‘When they grow it, they will eat it!’
Tuesday, 28 January 2025
Children in South Sudan are learning about the value of nutrition from a young age. This helps them to improve their health and develop good eating habits for life Photo: Maryke Jankowitz/ForAfrika Children in South Sudan are learning farming techniques and the value of a diverse diet Andrew Ewoku Pupils at Denyic Primary School in
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Early childhood development has multiple benefits for communities
Tuesday, 28 January 2025
Children in an Early Childhood Centre in Rwanda enjoy some educational games Photo: Sulette Theron/ForAfrika In Rwanda, Early Childhood Development centres are a gateway to broader community development Thacien Turamyimana Clarisse Mukeshimana, who lives in rural Rwanda, did not see the need to send her three-year-old to pre-school until she joined a community association,
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Garden-in-a-box system solves a problem for a water-scarce childcare centre
Monday, 27 January 2025
In water-scarce Hammanskraal in South Africa, gardens are difficult to cultivate. But, the garden-in-a-box method allows people to plant vegetables wherever there is space to do so
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New sanitation facilities restore dignity, improve health and keep girls in school
Monday, 27 January 2025
Alzira Fabiao, a 45-year-old mother of four from Inhambane, is relieved that her daughters now have decent sanitation facilities in their neighbourhood ForAfrika has provided new latrine facilities across three provinces in Mozambique – and the difference is being felt by communities The ForAfrika team in Mozambique is making great strides in the Water, Sanitation
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Farmers group raises the profits
Tuesday, 26 November 2024
Ready to bake: A member of the group prepares her goods A small savings group has started a commercial farm and are using their ingredients to produce baked goods Innocent Niyonzima The Aliodrozu Farmers Group in Uganda has done from strength to strength since its formation in 2018. Initially a savings group of 19 refugees,
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Help for those overwhelmed by floods
Tuesday, 26 November 2024
Floods have overwhelmed South Sudan. Hundreds of thousands have been displaced. ForAfrika has been assisting those affected with food, blankets and tarpaulins
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Parents attend gardening lessons at schools
Tuesday, 26 November 2024
Hard and work: Regina Fabião works in her cassava plantation Encouraged by what her children were learning at school, a mother decided to join them in their gardening endeavours Regina Fabião Matsinhe was inspired by her children to take up vegetable gardening. Her three children in grades 2, 3 and 6 at Chigamane Primary School
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Nurseries provide trees for shade and food
Tuesday, 26 November 2024
Prep: A community member prepares seedling bags Planting trees is also helping to reforest and rehabilitate degraded land Mengistu Dinote ForAfrika is working with partners in Ethiopia to improve food security, water, sanitation and hygiene and climate resilience in vulnerable communities. One of ForAfrika’s focus areas here is climate-smart, nutrition-dense vegetable gardening and agroforestry –
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School meals allow boys to dream
Wednesday, 20 November 2024
Brotherhood: Vasco and João enjoy their lunch Attendance, enrollment, concentration and family dynamics are all improved when children are given school meals each day Morgado Culembe School meals have been an invaluable incentive for the people living in and around the village of Caissombo in Angola. According to school teacher Samuel Canjamba, who has worked
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School celebrates the gift of on-site water
Tuesday, 29 October 2024
Water wise: The school celebrates their on-site water source Piped water means that children will no longer have to fetch and carry water to school Children will longer have to fetch and carry water up the steep hills to Gisenyi Primary School, located in the Kamonyi district of rural Rwanda. The school benefitted from a
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