PHP partner ARUWE celebrates 5 years of land rights victories in Uganda By Agnes Mirembe and Sylvia Nalubega | ARUWE Uganda Nagawa, a 39-year-old farmer in Kasubi village, Gayaza Sub County in Kyankwanzi district Uganda awoke to the total destruction of her three-acre maize garden. She had received a loan of 500,000 Uganda shillings ($135)… Read more »
January 13, 2021
Land Security for Rural Women
PHP partner ARUWE celebrates 5 years of land rights victories in Uganda By Agnes Mirembe and Sylvia Nalubega | ARUWE Uganda Nagawa, a 39-year-old farmer in Kasubi village, Gayaza Sub County in Kyankwanzi district Uganda awoke to the total destruction of her three-acre maize garden. She had received a loan of 500,000 Uganda shillings ($135)… Read more »
Celebrating 20 years of saving native seeds and organizing farmers By Salome Yesudas | Chethana, Joining Hands India This year, Chethana, the Joining Hands (JH) network in India, is celebrating 20 years since its founding. However, the work of Chethana member organizations predates the founding, and annual gathering of beneficiary groups date back to 1996…. 
FONDAMA is committed to the long road to justice By Fabienne Jean | FONDAMA, Joining Hands Haiti In my country, Haiti, hunger, poverty and deprivation destroy the dignity of more than 70% of the population. People are reduced to spending all their lives in one and only quest – the quest for survival. Coming from… 
By Valery Nodem | Presbyterian Hunger Program The whole world has been shaken by the coronavirus pandemic over the past few months. Almost 7 million people have been infected globally, and more than 400,000 have died. People have been confined in their homes for months, millions of jobs have been lost, and the world economy… 
Joining Hands Cameroon celebrates gains for communities By Jaff Bamenjo | RELUFA In September 2009, I joined RELUFA, the Joining Hands network in Cameroon, as an intern after finishing my master’s degree in development at the Institute of Social Studies in The Hague, Netherlands. As a young Cameroonian graduate, I came back home with a… 
As we approach Earth day which is on April 22, it is important that we assess the health of our Earth. With the halting of many industrial activities and a drastic decrease in air and land travel with the Covid-19 crisis we have seen nature make some incredible recoveries due to the reduced pollution levels…. 
De Conrado Oliver | Red Uniendo Manos Peru For the English Version Aquí en Perú, a fines de la década de 1990, con la facilitación de la Iglesia Presbiteriana (EE. UU.), una convergencia de personas e instituciones de ideas afines se unieron… 
Contact Congress to support rapid resolution of the Anglophone Conflict The security situation in the Anglophone regions of Cameroon continue to deteriorate. Over 2,000 people have been killed and more than 200 villages have been partially or completely burned due to the armed conflicts between separatist groups and the Cameroonian military. More than 530,000… 
A call to stand in solidarity with the Anglophone community Jennifer R. Evans | Mission Specialist Squeezing into the crowded room, there was standing-room only. Mothers, fathers, daughters, sons and grandparents filled the room. Four chairs had been saved for us, facing the full room of internally displaced people from the Anglophone crisis in Cameroon….