Immerse yourself in Kenya’s stunning biodiversity by volunteering in reforestation and conservation efforts. In Limuru, a picturesque town nestled along the Great Rift Valley, you’ll support the restoration of ancient forests, helping to maintain Kenya’s natural beauty. Your tasks will include ...
Government-NGO relations in African Agriculture: Can broken relationships be mended? Kenya says yesRafi AhmedKhushali MistryHoughton St Press
An evaluation of the effectiveness of training programes offered by NGOs to empowe communities in Kenya: a case study of World Vision Kabarnet area development program The purpose of the study was to evaluate the effectiveness of training programs offered by World Vision to empower communities. ...
(Govil et al., 2020; Shah, 2016), the amendment of the Cooperative Societies Act in Kenya (Nyoro & Ngugi, 2007), setting up of the Ethiopian Federal Cooperative Agency post land reforms (Getnet & Anullo, 2012), and the post-Apartheid Cooperative Act (of 2005) inSouth Africa(Khumalo, ...
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Experience from Kenya, Ethiopia and South Africa also indicates that FOs often depend on support from governments and other agencies18,19 and that the benefits of FOs to individual members can be limited by production volumes, infrastructure challenges and inadequate banking services, as well as ...
As Marcella, Jeff and I visited the NGO EkoRural in Quito in 2022 to meet with the director Ross Borja and scientific advisor, Pedro Oyarzun, it was encouraging to hear how things are gradually changing thanks to many years of support by local organisations, backed by a growing pressure of...
NGOs often act as the catalyst to push for food security measures (including urban farming), with governments later seeing food security as more than just hunger relief. In Haiti, a CARE International project helps the poorest urban residents grow food for consumption and sale. Also in Haiti,...
In Kenya, the price of maize had tripled. Food hoarding had been reportedly aggravating shortages, even when rain had been plentiful. Parts of Kenya had a bumper harvest, leaving non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to wonder why the government’s strategic grain reserves were so low. An ...
And the slower the water runs off the land, the more moisture sinks in. The NGO’s name means “Agroecology and Faith.” And it must have taken a leap of faith eight years ago when they began to convince the people of the village of Chacapaya, Sipe, about an hour and a half from...