by Philipp Hayoz | 18. December 2020 | South Sudan
In the five years since the adoption of the United Nations’ 2030 Agenda and its Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), many stakeholders have taken innovative steps towards implementing this ambitious global framework. Following a call for submissions of good...
by Philipp Hayoz | 16. October 2020 | Coronavirus crisis, Covid-19, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mali, Somalia, South Sudan, Togo
The Covid-19 pandemic has kept the entire human race on edge for months. People already affected by hunger and poverty are often particularly hard hit. VSF-Suisse therefore supports the populations in the project countries with various activities in their fight...
by VSF-Suisse | 8. October 2020 | Djibouti, East Africa locust plague, Ethiopia, Horn of Africa, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan
Since December 2019, the countries of the Horn of Africa have been fighting the worst plague of locusts in the last 25 years. And Kenya, for example, has not seen a plague of this magnitude in the last 70 years! Benefiting from the long rainy season, the desert...
by Communication VSF-Suisse | 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...
by Communication VSF-Suisse | 3. March 2020 | Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mali, Somalia, South Sudan, Togo, Vaccinate for Africa
If you have been following our work for a while already, you most likely know that training community animal health workers (CAHWs) constitutes an important part of our activities. This training enables laypeople to provide veterinary services to their communities –...
by Communication VSF-Suisse | 23. November 2018 | About VSF-Suisse, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan
VSF-Suisseand VSF-Germanyorganised a joint workshop in Nairobi in mid-November. The aim of the workshop was to strengthen the cooperation between the two organisations and to develop a joint strategy for the Horn of Africa. VSF-Suisse and VSF-Germany are both members...