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Acting for Life wishes you a happy New Year 2025
Dear partners, I would like to wish you all the very best for the New Year and to […]
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Agropastoral Territorial Analysis Notes: a key tool for anticipating territorial dynamics in West Africa - September 2024
As part of the APAC (Appui aux Populations Affectées par la Crise Sahélienne) and PARCS (Projet d’Appui au […]
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Acting for Life wishes you all the best for 2024
The Board of Directors and the Acting for Life team join the Chairman of the association, Jean-Cyril Spinetta, in wishing you all the very best for 2024.
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From fields to supermarket: supporting local juice processing units in Benin
As part of the Distri’Solidaire project, Acting for Life and Hortitechs Développement are supporting several local juice processing units in Benin.
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Employability of young people in Ghana: ensuring regional development
60 young men and women graduated thanks to training in electricity and beekeeping provided as part of the PARCS project in Ghana.
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New modules for young apprentices in the MADE-M project
The aim of the MADE-M project is to contribute to national public policies to improve decent employment and access to employment through high-quality vocational training. Acting for Life is working with its partner APAPE/PH to develop new training modules in traditional building.
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Climate: our concrete actions to contribute to the ecological transition
Faced with the threat that climate change represents for our societies, Acting for Life is aware of the need to question the organisational model of international solidarity actors. AFL is pursuing its commitment to the ecological transition.
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Adapting to climate change: interview with Camille André, climate expert
With a view to pursuing its commitment to the ecological transition and adapting its activities to climate change, Acting for Life is committed to analysing its practices and moving them towards a more sustainable model. With this in mind, the NGO has called on climate expert Camille André.
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New prospects for PARCS project trainees
15 young electricians trained for a month in photovoltaic electricity, and 15 young people trained in agriculture for 6 months, received their certificates. New prospects are opening up for them.
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2022 annual report
Acting for Life has published its 2022 Annual Report, outlining the work carried out by our teams on 17 projects in 14 countries. A year punctuated by the collaboration between the NGO and its local partners in West Africa and Latin America.
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TERSAA programme interim event: mid-term review
One year after the launch of the TERSAA programme in West Africa and Latin America, Acting for Life joined its partners in Dassa to draw up an initial mid-term review of the actions carried out in Benin, Burkina Faso and Togo.
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Visit to the Songhaï agro-ecological centre, Savalou
As part of the TERSAA programme, Acting for Life and its partners took part in a visit to the Songhaï agro-ecological centre in Savalou.
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Meeting with UDOPER of Zou and Collines regions in Benin
Acting for Life travelled to Abomey, Benin, to meet one of its key partners, UDOPER of Zou and Collines regions.
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Gender inequalities: including women at the heart of our projects
Acting for Life (AFL) pursues the dual objective of reducing gender inequalities and strengthening the economic impact of its projects through greater inclusion of the women who contribute to or benefit from them.
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Portraits from the READY project: faces of success
Alors que le projet READY arrive à son terme, découvrez quelques portraits de jeunes que le projet a permis d’accompagner.
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Livestock markets: a goldmine for local authorities?
The success of the partnership between a town hall and a livestock market management committee lies essentially in the constitution of the committee and the distribution of revenues.
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PARCS: Progress report on social cohesion in West Africa
The Projet d’Appui au Renforcement de la Cohésion Sociale (PARCS) in the cross-border territories of Benin, Burkina Faso, […]
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Acting for Life publishes its annual report | Summer Newsletter
Dans cette Newsletter de l’été 2024, découvrez le rapport annuel 2023 de l’association et quelques actualités et événements qui ont marqué le mois de juin.
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Annual report l 2023
Acting for Life publie son Rapport annuel 2023, retraçant les actions menées par nos équipes sur 11 projets à travers 12 pays. Une année rythmée par les collaborations entretenues par l’ONG avec ses partenaires locaux en Afrique de l’Ouest et Amérique latine.
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Poultry farming training to boost women's resilience in Burkina Faso
As part of the PROFIL II project in Burkina Faso, our partner RECOPA has set up poultry farming training for 150 young women known as ‘internally displaced persons’ (IDPs).
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Training and work opportunities in Ghana as part of the PARCS project
From 16 to 19 April, Acting for Life met the young learners supported by the PARCS project to discuss training and work opportunities.
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APAC project: launch workshop in Côte d'Ivoire
From 25 March to 1 April 2024, Acting for Life and its partners met in Grand Bassam, Côte d’Ivoire, for the launch of the APAC project.
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BIDA project: 170 stakeholders join forces to preserve natural resources in Ecuador
As part of the BIDA project, Acting for Life and its partners took part in the 1st Forum on Conservation and Sustainable Use Areas in Quito.
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Access to drinking water: solar-powered boreholes inaugurated in Ghana
On 22 March 2024, our partner CLIP inaugurated several solar-powered boreholes in Ghana, facilitating access to drinking water.
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Monitoring mission in Guinea: the experience of Soumaïla Fomba
Soumaïla Fomba, Programmes Manager for Acting for Life, has just returned from a monitoring mission in Guinea, for the REPOT project.
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Sustaining professional integration in eco-construction: a key challenge for the MADE project
After 17 months of implementation of the MADE – Maçons de Demain project: training and integration in eco-construction, an interim workshop was held in Natitingou, Benin.