Amazon: how to save a forest

There is a piece of the world where every day we choose sides: whether to sell off a forest, making a lot of money right away and at the same time leaving an unsustainable debt to nature for those who will come after. Or whether to conserve this forest. Make a profit yes but leave the accounts in order. For those living in the Amazon, it is a divisive choice.

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CESVI launches the new “Zero in Condotta” project

PROGETTO “ZERO IN CONDOTTA”

The objective of the initiative “Zero in Condotta: information actions conducted by young people, teachers and citizens towards the reduction of environmental impact”, co-financed by the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS) and which sees CESVI as the leader, is to provide tools and new spaces for dialogue to the actors of formal and informal education.

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“Clean water at our doorstep”

A couple of children laughing and playing while collecting clean water from the collection point rehabilitated by Cesvi in the village.

In June 2014, instabilities in north-western Pakistan forced over 5 million people into displacement, leaving their homes and all their belongings in the hope of finding shelter and safety in neighbouring regions. Among them, there were also the 2,320 inhabitants of the small village of Gul Akram Kot, in North Waziristan. Following the unrest, they […]

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Tender Ref No: AFZWE0058/IRT/001 – Q&A Session 1

Tender Ref No: AFZWE0058/IRT/001 – Q&A Session 1 1. Of the 250,000 hectares …. how many hectares are forest? To be cost effective, the industry norm is to ensure a minimum initial registration of 250,000 Ha of largely contiguous woodland. This hectarage will be achieved in the project area through registration of a blend of […]

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Tender Ref No: AZWE058/IRT/001  

Tender Ref No: AZWE058/IRT/001 Cesvi is an International NGO with its Head Office in Italy, via Broseta 68/a, 24128 Bergamo and is registered in Zimbabwe as a welfare organisation with registration number 6/2004 located at no. 46 Princess Drive, Newlands – Harare. In partnership with Sustainable Agriculture Technology (SAT), lead applicant, and Gonarezhou Conservation Trust […]

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Dhiban: A story of hope and redemption from Somalia

Dhiban is a fifteen-year-old young woman living in a camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in El-Dhanan in the Jazeera zone, Somalia. Because of a cholera outbreak in her village, she has lost both her parents at the age of four. Alone and with no family, Dhiban was given in custody to her aunt who […]

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Thanks to her shop, Hibaaq finds hope for the future of her family

Hibaaq in her shop.

Like many other regions in Somalia, Hobyo district is experimenting an ongoing critical situation. The constant threat of drought and desert locust infestations have destroyed the pasture and incredibly worsened the conditions of the livestock. As a consequence, many rural households living in the countryside have been forced to displace into the main villages in […]

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