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As African cities expand in flood-prone areas, floods become more frequent, costly, and destructive.

Face à l’intensification des risques climatiques et environnementaux en Afrique de l’Ouest, Practical Action West Africa organise un Forum sous-régional de capitalisation et de partage de connaissances sur les Solutions fondées sur la Nature (SfN), autour du thème: Making Nature a Driver of Resilience, Adaptation and Sustainable Development in West Africa.

New ideas and a drive for change are never in short supply in refugee camps.

In the dry landscapes of Gwanda District in southwest Zimbabwe, solar-powered water systems have transformed community gardens.

Some aspects of a project only come fully into view when you see them on the ground. Reports can tell you what has been delivered, what has changed, and what results are beginning to emerge.

In the rural heart of Al-Girba in eastern Sudan, the people of Almunaba Village once measured their days by distance.

There was a time when Alice spent her days trying to get by. Today, her weeks follow a different rhythm: harvesting chillies, earning an income, and planning a future with her child.

When Maria Beatha talks about poultry farming, she does not begin with the chickens. She begins with the soil.

In partnership with Practical Action, Energy Saving Trust, co-Secretariat of Efficiency for Access, is delivering the Humanitarian Productive Use of Renewable Energy (H-PURE) demonstrator across three refugee camps and host communities in Rwanda.