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Development and cooperation

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Entwicklung und Zusammenarbeit

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Poverty Reduction

The first UN Sustainable Development Goal is to end poverty in all its forms everywhere.

Michael Moyo

Brief history of ARV treatment in South Africa

In the 90s, South Africa became an epicenter of the global HIV/AIDS pandemic. HIV is mostly a sexually transmitted disease. Intravenous drug users are at risk too, however, and so are people who need blood transfusions. HIV/AIDS initially spread fast among the...

SEF Conference
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

Strengthening African safety nets

Experts suggest improvements for social security systems in Africa

Humanitarian discourse
Sid Johann Peruvemba

Why the nexus is dangerous

Expert warns against coupling humanitarian aid with other development goals

Our point of view
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

More respect

In high risk situations, humanitarian agencies must decide for themselves what goals to strive for and what means to use

Civil war
Mona Naggar
Mona Naggar

Limited access to Syrian people in crisis situations

In Syria, aid organisations can't reach many of those in need

United Nations
Mark Lowcock
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Reduce vulnerability and build resilience

The better countries develop, the better they are able to cope with short-term calamities

Earthquake
Manish Dashottar

Ray of hope

First hand humanitarian aid experience after Nepal’s earthquake

Disaster relief
Mathew Abraham
Ramu Karra

Faith-based network

Brief introduction to CHAI – the Catholic Health Association of India

Disaster relief
Mathew Abraham
Ramu Karra

Support for local communities

According to CHAI, people affected by disaster should be seen as agents of change and not mere victims

Aid
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Why ODA makes sense even though it sometimes fails

In defence of aid

Employment
Gloria Laker Aciro Adiiki

Ambitious urban refugees

How two young refugees found livelihoods in urban Uganda

Poverty Reduction

The first UN Sustainable Development Goal is to end poverty in all its forms everywhere.

Brief history of ARV treatment in South Africa
HIV/AIDS still haunts South Africa
An Indian student expresses her concern about global heating
Biogas innovation: Clean energy and fertiliser for Malawi’s farmers
Why we believe in our Digital Monthly

Gender Equality

In order to achieve gender equality, it is necessary to empower women and girls.

NGO documents worsening plight of Afghan women
Improving female entrepreneurs’ self-esteem
Why you might find our newsletter useful
Kenyan military ordered to end HIV discrimination in recruitment
A cookbook reveals the connection of diet and tradition

Governance

Achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals will require good governance – from the local to the global level.

Brief history of ARV treatment in South Africa
HIV/AIDS still haunts South Africa
NGO documents worsening plight of Afghan women
Coping with strife, climate impacts and a broken economy
Voodoo allows a holistic view of the cosmos

Sustainability

The UN Sustainable Development Goals aim to transform economies in an environmentally sound manner, leaving no one behind.

Brief history of ARV treatment in South Africa
HIV/AIDS still haunts South Africa
NGO documents worsening plight of Afghan women
Coping with strife, climate impacts and a broken economy
Voodoo allows a holistic view of the cosmos