Projects

Better access to drinking water, sanitation and hygiene

In the Kamonyi district of Rwanda, many households do not have access to sufficient clean drinking water. In connection with this, personal hygiene is also problematic. The project helps to improve the living conditions of the population by expanding access to drinking water, improving sanitation...

Education for disadvantaged children

For children from disadvantaged families in Bukavu in the Democratic Republic of Congo, lack of access to education is a major problem. Due to a lack of alternatives, they are forced to make a living through irregular, sometimes dangerous work or petty crime on the streets. The project promotes...

Community-based development to alleviate poverty

The majority of the target group in Gobindaganj in northern Bangladesh live in extreme poverty and are unable to improve their own living situation in the long term without external help. In the course of establishing self-help groups, various training courses are offered and carried out. These...

Preparation for humanitarian emergencies

Local non-governmental organisations are the first and last to provide on-site assistance and support reconstruction in the event of a disaster. For this reason, a total of ten local partner organisations in particularly disaster-prone countries are being given specialist training to enable them to...

Help against the effects of climate change

The effects of climate change in the form of droughts, an unpredictable onset of the rainy season and flooding, as well as the lack of alternative income opportunities, are leading to food insecurity in the Mchinji district of Malawi. The result is health problems, poverty and a lack of prospects...

Strengthening resilience against drought

Food supply is a major challenge in the Nkukula project region in the Dowa district of Malawi. One reason for this is the increasingly shorter rainy seasons and longer periods of drought, which lead to crop failures. Sign of Hope helps to improve the food security and living conditions of about 1...

Sheep distribution for livelihood security

The villages of Jajajur and Hovit are located in the Shirak province in northern Armenia, which is one of the provinces most affected by unemployment and poverty. The project provides impoverished families with sheep. By selling dairy products and wool and covering their own needs, the households'...

Alternative farming methods for smallholder farmers

Shirak province in northern Armenia is characterised by poverty, inefficient agriculture, rural exodus and migration. The project helps by issuing more efficient seeds and by improving cultivation, irrigation and crop storage methods.

Education against poverty and hunger

Poverty and hunger shape the lives of many children in South Sudan. To escape the vicious cycle, they need sustainable help - the first step: a school education. Education creates courage, confidence and self-responsibility and enables people to free themselves from the spiral of misery. In a large...

Livelihood security for smallholder farmers

Climatic changes in southwestern Ethiopia are increasingly leading to crop losses - with severe consequences for the population. Smallholder farmers in Mirab Abaya live mainly on agricultural yields, which are threatened by long periods of drought and periods of heavy rain, drought and flooding. We...