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Sierra Leone Agriculture: Increasing Productivity
30 / 06 / 20
Sierra Leone
SLARI is an institution stablished by an Act of Parliament. The mission consists of enhance sustainable productivity, commercialization and competitiveness of the agricultural sector through generation and promotion of innovative agricultural technologies and empowerment of stakeholders. Kirstie and Esteban visit Kenema District to learn how cocoa, coffee and other...
Sierra Leone Agriculture: Support and Development of Cashew Sector
05 / 06 / 20
Sierra Leone
The ProResilience Action is a huge EU funded initiative implemented with the support of government partners and three NGOs – COOPI and InterAide in the northern provinces and Welthungerhlife in the East. The PROACT project’s overall goal is to improve food security in Sierra Leone by fostering smallholder agriculture....
Sierra Leone Agriculture: Crop Diversification
05 / 06 / 20
Sierra Leone
The ProResilience Action is a huge EU funded initiative that is fostering smallholder agriculture in some of Sierra Leone’s most remote and vulnerable communities. The project is implemented with the support of government partners and three NGOs – COOPI and InterAide in the northern provinces and Welthungerhilfe in the...

Faces2Hearts in THE GAMBIA: School meals are changing the livelihood of communities
01 / 12 / 19
The Gambia
Brace yourselves as we discover how good food equals to a good mind. We are now in rural Gambia. This visit is even more exciting because we are discovering how the World Food Programme (WFP), with support from the EU, is changing the lives of children at school, through...

EPISODE 8: In a Million * Hotel
15 / 09 / 19
Paraguay
In this episode of Faces2Hearts, our vloggers spend the night in a million * hotel – camping. They go through thick and thin with the sole purpose of discovering the work of Iniciativa Chaco Trinacional in person. The aforementioned NGO supports the communities of Chaco through giving them water...

EPISODE 6: Rural Workers
09 / 09 / 19
Paraguay
In August 2019, in the case Cáceres v. Paraguay (introduced by a family of rural workers), the United Nations Human Rights Committee has found Paraguay responsible for failing to protect individuals from toxic pollution caused by the agriculture industry. The said case, however, is not an isolated example of...

EPISODE 2 Pt. 2: Fish Farming in Acahay
18 / 08 / 19
Paraguay
This video is the second part of Episode 2 of Faces2Hearts in Paraguay. Apart from the production of honey, the ProCADENAS project funded by the EU, also works in the context of fish farming. ♯ SOCIAL LINKS: ♯ Diego Samaniego ▸ Instagram: instagram.com/samadiego_ ♯ Sonja Agata Bišćan ▸ Facebook:...

EPISODE 2 Pt. 1: Looking for the Queen Bee
16 / 08 / 19
Paraguay
The hydroelectric dam Yacyretá is not the only entity producing energy in the Paraguay’s department of Misiones. In this episode of Faces2Hearts, we explore the production of honey and we meet with the communities involved. The described project is supported and funded by the EU. ♯ SOCIAL LINKS: ♯...

Woman taking the agricultural lead in Kavango region
21 / 07 / 19
Namibia
Farmers Club, this is a Development Aid From People To Peaple (DAPP) Namibia’s intiative which is being funded in part by the European Union. This EU-funded project looks at climate smart agriculture for improving the livelihood of small-scale farmers in the Kavango region, in Namibia. The aim of project...

Community Fisheries Reserves in Kaza
13 / 07 / 19
Namibia
Community conservation fisheries in Kaza is the European Union funded initiative that helps the establishment of community-based, sustainable management systems for fisheries, thereby improving food security in the area. Freshwater fish play an important role in the daily livelihood of rural people within the Kaza area. Due to an...
