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A New Tractor for Women Farmers in Sudan
Posted on: Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Keywords: Sudan, Africa, Environmental Justice
Our partners in Sudan have purchased a new tractor and disk to help with planting!
Seeds, Tools and Even Rain for Women Farmers in Sudan
Posted on: Thursday, September 22, 2011
Keywords: Sudan, Africa, Environmental Justice, Climate Change
Just a few weeks ago, it rained in the communities of the Women Farmers' Union in Sudan—welcome news!
Emergency Aid for Families in Famine-Hit Communities
Posted on: Wednesday, September 7, 2011
Keywords: Kenya, Africa, Environmental Justice, Water Rights, Climate Change, Famine, Emergency Relief
We have great news from our partners at Womankind Kenya!
MADRE Supporters Bring Aid to Famine Survivors
Posted on: Thursday, August 4, 2011
Keywords: Somalia, Africa, Emergency Relief, Human Rights Advocacy, Famine
An update from our partner organization in Kenya, Womankind.
Grassroots Women Mobilizing Support for Survivors of Famine
Posted on: Friday, July 29, 2011
Keywords: Africa, Emergency Relief, Kenya, Climate Change
An update from our partner organization, Womankind Kenya
Help Survivors of the Famine in Somalia
Posted on: Monday, July 25, 2011
Keywords: Kenya, Africa, Environmental Justice, Water Rights, Climate Change, Famine, Emergency Relief
Our partners in Kenya are mobilizing urgently to give life-saving aid to people suffering in the famine in East Africa.
Women Farmers Union in Sudan Purchases a Tractor!
Posted on: Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Keywords: Sudan, Africa, Environmental Justice, Climate Change
Work that took days by hand will now take only hours with the help of the tractor.
Women Farmers Unite in Sudan
Posted on: Tuesday, June 7, 2011
Keywords: Sudan, Africa, Environmental Justice
We just received a quick update from Fatima Ahmed, the President of our sister organization in Sudan.
Project Update: Expanding Access to Safe Water for Indigenous Women in Kenya
Posted on: Thursday, April 14, 2011
Keywords: Kenya, Africa, Environmental Justice, Water Rights
Ongoing drought in Kenya has put millions of people at risk of hunger and starvation. For women who play a primary role in securing clean water for their families, these severe droughts create new burdens. MADRE partners with the Indigenous...
Project Update: Sudanese Women Stand for Peace and Community Prosperity
Posted on: Thursday, March 3, 2011
Keywords: Sudan, Africa, Environmental Justice, Peacebuilding
Today, Fatima Ahmed, the director of our sister organization in Sudan, Zenab for Women in Development , stopped by our office. She told us about Zenab’s latest work to support women farmers and to ensure peace during Sudan’s recent landmark...
Kenya: Conserving Water, Saving Lives
Posted on: Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Keywords: Kenya, Africa, Environmental Justice, Water Rights, Women's Health, Combating Violence Against Women
MADRE is working with our partner in Kenya, the Indigenous Information Network (IIN), to support the Kilgoris Girls' School. Together, we are providing young girls with a safe space where they can grow and learn without fear of a forced marriage.
Women in Sudan uniting to provide for their families and their communities
Posted on: Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Keywords: Sudan, Africa, Economic Justice, Environmental Justice, Climate Change
During the last farming season, MADRE and our sister oganization, Zenab for Women in Development, coordinated the delivery of sorghum, millet and peanut seeds to hundreds of Women Farmers' Union members in Gungulesa, Guregana and Um Khanjar, Sudan. That support...
MADRE Partner Travels to Doha to Participate in Peace Process for Darfur
Posted on: Friday, February 12, 2010
Keywords: Sudan, Africa, Peace Building
Fatima Ahmed of MADRE's Sudanese partner organization Zenab for Women in Development recently travelled to Doha, Qatar in order to participate in the peace process talks for Darfur. Fatima is part of an initiative organized by Sisterhood for Peace to...
Kenya: Water Rights are Human Rights, Project Update
Posted on: Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Keywords: Kenya, Africa, Environmental Justice, Water Rights
In partnership with our sister organization, the Indigenous Information Network (IIN), MADRE supported the installation of a community water collection point and a drinking trough for livestock for the Emayian Maasai community of Southwest Kenya. These innovations will protect a...
Sudan: Women Farmers Unite, Project Update
Posted on: Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Keywords: Economic Justice, Environmental Justice, Sudan, Africa, Food Sovereignty
In collaboration with Zenab for Women in Development, MADRE has supported a Women Farmers' Union in eastern Sudan since its founding in 2007. Prior to the creation of the union, women farmers in Al Qadarif state, which produces 75% of...
Kenya: Umoja Climate Change | Social Change, Water Project Update
Posted on: Sunday, October 12, 2008
Keywords: Economic Justice, Environmental Justice, Kenya, Africa, Indigenous Rights, Water Rights
MADRE has been working with Indigenous Samburu women in rural Kenya to make their communities self-sustaining. In collaboration with the Umoja Uaso Women's Group—an organization and community of Indigenous Samburu women formed in 1990 by 15 women who were rejected...
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