Please meet our colleague Sergio from Colombia. While traveling for work, he met Manuel, the love of his life. In 2016, when same-sex marriage in Colombia finally became possible, they got married. Both at the town hall and in the Anglican Church. But Sergio and Manuel live in Costa Rica, where same-sex marriage is still […]
In 2009, four transgender persons in Guyana were arrested and fined for cross-dressing. In court the judge told them that they were confused about their sexuality. “Go and find Jesus”, was the advice. Now, after nine years of challenging the law and fighting the case, justice has finally been served: Guyana’s law that criminalizes cross-dressing […]
Hivos has entered a regional alliance aimed at closing the energy access gap in Central America to achieve 100% coverage for the entire population. The agreement was signed Wednesday, December 12, at the III Energy Week organized by OLADE (Latin American Energy Organization) in Montevideo. By signing this agreement, members of the alliance which includes […]
Trigidia Jimenez Franco, is a Quechuan producer from Bolivia and a true believer in the special connection people have to the land they live on. A trained agronomist, a career typically reserved for men, she works with her husband and children fulfilling a dream she always held – to produce cañahua, an indigenous and highly nutritious grain. […]
Protecting Mexican families looking for their missing loved ones
“Our principle is and remains to bring missing people back home. Not because we want to do this work, but because we need to. If I find Milynali, I would be in peace and I would turn over my work and efforts to other people. Because this work is too hard. I can’t do this my entire life. So my biggest dream right now is to find my sweet daughter.”
Creating spaces of dignity
“Our society wins if a boy or girl who feels attracted to the same sex, or wants to transform their gender, can do this without being humiliated, hurt or afraid and without thinking of death.”
En las imágenes que circulan hoy de la caravana migrante centroamericana, vimos un hombre joven con un bebé de meses en brazos, cruzando el río Suchiate, que divide Guatemala y México. La imagen de un futuro cargado en brazos en medio de una corriente que nos mueve los cimientos y que intenta frenar nuestro paso, […]
Fighting illegal land grabs and government inaction with satellite data “I’m so scared I’m having difficulties sleeping,” said André Karipuna, a young indigenous community leader of a protected area in the Brazilian Amazon. According to satellite data from fly-overs commissioned by All Eyes on the Amazon in June and October 2018, his fears are very real. And […]
Nicole Szucs of the Hivos local office in Bolivia tells us how the Food Change Lab kicked off At the end of September, I attended the first session of the Food Change Lab held in Bolivia by the Hivos and IIED Sustainable Diets for All program. The participants formed a patchwork quilt of stories of […]
Nearly 10,000 people in southern Mexico are to benefit from the new SAFE project “Transforming Mexican Coffee”. The SAFE Platform, coordinated by Hivos, is an alliance to support coffee and cacao smallholder farmers through climate-smart agricultural practices. For this project, Sustainable Harvest will join hands with World Coffee Research (WCR), the Mexican Ministry of Agriculture […]
Hivos is very happy to announce that projects of two of our Open Contracting program partners in Guatemala have won the CivicTech4Democracy 2018 global competition. The projects are initiatives of journalism platforms Laboratorio de Medios (Media Laboratory) and Plaza Pública (Public Square), which have had great impact in Guatemala in recent years by playing a key role in the fight against […]
By Paulo Villalobos Saborío for the Costa Rican news platform ameliarueda.com* In Latin America, the Dutch NGO Hivos supports causes related to human rights, protection of the environment and independent journalism. This year, Hivos is marking 50 years of support for the “sparks of change” ignited by frontrunners who have gained the confidence needed to generate […]