Africa
Being the second largest continent on earth, Africa is highly vulnerable to climate change, as it faces a high exposure to its impacts and low adaptive capacity. Global warming is increasing extreme temperatures, as well as heatwaves. Heavy precipitation events are increasing throughout the continent, while average annual precipitation only increases in parts of eastern and southern Africa and decreases in the northern regions. Some parts will experience greater flooding and other regions will suffer from an increase of droughts caused by decreased rainfall and heat. Agriculture is the biggest economic sector and especially put at risk by different impacts of climate change. Climate change leads to yield loss, lower soil quality, the spreading of crop and livestock diseases and salinization through coastal flooding caused by sea level rise. The African population is also endangered by water scarcity and an increase in vector and water-borne diseases, as well as infrastructural damages through increasing extreme weather events.
| Country | Year | Host organisation | Partners involved | Activity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 2017 | CIPRE | SECAAR | Community analysis and inhouse training |
| Burkina Faso | 2016 | Secaar | Bread for all (Bfa), Missionary Alliance (AMI), Synergie Paysanne (SYNPA) | Analysis in the community of Sourgou |
| Burkina Faso | 2016 | Secaar | Bread for all (Bfa), Missionary Alliance (AMI), Synergie Paysanne (SYNPA) | Training workshop in the city of Koudougou (including different organizations from Burkina Faso, Benin, Niger, Ivory Coast, Senegal and Togo) |
| Cameroon | 2021 | GADD | Bread for the World | Short analysis |
| Cameroon | 2013 | Cercle International pour la Promotion de la Création (CIPCRE) | Département missionnaire (DM-échange et mission), Bread for all (Bfa), FAKT | Analysis in one of CIPCRE’s pilot villages Bamendjo |
| Cameroon | 2013 | Bread for all (Bfa) | Département missionnaire (DM-échange et mission), Cercle International pour la Promotion de la Création (CIPCRE) | Training workshop in Bandjoun |
| Dem. Rep. Congo | 2018 | PIDR | Bread for the world | Inhouse training and analysis in Kisangani |
| Dem. Rep. Congo | 2017 | Service chrétien d’appui à l’animation rurale (SEECAR) | Bread for all (Bfa), Département missionnaire (DM-échange et mission), Centre Régional d’Appui et de Formation pour le Développement (CRAFOD) | Training workshop in Kimpese with participants from SECAAR and partners from Congo and Rwanda |
| Dem. Rep. Congo | 2015- 2017 | Centre de promotion rurale (CPR) | Bread for all (Bfa), Brot für die Welt (BfdW), FAKT | Analysis on the Idjwi Island in the Kihumba district, focusing on a project of CPR called SAPROPI (translated = Food security and peasant promotion program). The very positive feedback from the population and the political district leaders led CPR to focus their project activities on this district. Positive experience over time led to several post-training activities. |
| Dem. Rep. Congo | 2015 | Centre de promotion rurale (CPR) | FAKT, Brot für die Welt (BfdW), Bread for all (Bfa) | Training workshop tin Bugarula on the Idjwi Island in the East, including different organizations from Congolese provinces, Rwanda and Benin |
| Dem. Rep. Congo | 2014 | Centre Régional d’Appui et de Formation pour le Développement (CRAFOD) | FAKT, Bread for all (Bfa), Brot für die Welt (BfdW) | Analysis in Malanga on one of CRAFOD’s project called PROGEL (translated = Local Environmental Governance Program in Bas-Congo); Training workshop Kimpese with 16 different organizations from Bas-Congo and Bandundu |
| Ethiopia | 2009 | Bread for all (Bfa) | Hilfswerk der Evangelischen Kirchen Schweiz (HEKS) | Training workshop in Addis Ababa |
| Ethiopia | 2009 | Gurmuu | Bread for all (Bfa), Hilfswerk der Evangelischen Kirchen Schweiz (HEKS) | Analysis on a community level rural development project in the districts of Guduru and Hababo, Oromiya. |
| Kenya | 2023 | RODI | Bread for the World | Community analysis |
| Madagascar | 2017 - 2018 | Fastenopfer (FO) | Savaivo, Bread for all (Bfa) | Analysis on FO’s project “Tsinjo Aina” (“Secure life”) in the village of Mahavanona, a Fokontany on the east coast of Madagascar Subsequently, the PACDR-Tool was shortened into a simpler version and translated into Malagasy. Additionally, a small guide for using the tool was developed. In early 2018 five training workshops were implemented for different regional teams of the Tsinjo Aina project in different communities. |
| Madagascar | 2017 | Bread for all (Bfa) | Fastenopfer (FO), Savaivo | Training workshop in Antananarivo |
| Mali | 2018 | STOP-SAHEL | SECAAR, Bread for the World | Community assessment and inhouse training |
| Namibia | 2023 | NACDO, ACAT | INDIGO, Bread for the World | Community assessment |
| Niger | 2009 | Bread for all (Bfa) | Hilfswerk der Evangelischen Kirchen Schweiz (HEKS) | Training workshop in Niamey |
