Mozambique: Mended boreholes restore hope in Montepuez
Tuesday, 25 October 2022
by ForAfrika
In Cabo Delgado, where violent insurgency has displaced many from their homes, ForAfrika is restoring hope and water with a simple maintenance project. ForAfrika successfully carried out the rehabilitation of boreholes and pumps in various rural villages in Montepuez, Cabo Delgado, recently. The municipal pumps had stopped working due to lack of maintenance and a
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One life saved, leads to more lives given
Tuesday, 25 October 2022
by ForAfrika
After receiving a second chance in life, successful musician prefers to pay it forward Emile Morane, immaculately dressed, opens the gate to his home in a suburb of Kigali, Rwanda. Behind him are the distinct sounds of a band practising. “Once you are inside here, there are no visitors, only family,” he says with a
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Hungry widow Cipriana shields children from seeing other people’s food
Friday, 14 October 2022
by ForAfrika
This World Food Day finds us with an ongoing pandemic, conflicts, climatic disasters, rising prices and international tensions which all affect global food security. We need to build a sustainable world where everyone, everywhere has regular access to enough nutritious food. “When it starts to get dark, and the hunger increases, I lock myself and
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Savings lead to transformation for a refugee family
Wednesday, 12 October 2022
by ForAfrika
Rosemary’s careful money management has allowed her to open a shop and dream of bigger things Rosemary Anania, 47, is a refugee from South Sudan living in the Imvepi refugee settlement in Uganda. Rosemary is a member of the Trust Farmers Village Savings and Loan Association, a group supported by ForAfrika. “My children and I
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ForAfrika moves into the Central African Republic (CAR)
Friday, 07 October 2022
by ForAfrika
In one of the world’s most vulnerable countries, farmers’ associations are a lifeline for many, but they need important resources Based on humanitarian reports published by the United Nations Office for Coordinating Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), ForAfrika became aware of large-scale humanitarian needs in the Central African Republic (CAR) and took the decision to move into
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A tale of two Peters
Friday, 07 October 2022
by ForAfrika
Separated by war and joined together by ‘peace gardens’, these two friends have made a new life for themselves and their families Peter Adumba and Peter Khemis have been friends since their youth in South Sudan. They were both forced to flee when violence flared in their home country and separated them in 2018. But,
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After floods, more than 30,000 no longer have a home
Tuesday, 20 September 2022
by ForAfrika
Although annual flooding happens each year in South Sudan, in the past few years it has become more severe and reaching places it did not before. Along the roads, outside the town of Aweil in South Sudan, families have erected makeshift homes using branches and plastic sheeting. They were forced to flee to higher ground
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Improving cross-border trade policy is vital in solving the African food security crisis
Thursday, 11 August 2022
by ForAfrika
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Amplify the voices of African women: Ann Pretorius
Tuesday, 09 August 2022
by ForAfrika
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