The Gaia Foundation: Promoting community-based, women-led development and governance systems in Africa
Comic Relief awarded a grant of GBP 342,877.50 to The Gaia Foundation for work in Uganda, dated 25 January 2017.
Overview
This project will work directly with communities in Western and Northern Uganda to develop viable alternatives to the extractive industries that are impacting these areas. It will develop pilot initiatives in farming and alternative energy sources. They will use learning from these to support local and national advocacy with the intention of developing a viable alternative non-extractive development plan for Uganda, and promoting an alternative vision of development without environmental destruction.
Programme: Common Ground Initiative: Small and Diaspora UK NGO Fund
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