| Niger | 2009 | Groupe d’Appui au Développement Rural – Recherche et Action (GADR-RA) | Bread for all (Bfa), Hilfswerk der Evangelischen Kirchen Schweiz (HEKS) | Analysis on GADR-RA’s community-level project in Guidan Ider, Tahoua |
| Senegal | 2015 | Solidarité et action pour la promotion de l’arrondissement de Tattaguine (SAPPAT) | Fastenopfer (FO) | SAPPAT launches their own climate project, enabling over 80 participating agricultural organizations and services and political decision-makers a platform to exchange on agriculture and climate questions |
| Senegal | 2011 - 2015 | Regroupement Communautaire pour l’auto Développement de Fissel (RECODEF) | Fastenopfer (FO), Bread for all (Bfa) | Analysis on one of RECODEF’s projects, which focused on increasing food security in the rural community of Fissel; Being motivated through the analysis, RECODEF submitted a project at the climate fond, which supported 20 families at growing crops with agroecological methods. Subsequently more families were trained in agroecological methods, as the 20 first families were seen as role models. |
| Senegal | 2011 | Bread for all (Bfa) | Fastenopfer (FO) | Training workshop in Toubab Dialo with participants from different organisations from Senegal and Burkina Faso |
| Sierra Leone | 2019 | MADAM | SILNORF, CCSL, FIOH, SLADEA, YMCA, Bread for the World | Community assessment and inhouse training |
| South Africa | 2022 | AFRA | Bread for the world | Training of trainers and practitioners in Mooi River |
| South Africa | 2015 - 2016 | Umthathi | Fastenopfer (FO) | The training workshop in 2014 gave one of FO’s participating partner organizations – Umthathi – the drive to submit a project at the climate fond. In this project Umthathi trained 30 champions from 15 different communities in using the PACDR-Tool and on the Climate change components in the Umthahti Training Manual. The champions then organized climate trainings in their own communities and identified suitable adaptation strategies. |
| South Africa | 2014 - 2016 | Khanyisa Educational Project | Fastenopfer (FO) | After participating in the traning workshop in 2014, Khanyisa implemented 8 climate analyses in four different communities (Paterson, Kwanobuhle, Thornhill, Addo and Hankey) with smallholder farmers. The participants of these workshops afterwards spread their knowledge about climate change and adaptation/mitigation measures in the communities. They could even secure the support of the government in three different regions. |
| South Africa | 2014 | Surplus People Project (SPP) | Bread for all (Bfa), FAKT, Fastenopfer (FO) | Analysis of a project of SPP in Pella, Northern Cape. The projects focus was agrarian transformation for food sovereignty. |
| South Africa | Bread for all (Bfa) | FAKT, Fastenopfer (FO), Surplus People Project (SPP) | Training workshop in Cape Town | |
| Tanzania | 2021 | SAT | Bread for the World | Community assessment and inhouse training |
| Togo | 2012 | Bread for all (Bfa) | Département missionnaire (DM-échange et mission), Service Chrétien d’Appui à l’Animation Rurale (SECAAR) | Training workshop in Tsévié including different organizations from Burkina Faso, Benin, Tchad and Togo |
| Togo | 2012 | Service Chrétien d’Appui à l’Animation Rurale (SECAAR) | Bread for all (Bfa), Département missionnaire (DM-échange et mission) | Subsequently, Secaar used the tool in their project work in western and central Africa. After some time, experience showed that a simpler version of the tool would be useful for the locals. Therefore, Secaar created together with local partners and climate experts from Europe the PACDR manual and translated it into the local language Ewé. The manual was then tested in two workshops and updated accordingly. |
| Uganda | 2019 | PELUM Uganda, Church of Uganda (CoU) | Bread for the world | Community analysis and inhouse training |
| Uganda | 2018 | Bread for all (Bfa) | Tearfund Switzerland (TF), Church of Uganda (CoU) | Second level training workshop in Kabale district with members of CoU and befriended organisations from Uganda and Congo; The focus lied on the KDWSP project, community-based resource management and climate advocacy. |
| Uganda | 2014 - 2018 | Church of Uganda (CoU) – Kigezi Diocese Water and Sanitation Programme (KDWSP) | Bread for all (Bfa), Tearfund Switzerland (TF) | Analysis in the Kabale district in a project operated by KDWSP; It included two workshops with local female and male beneficiaries and a concluding discussion. All identified adaptation strategies were being implemented in the KDWSP project in the following years. Therefore, a pilot project was implemented in Rubaya, integrating more and more activities on farming god’s way and water harvesting. |
| Uganda | 2014 | Bread for all (Bfa) | Tearfund Switzerland (TF), Church of Uganda (CoU) | Training workshop Kampala |
| Zimbabwe | 2010 | