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In farming, soil is everything, says agroecologist Tarirai Mpofu, adviser to ForAfrika, the continent’s largest indigenous nongovernmental organisation. ForAfrika’s main strategy is to work with 20-million Africans so as to ensure that by 2032, they have the skills and tools they need to provide for themselves. Mpofu’s words echo the United Nations’ (UN’s) slogan, “Soils: […]
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The humanitarian aid sector must increasingly turn to indigenous organisations and individuals in an attempt to ensure that its reach, effectiveness and accountability are improved, says Dr. Mary Okumu, senior director at ForAfrika, Africa’s largest indigenous aid organisation. Dr. Okumu, who is also head of ForAfrika’s technical unit, will be speaking twice at this year’s […]
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A box of necessities helps to relieve the suffering, but long-term, sustainable projects are needed in these areas By Nelisiwe Makhubu A few months after catastrophic floods hit the coastal regions of the KwaZulu-Natal province, families are still struggling to piece their lives back together. ForAfrika and partners worked together to bring some relief to […]
...It is vital that stories of how climate change is affecting ordinary people across Africa, and the world, are told at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27), starting in Egypt on 6 November 2022, says Kénia Diva of ForAfrika, the largest indigenous nongovernmental organisation on the continent. Diva, a member of its Angola communications […]
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In one of the world’s most vulnerable countries, farmers’ associations are a lifeline for many, but they need important resources By Leizl Eykelhof content manager, ForAfrika 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 […]
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Hundreds of thousands of people could die of starvation if the extent of Africa’s food security crisis is not recognised, says Isak Pretorius, CEO of the largest indigenous African non-governmental organisation, ForAfrika. “The food crisis – and rising malnutrition – affecting our continent is real and pressing, and I urge people of conscience to rally […]
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