A new study released by the UN’s International Children’s Emergency Fund revealed that that the number of child marriages have slightly declined. Even though there is a slightly positive downward trend, we cannot stop our work to end child marriages. There remain hundreds of millions of people worldwide that were married off as children. The […]
They are regularly confronted with hate and superstitions. Due to their appearance, people with Albinism often pay with their life in many African countries. Still today, many prejudices and fears exist regarding Albinism. Society is seldom correctly informed.
Over many years, the children of Tauangzalat (Region Sagaing/Myanmar) have had to take a very long journey on foot every day to reach their school in the city. There still is no permanent school building for the children in the village.
After the success of the pilot project “Fisherwomen Ouakam,” a new group of fifty women from Yoff, Senegal is joining together in an economic interest group to allow them to professionalize the sale of fish and to build micro-businesses. Pooled financial resources and working capital form the basis which allows the fish sellers to regularly […]
This year we would like to increase the focus of our work on the strengthening of social enterprises in African countries. There are several reasons why we feel that supporting these social enterprises is so important.
