+PC), a regional initiative led by 10 regional networks of people living with HIV and key populations across Latin America. The alliance raises its concern about the Global Fund’s, the project’s donor, decision to pause the implementation of activities. Hivos is the Principal Recipient […]

    May 20, 2025
  • News

    Sharing experiences and best practices is the beginning of significant change in the justice system, as demonstrated by the recent meeting between civil society and judicial delegations from Costa Rica, Guatemala, and the Netherlands. They met to improve access to justice for LGBTIQ+ people and to tackle the urgent issue of ethical and sensitive data collection […]

    May 6, 2025
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    By Gabriela Melgar, Regional Communications Officer, Hivos Latin America   The story of Guatemalan civil society organization CREAR is like its name would suggest: letting yourself imagine, conceive new ideas, and act on your own turf.  When I went to meet their team, they were brimming with energy, ready to bring social change to the reality that surrounds […]

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    Don Preto was born in Campinas, São Paulo, but has lived in the Amazonian city of Belém do Pará for two decades. He carries the African diasporic title “Onilu”- the one who builds drums – and is one of the founders of Casa Preta Amazônia, a cultural center dedicated to preserving Brazil’s African heritage. Casa […]

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    In the heart of the Amazon rainforest, where Brazil, Bolivia, and Peru meet, we went on a transformative journey last December that showed us the essential role of Indigenous leadership in the fight against climate change. The Cuida! Amazon climate advocacy event (Cuida, a local slang word, means both take care and hurry up), brought […]

    February 10, 2025
  • News

    The ties between Latin America and the Kingdom of the Netherlands through the Caribbean Netherlands mean that these neighboring territories share many challenges – from climate change to public safety – and need to work together effectively to address them. Hivos and the Netherlands Institute for Multiparty Democracy (NIMD) recently convened a panel of experts […]

    February 3, 2025
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    By Diego Orellana, Global Urban Futures Project Manager Urban food systems face immense challenges: they both consume over 70 percent of the world’s food and significantly contribute to environmental degradation. Among the 1.7 billion food-insecure people globally, many reside in urban and peri-urban areas. They also struggle with inequality, climate change, and malnutrition. Tackling these […]

    December 9, 2024
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    By Paula Moreira, program manager, and Danielle Almeida de Carvalho, project officer, of Voices for Just Climate Action in Brazil Extreme weather events are becoming increasingly frequent worldwide. Whether it’s the ongoing drought in the Amazon devastating Indigenous communities in Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, and Colombia. Or the floods in Niger, Chad, and Mali that have […]

    December 6, 2024
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    Hivos participated in this year’s UN Climate Summit with a small but focused delegation. What lessons can we draw from COP29? And how can we turn them into strategic advocacy to influence COP30 outcomes? Let’s hear from this year’s delegates. Climate finance failure at COP29 Hivos’ Collins Otieno was part of our delegation in Baku […]

    December 5, 2024
  • story

    The Climate Observatory is a coalition of Brazilian civil society organizations and an ally of Hivos. At the Observatory, Mariana Lyrio follows national and international debates on the environment and climate change. She also advocates for a new kind of politics, one that prioritizes protecting the environment, the climate, and the rights of Indigenous Peoples. […]