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Entrepreneurship and women’s inclusion The NGO ACTEC highlights entrepreneurship as a lever for social change. Its programme has a significant impact on vulnerable populations, particularly women and teenage mothers. In 2024, thanks to Interactuar's Business School for Micro-Enterprises, 12,161 entrepreneurs, mostly women, were able to enhance their businesses. Fundación Carvajal also equipped 913 micro-enterprise leaders with strategic tools like: knowledge of business management: these tools help entrepreneurs manage their finances, marketing, and operations…
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Tropical rainforests store massive amounts of CO2, one of the main greenhouse gases. As a result, they significantly mitigate climate disruption. And that certainly includes the rainforest in the Congo River Basin. Current research by Ghent University and the AfricaMuseum in the Yangambi Reserve, not far from Kisangani (DR Congo), even suggests that the Congolese rainforest absorbs almost 2 times more CO2 per hectare than the Amazon forest in South America. It is, therefore, vital to protect this rainforest as effectively as possible. 'But you can only protect a forest if biodiversity…
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The Sahel – which includes countries such as Mali and Niger – is regularly in the news because of its political instability. At the same time, it is a region severely affected by drought and desertification. Climate change is already hitting that area hard. Yet the poverty-stricken population there often has no choice but to adopt unsustainable agricultural practices, resulting in a progressive deterioration of the region's soils and thereby creating a vicious circle! A Great Green Wall To halt the spectre of a mercilessly expanding Sahara desert,…
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There is a lot going on in the field of ‘sustainable supply chains’. This includes ensuring that the entire supply chain of a product - for example, a bar of chocolate - does not give rise to child labour or environmental damage. Moreover, each link in the chain has the right to decent work and a living income And such a living income goes beyond making ends meet. It also means that a family can not only provide for its food, housing, health care, education, transport and other essentials, but also can maintain sufficient reserves. A living wage is actually nothing less than a…
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General L’outcome vise à apporter une contribution significative à l’opérationnalisation de la politique nationale de protection sociale en santé dans les départements de l’Atacora et du Mono, à travers la mutualisation du risque maladie gérée par les mutuelles de santé communautaires (MUSA), en ciblant les populations exclues des mécanismes classiques d’assurance maladie. Ainsi, l’intervention développera un modèle mutualiste bien structuré et fonctionnel où l’approche partenariale sera privilégiée. Pour ce faire, LC renforcera les capacités et les moyens de la Fédération Nationale des…
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General Expertise Portefeuille Bénin 2023 - 2028 The BENIN. PC 2023-2028 project is a multisector aid initiative running from 2023 to 2028, funded by the Belgian government through Enabel. This cooperation aims to build upon previous experiences and lessons learned in Belgium's development assistance to Benin. The project encompasses various sectors including health, agriculture, education, and digital services, among others. The project is structured around interventions such as disaster management, malaria control, primary healthcare, agricultural strengthening, capacity building, and…
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General Dans le Nord, le programme intervient dans 2 communes du département du Borgou que sont N’Dali et Tchaourou au niveau desquels Uni4Coop consolide son partenariat avec la Fondation Hubi et Vinciane pour la mise en œuvre de l’outcome dans cette zone. Dans le département de l’Atacora, le programme intervient dans les communes de Natitingou et Toucountouna au niveau desquels Uni4Coop consolide son partenariat avec l’Association Nationale des Femmes Agricultrices du Bénin (ANaF). Dans le Sud, le programme interviendra dans toutes les communes du département du Mono (Athiémé, Bopa, Comè,…
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General Dans le Nord, le programme intervient dans 2 communes du département du Borgou que sont N’Dali et Tchaourou au niveau desquels Uni4Coop consolide son partenariat avec la Fondation Hubi et Vinciane pour la mise en œuvre de l’outcome dans cette zone. Dans le département de l’Atacora, le programme intervient dans les communes de Natitingou et Toucountouna au niveau desquels Uni4Coop consolide son partenariat avec l’Association Nationale des Femmes Agricultrices du Bénin (ANaF). Dans le Sud, le programme interviendra dans toutes les communes du département du Mono (Athiémé, Bopa, Comè,…
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“My joy is great, I am so happy! I can write and keep my cash book without the help of a relative; it is more than a dream that has just come true,” says a beaming Christiane, who has just completed the training cycle organised by Enabel and the University of Namur, in partnership with the Beninese local authorities. “My husband and I are very excited. We are sure that the turnover of our pineapple growing business will increase considerably, as we will be able to organise our planning and financial management better. Many challenges Christiane’s…