by Florian Brunner | 1. July 2020 | Djibouti, East Africa locust plague, Ethiopia, Horn of Africa, Kenya, Somalia
Our program manager for East Africa, Frédérique Darmstaedter, informed on June 9th at the radio program CQFD on RTS about various questions regarding the current desert locust plague of the century in the Horn of Africa. We are very gald that we were able to draw more...
by Florian Brunner | 25. June 2020 | Somalia
The Lifesaving and Livelihood restoration project and the related Somalia Monitoring and Learning Project aim at improving the livelihoods of vulnerable communities. The beneficiaries of the projects are farmers, low-income and vulnerable households, but also...
by Florian Brunner | 4. June 2020 | Annual report
We are proud to present this activity report to our supporters. Here are some examples of our work during the last year: promoting fodder production in Somalia (p. 17) Livestock and agriculture, the livelihoods of Somalia, were severely damaged by a prolonged drought...
by Florian Brunner | 16. April 2020 | One Health
image © VSF International A while ago, VSF International organized a conference for students in agronomy sciences and in veterinary and human medicine. The aim of the conference was to raise awareness on the importance of One Health to tackle issues such as climate...
by Florian Brunner | 2. April 2020 | Djibouti, Ethiopia, Horn of Africa, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan
Image: Wikimedia Commons, Ivo Elbern While the whole world is currently focusing on COVID-19, the unprecedented plague of locusts in the 8 countries of the Horn of Africa (Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Southern Sudan, Uganda and Somalia) is being pushed...
