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The race is on to realise the most fundamental of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – ensuring that everyone has access to water, sanitation and hygiene services – by the 2030 deadline, says ForAfrika disaster response director Charles Wentzel. There are six years to go, and ForAfrika, the largest African humanitarian development organisation, is doing […]
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Young children are healthier and communities wealthier when there is a well-functioning early childhood development (ECD) centre fully accessible to them, says Dr Mary Okumu, head of ForAfrika’s Technical Unit. ForAfrika, which is Africa’s largest humanitarian and development organisation, recently started building its showcase ECD centre in Rwanda’s Kamonyi district. The organisation began using ECD […]
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ForAfrika, the largest African humanitarian and development organisation, reached 3.1-million people in 2022. It is on track to do even more in 2023. “There’s an African concept that underpins everything we do, and it’s part of our heritage. It’s ubuntu, the idea that, ‘I am because we all are,’” says ForAfrika CEO Isak Pretorius in the […]
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The war in Sudan has forced people across the borders of neighbouring countries, most of which are already under pressure from other humanitarian crises. ForAfrika was one of the first United Nations distribution partners to provide non-food items, such as tarpaulins and dignity packs, to refugees fleeing from Sudan into South Sudan. Hundreds of thousands […]
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ForAfrika is gearing up to provide humanitarian assistance to thousands of people fleeing to South Sudan, where it has its largest office, from the conflict that erupted in Sudan almost two weeks ago. We join the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in its concern that a large, unplanned number of new returns will […]
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We at the African humanitarian organisation ForAfrika urge the forces embroiled in conflict in Sudan to avoid a crisis of tremendous proportions by working swiftly to find a political solution to their differences. It is tragic that thousands of civilians are trapped in Sudan’s capital city, Khartoum as well as other cities, because a ceasefire […]
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ForAfrika staff are working alongside communities battered by torrential rain and flooding caused by Cyclone Freddy, which made landfall in Mozambique on 24 February. “Many people in Mozambique face food shortages, a possible cholera outbreak in Inhambane and loss of income due to the heavy rains we have suffered in the past week,” says ForAfrika’s […]
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Cyclone Freddy, which killed seven people in Madagascar earlier this week, made landfall along Mozambique’s coastline as a severe tropical storm on Friday and is expected to cause flooding and the destruction of homes and livelihoods. “Our teams are on standby, we are well equipped to respond to those most affected, as swiftly as possible,” […]
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The power of indigenous aid organisations was immediately evident when a series of devastating earthquakes hit Türkiye and Syria on 6 February 2023, displacing millions of people, says Isak Pretorius, CEO of Africa’s largest homegrown non-governmental organisation (NGO), ForAfrika. “When a crisis hits, it is critical to respond immediately, as time of response directly affects […]
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In Uganda, where land is given to refugees, school children are being taught some valuable gardening skills By Connie Akware School feeding in Uganda looks slightly different from the programme in other ForAfrika countries. Whereas most children in our other programmes are younger and receive a bowl of highly nutritious food each school day, the […]
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