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Stimulating Economic inclusion through Savings for Transformation in Ghana
By Regreening Africa - World Vision Ghana Dorcas Asigiba, 41, is a widow and mother of four children from the Aramkoliga community in the Bawku West District of Ghana. She is also a member of the Aramkoliga Asongtaaba Saving for Transformation (S4T) Group, which has...
Sweetness for Income: Honey Value Chain Development in Rwanda
By Marion Aluoch Members of the Kopanyaka cooperative and beekeepers in the Nyagashanga cell of the Nyagatare District, comprising of 20 men and 15 women (inclusive of 10 youth), have relied on beekeeping for 15 years as a source of livelihood. With 153 traditional...
Shaping Landscape Restoration and Livelihoods in Rwanda through Cooperative Groups
By Marion Aluoch The purchase of 4.5 hectares of degraded land by 36 (27 women and 9 men) members of the Kotagaru (Koperative Tabana Gatunda Rukoma) cooperative in Rwanda's Gatunda Sector, Nyagatare District, was atypical. The acquired land was negatively impacted by...
Reflections from an Ambitious Land Restoration Programme in sub-Saharan Africa
By Marion Aluoch “This project started with the belief, commitment and simple vision that we need trees on farms.” Benard Crabbe – Head of the Environment Mainstreaming and Circular Economy Sector at the European Commission. The Regreening Africa Programme gathered...
Regreening Africa Close out Meeting: Perspectives From the Field in Rwanda
By Marion Aluoch After a phenomenally successful five-year run, the key stakeholders and implementers of the Regreening Africa programme gathered in Rwanda for the project's reflection and way forward. The five-day Regreening Africa end of project workshop ran from...
Inclusive and Evidence Based Approaches to Scaling Land Restoration Engagement Workshops
The inclusive and evidence-based approaches to scaling land restoration engagement workshops, co-designed by the SHARED (Stakeholder Approach to Risk Informed and Evidence-based Decision-making) component, brings together a wide range of stakeholders and partners...
The Northern Ghana Restoration Initiative
BACKGROUND The National Regreening SHARED workshop held in Tamale in 2018 highlights the urgent need for improving the coordination of the numerous public-led, donor-funded and private programs operating in northern Ghana in the area of landscape restoration, food...
Regreening Africa Insight Series
As a large scale, multi-country, multistakeholder restoration initiative, Regreening Africa offers a unique opportunity to generate actionable lessons on the cost-effectiveness and impact of local, national, and global restoration efforts. These Insights series share...
Beyond the Regreening Africa project: Catalysing change through the Northern Ghana Landscape Restoration Initiative
By Emilie Smith Dumont “Inclusive and evidence-based approaches to accelerating landscape restoration” was the theme of a two-day SHARED (Stakeholder Approach to Risk Informed and Evidence-based Decision-making) workshop held on the 21st and 22 October in Accra and...
Stakeholders Consolidate the Restoration Movement to Expand Landscape Restoration in Kenya
By Marion Aluoch The Kenya National Landscape Restoration Scaling Conference 2022 brought together stakeholders to take stock of the progress achieved since the 2021 conference as well as to chart a way forward. The conference highlighted the Kenyan restoration...