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There are multiple benefits to the simple clay cook stoves that Adeere Nalunga manufactures as a member of a women’s enterprise group in southern Malawi. ?? The stoves that Adeere makes burn hotter and cleaner than traditional open fire cooking, and require up to 70% less wood or charcoal. ?? The impact? Less deforestation, fewer carbon emissions, and less time spent by families gathering fuel wood. #women #climateaction #clay #deforestation #carbonemissions

We’re excited to be part of @BigGive’s #ChristmasChallenge24 where your donations to Self Help Africa through the Big Give appeal page between 3rd – 10th December, are match funded. Save the date to donate: https://bit.ly/4eFqyjn You can make twice the impact for children and families in need with one donation – helping to alleviate food poverty and give them the opportunity to build better futures. Thank you to our Big Give Champion #AeonianFoundation and all our pledgers for their support. #ChristmasChallenge24 #BigGive #DoubleChristmas

Are you a communications professional who's looking for an exciting new challenge? Whether you're a storyteller, designer, multi-media content creator or web wizard, we'd love to hear from you. We currently have a vacancy on our media team, and are looking for someone who can help us to inform and inspire, and bring to life the stories of our work and the people that we work with. If you'd like to know more click on the link to find out how to apply. Link: https://bit.ly/3Z3GdmX

Is your business 'medium sized' as per 2024 MSME Policy and operating in the Green, Circular and Digital Economy? Are you looking to scale your business, or considering transitioning to more sustainable practices? The EU funded Green Recycling Enterprises Engaging in New Technology for a Circular Economy in Zambia (GREENTech4CE) launches on 22nd November, 2024. We are calling for concept notes covering the following sectors: - Manufacturing - Mining - Digital - Transport and Logistics - Construction - Services - Energy The project intends to enhance the capacity of medium sized enterprises with financial support, allowing these enterprises to transition, upgrade and/or expand their green, circular and digital business models. We are accepting grant offers between €100,000 to €500,000. To learn more and apply, visit the website below: https://bit.ly/48YRTf8 The deadline for submission of concept notes is Friday 13th December, 2024.

??? It’s World Children’s Day! ??? This year’s theme, ‘Listen to the Future. Stand Up for Children’s Rights’ calls us to recognise and uphold the fundamental rights of every child—our hope for a brighter tomorrow. At the heart of our work are children. By supporting families to thrive within their communities and earn stable incomes, we help pave the way for education and better opportunities for the next generation. Let’s listen to the future and ensure no child is left behind. ?? #worldchildrensday #children #africa #childrensrights #brighterfuture

3.5 billion people worldwide still live without safely managed sanitation. ???? Today, on UN 'World Toilet Day' we're highlighting the health risk that poor sanitation poses for over 40% of the global population. Self Help Africa Water and Sanitation (WASH) programmes are addressing that challenge across sub-Saharan Africa, providing communities with better toilets as a route to improving community hygiene and health. In the past three years, our WASH programme has supported the construction of almost 30,000 latrines, and has assisted more than 340 communities to become open defecation free. People like Bridget have seen life-changing impacts through these interventions. She and many others are making sure the toilets in their community are safe and clean to use. ?? ‘Safe toilets for all by 2030’ is one of the targets of Sustainable Development Goal 6 – but the world is seriously off track. On World Toilet Day we join the call on governments worldwide to ensure that sanitation and water services are resilient, effective and accessible to everyone. #WorldToiletDay #ToiletsForPeace #SDG6 #WASH #SelfHelpAfrica

The final countdown is on for the third edition of the #PlantThePlanetGames! 30 of Ireland’s GAA stars are travelling to Kenya to take part in matches in Nairobi on Sunday 24th November. They are united by one incredible goal - to raise funds to plant more than one million trees in Kenya and beyond. An incredible legacy to last for generations ???? Beyond planting trees, the Games - organised with Alan Kerins’ Warriors for for Humanity for the third year - are promoting GAA, connecting the cultures of Ireland and Kenya, and are uniting people through the universal languages of music and sport. We’re very grateful to the Gaelic Players Association for the ongoing support. ?? Let’s Plant the Planet! Donate here: https://lnkd.in/e5K3zAyh

The 2024 Self Help Africa NYC Change Makers Ball was an unforgettable evening filled with purpose, raising over $535,000 to fund life-changing projects across Africa - our highest-grossing gala to date! ?? From climate-smart agriculture to clean water initiatives, the funds raised by our incredible SHA community will support people across the continent, with a special focus on climate resilience in Baringo, Kenya. Our heartfelt thanks to MC and Self Help Africa Ambassador?Jaimie Alexander, auctioneer?Pat Tully, supermodel and humanitarian?Flaviana Matata, who presented this year’s Empowering Africa Award to honoree R. Sharon Smith, and keynote speaker?Joy Aderele. Their inspiring contributions left guests energized and united in our mission to create lasting change ?? A huge thank you to our generous sponsors: Enstar Group, Parish Public Relations, Ambac, Locke Lord LLP, Karl Wall, Debevoise, Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP, Culture With Us, Mintz, Everspan Group, Norris McLaughlin, Burger Gray, EY, Moelis & Company, Maddison Wells Forward, Sidley Austin LLP, Joele Frank, Nelson Taplin Goldwater, Alvaraz Marsal Holdings and more —who helped make this vision possible. Together, we’re creating a brighter future!

Ellen is a young activist with the Green School Club at her school in Zambia. Ellen knows that people in Zambia aren’t to blame for the greenhouse gases that cause global warming, but believes that everyone has a part to play in protecting the planet. Through these Green School Clubs, students advocate recycling and reusing plastics, working to reduce charcoal-making and tree-felling, and try to raise awareness at home and in their communities of local environmental issues ?? ?? Read more stories about the girls and women Self Help Africa are working with - as part of our ‘Africa Adapting’ exhibition -https://lnkd.in/dqTVrnwS

“For too long we’ve been focused on the doom and gloom cycle of climate change. This COP offers an opportunity to shift the narrative to a more optimistic future and to thinking about how we can finance the future that we want to see.” - Self Help Africa’s Global Carbon Coordinator Zachary Lager, in Baku for #COP29 this week. This year's COP is all about finance, and in particular, negotiations around the New Collective Quantified Goal for finance. The NCQG has four critical components: 1?? We must meet the financing needs of the least-developed countries. 2?? We need to broaden our donor base and be more inclusive in our donor base, to mobilise those funds. 3?? The NCQG needs to be multilayered and we need to define the mechanism of delivery of these funds. 4?? We need to mobilise and leverage the private sector. Public sector money is not going to be enough to meet the financing needs to address climate change. Watch and learn a bit more from Zach on the key priorities and hoped for outcomes, at COP29. Do you think COP29 will result in the necessary funding commitments for the New Collective Quantified Goal on climate finance?