Organisations on the Frontline of Climate Adaptation
The following organisations are working with communities in rural Africa to improve their lives and livelihoods, and create secure futures for their children through the implementation of community-led, livelihoods-focused initiatives that sustainably reduce poverty. The organisations know from their experience that climate change is already adversely affecting some of the world’s most vulnerable communities, but that with appropriate policies and well-directed help, those communities have the resourcefulness to adapt.
Concern Universal works in partnership to challenge poverty and inequality, supporting practical actions that enable people to improve their lives and shape their own futures. We work in 12 countries worldwide to improve food security and support sustainable livelihoods; improve health, respect for rights, and skills; and reduce vulnerability. www.concernuniversal.org
The Development Fund is a Norwegian independent environmental and development organisation. Our priority is to support poor people in rural areas of developing countries in their own efforts to free themselves from poverty and in securing the environment. At the same time, The Development Fund also works on changing the political and economic conditions that create and maintain poverty and destroy the environment. www.utviklingsfondet.no
FARM-Africa transforms the lives of poor rural people in Africa. Our work of nearly 25 years has proved that with just a little assistance, Africa’s farmers can dramatically improve their lives. We work in Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Southern Sudan. Through grassroots projects we help rural communities to grow more food; keep their livestock healthy and manage their natural resources sustainably. www.farmafrica.org.uk
Find Your Feet (FYF) believes in social justice: a world in which everyone has the right to build a future free from poverty. It works with the rural poor, using their own skills and knowledge to develop sustainable solutions to poverty. Based on their ongoing experience in South Asia and Southern Africa, FYF informs and influences global debates on development. www.fyf.org.uk
Self Help Africa provides practical support to rural communities in Sub-Saharan Africa. We work together to increase food security and diversify livelihoods in ways that are sustainable, enabling families to achieve a lasting positive change in their lives. www.selfhelpafrica.com
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Centre for Environmental Policy and Advocacy (CEPA) is a Malawian NGO which seeks to contribute to the development of environment and natural resources management best practices in Malawi and the Southern Africa Region. As a think-tank organisation, CEPA provides advice and conducts research in environment and natural resources management policies and legislation with a view to designing appropriate interventions for promoting sustainable environment and natural resources management. CEPA is a partner of FAIR.
FAIR is a joint Rural Livelihood Programme financed and implemented jointly in Malawi by Self Help Africa, Find Your Feet and The Development Fund. FAIR partners work collaboratively towards reducing poverty and improving livelihoods in Malawi, through sustainable community-based initiatives.
Mitamisyi Poverty Alleviation Programme (MPAP) is a local NGO working in Kyuso District, Eastern Province, Kenya. MPAP supports communities to develop themselves through access to clean water, improving agricultural production, capacity strengthening and peace building.
Njawara Agricultural Training Centre (NATC) is a community initiated and owned organisation, based in the North Bank Region of the Gambia. It works in partnership with both local and international institutions in training youths and adult farmers on sustainable farming systems with a view to creating self reliance and employment, thereby reducing poverty and rural-urban migration.
PRONET (Professional Network North) is a local NGO based in the Upper West Region of Ghana. It specialises in community development through partnership using rural water and sanitation as a rallying point. PRONET is also involved in training and institutional strengthening, empowerment of women, microfinance, social accountability and advocacy. The Relief Society of Tigray (REST) is an Ethiopian NGO implementing a wide range of relief, rehabilitation and development activities in the National Regional State of Tigray. Originally established to serve the needs of the people in the liberated areas of Tigray during the then civil war, REST has always been a grassroots organisation, committed to working with the poorest and most marginalised communities to bring about positive and sustainable change.
TRAX Ghana is a local NGO in Upper East and Northern Regions of Ghana. TRAX Ghana works with rural communities to enable them to work their way out of poverty through improved agriculture and new skills in income generation.
