A social sciences student and environmental activist, Alexandra Suruí also advocates for the rights of Indigenous Peoples. Her village Gapgir is located in the Sete de Setembro territory in the Amazon rainforest. Together with her community, she runs an organization that revives traditional farming fields and builds communal chicken coops and fish tanks. This ensures […]
Corporación Cambio Sostenible (CCS), a non-profit organization dedicated to sustainable development and social equity in Colombia, recently faced a significant challenge. Their cloud provider, IFX Networks, was attacked by ransomware. This attack, allegedly orchestrated by the Ransomhouse collective, targeted key websites across Colombia and Chile. The aftermath left CCS grappling with the loss of crucial […]
The We Lead team in Honduras launched a campaign with an exhibit of three statues of teenagers. The statues are covered in testimonies from young Hondurans on how a lack of education about STIs, teenage pregnancy, abuse, and family problems has affected their lives.
By Job Muriithi, DME&L Officer at Hivos East Africa The impacts of climate change are not felt equally. Those least responsible for creating the crisis – women, youth, Indigenous peoples, and rural communities – are the ones who bear the brunt of its consequences. To be truly just, climate action must not only be effective […]
By: Patricia Granja, Hivos | Sandra Patiño, ACT | Photography: Mateo Medina ACT According to the Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO), climate change is the greatest health threat to humanity. This is backed up by a wealth of clear and compelling information about the serious impacts of climate change on human health. Heat […]
Voices for Just Climate Action (VCA) is a network of five international organizations, including Hivos, that works to achieve climate justice on three continents. That climate justice can take many forms is clear from the new Voices Magazine that showcases the work of VCA in Brazil. Our Brazilian network counts 74 local organizations that together […]
By Gabriela Melgar – Hivos Latin America Regional Communication Officer I’ve listened to the interview I did with Gabriela Portillo many times now. Ideas for an article keep popping into my head without rhyme or reason. I’m one of those who still likes to organize them on paper first and then struggle with them on […]
Read our reflections on a week-long event that brought young women and girls from across the globe together to share lessons, experiences and innovative approaches to advocate for sexual reproductive health and rights, or #SRHR.
Climate change devastates nature and causes injustice and human suffering in far too many parts of the world. Activist Conceição Amorim sees it in her city Imperatriz, at the edge of the Amazon rainforest. There, she has been advocating for human rights for over forty years. Currently, she coordinates the Padre Josimo Center for the Protection […]
By Gabriela Melgar, Regional Communication Officer Our Sustainable Agriculture Support Project (PAAS) implemented with partners in eleven provinces and 22 municipalities has played a crucial role in Cuba for the past 10 years. Financed by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), it promotes and improves sustainable agricultural practices and strategies, focusing on agroecological […]
To adjust our work in Ecuador to the rapidly changing reality, we met with partners from Colombia, who shared their experiences dealing with decades of drug-related violence.
By Saira Ortega, Hivos Latin America Program Manager, and Gabriela Melgar, Regional Communication Officer Bernardo Arévalo took office as Guatemala’s new president in the early hours of Monday, January 15, 2024. This followed months of judicial machinations by his political opponents to block him from office after his vow to clamp down on corruption. This, […]