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...

Health for pastoralists from the Dassenech Community

In northern Kenya, on the border with Ethiopia within Marsabit county, is the village of Illeret. Life for the Dassenech people living here is hard: Unpredictable droughts make their livestock farming difficult and hunger is the result - children in particular suffer from deficiencies. At the same...

Agricultural education for displaced people and locals

People from South Sudan in particular, but also from the DR Congo, are finding refuge in northwestern Uganda. In the district of Arua around the community of Adraa, our goal is to teach refugees as well as locals basic agricultural and commercial skills. As part of a school-based training program...

Community-based regeneration of fragile ecosystems.

The Teso region is one of the areas in Uganda most affected by climate change. Increasing changes in rainy seasons, droughts and the general climate pose new challenges for the population around the community of Awoja. This is where the project comes in. The threatened ecosystem is to be regenerated...

Adaptation to climate change in the Sundarban Islands

The Sundarban Islands are located in the Ganges Delta in the Indian state of West Bengal. Due to rising sea levels, they are particularly affected by the effects of climate change. The aim of the project is to protect the ecosystem and the livelihood of the local population. Together, long-term...