Resilient Agriculture in Iran: CESVI Supports Afghan Refugees in Facing Climate Change

Iran, often overlooked in the context of migration crises, has hosted refugees from Afghanistan for over 40 years. According to UNHCR, the country currently accommodates more than 4.5 million Afghans, making it the world’s leading host nation, with new arrivals continuing daily. Many of these refugees have settled in semi-urban and rural areas, finding work […]

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Defeating hunger as an antidote for war: Cesvi in Iraqi Kurdistan

The 2021 Global Hunger Index, presented by Cesvi Foundation on the 14th of October, underlines how the link between conflicts, climate change and COVID-19 has an extremely negative impact on the fight against hunger. Iraq is an emblematic case of how these “three Cs” cause severe food insecurity, a country where Cesvi has been working […]

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2021 Global Hunger Index: Three Cs are starving the world

Syria © Photo credits: Anadolu Agency via AFP/Muhammad Said 2021

“The fight against hunger is dangerously out of track. It is urgent to break the cycle of hunger and conflict with which they fuel one another. Without peace, it is unlikely that global hunger will be eradicated. With no food security, there could never be lasting peace. Similarly, it is necessary to intervene on the […]

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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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