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4 Projects where Partnering with NGOs Improves Access to Healthcare
In pursuing “Health for All”, the theme of World Health Day 2023, NGOs are actively engaged in the field to enhance access to health care. Here is a selection of four projects sponsored by AFD Group.
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Reinventing the “Venice of Africa”
In the south of Benin, in the lake village of Ganvié, buildings are perched on stilts, and traffic consists not of cars, but canoes. Yet the the picturesque site known as the “Venice of Africa" is bei...
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Can Art be a Vehicle for Development? The Answer lies in 3 Projects
The arts play an increasingly important role in development, a strategy that AFD has been involved in since 2018. AFD backs a range of projects, involving music, dance and other disciplines in an effo...
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Overhauling Bangladesh’s Factories, 10 Years on from the Rana Plaza Disaster
The collapse of a factory complex in Bangladesh ten years ago, which killed more than 1100 people, was a stark reminder of the deadly conditions in which factory workers produced name-brand clothing f...
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Tanzania: Zanzibar’s New State of the Art Health Clinic
A new health “polyclinic” will provide Zanzibar's one million residents with access to a wide range of health services, from disease detection and health emergencies to enhanced dental care. The Aga K...
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AFD and Reporters without Borders: Defending Journalists…and Journalism
At a time when the right to publish, write and speak freely are being repeatedly attacked, World Press Freedom Day on May 3, is an opportunity to take stock of initiatives aimed at protecting journali...
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Choose Africa 2: Ramping up Support for African Entrepreneurs
The Choose Africa initiative has been so successful in supporting African companies and entrepreneurs that it has led to a sequel. In line with France’s commitment to renew its relations with African...
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“More tech companies are developing in Africa than in the rest of the world”
Digital technology is playing an increasingly prominent role in Africa’s economic development. In fact, more tech companies are developing across the continent than in the rest of the world. In the ap...
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Sanitation in Brazil: from Mud to Energy
Water and sanitation companies in several Brazilian states are carrying out an ambitious project to improve wastewater treatment and recover sewage sludge. This is part of an overall effort to better...
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Africa's Great Green Wall: Restoring Land for Food Security
The Great Green Wall, the largest living structure on the planet, stretches some 8,000 km across Africa from Mali and Senegal to Sudan. Backed by AFD, eleven countries are working to reverse desertifi...
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AFD Group's 2022 Results: Fulfilling Ambitious Objectives
In its first full year of existence, the new and expanded AFD Group fulfilled its ambitious funding commitments, signing €12.3 billion of new financing in 2022. As revealed in AFD’s Annual Results pub...
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Confronting Gender-based Violence in Rwanda and Reigniting hope for the Future
More than a third of young women have been victims of some form of violence. How can we prevent violence based on gender, age, and disability and help survivors to rebuild their lives? In Rwanda, the...
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Closing the $2.5 trillion Climate Gap in Africa
The sheer scale of financing needed to cope with climate change is coming to light, and in Africa, it is an eye-watering $2.5 trillion. To help countries put in motion climate strategies, development...
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On the Environment and Governance, AFD Group is in the World's Top 10
Compared with more than 4600 other companies and institutions assessed worldwide, AFD was ranked in the top 10 by Moody's Analytics, using environmental, social and governance criteria. It’s a sign th...
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[Special report] Water: Challenges related to universal access, health and the environment
Approximately 2.2 billion people worldwide still live without safely managed drinking water. How can we improve access to water, combat waterborne diseases and better manage the consequences of floods...
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Bangladesh: Sorting sanitation to protect the ecosystem
On the southeast coast of Bangladesh, Chattogram is one of the world’s oldest ports with a natural harbor. But the bustling port city struggles to deal with sewage management, which is taking its toll...
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Using Sports for Children to Learn Lifelong Lessons of Reconciliation in Kosovo
The armed and bloody conflict that scarred the Western Balkans in the 1990s damaged relations between communities across the region, and it has taken years to forge new bonds. AFD is working with its...
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Tanzania: Improving Cancer Treatment with More Health Professionals and Better Facilities
While cancer treatment is improving in much of Sub-Saharan Africa, countries like Tanzania still lack the necessary facilities to provide adequate care. But the Tanzania Comprehensive Cancer Project o...
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Coalition Launches First Call for Biodiversity Projects Worldwide
A new Program to support CSOs that safeguard biodiversity is launching its first call for projects. The International Union for Conservation of Nature’s French Committee is calling for proposals to s...
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Restoring Ancient Artefacts, Protecting Pakistan’s Heritage and Boosting the Economy
A centuries-old fort and home to some of Pakistan’s most storied heritage has fallen victim to unchecked urban growth and years of decay. But it’s getting a new lease of life. AFD is backing fresh eff...
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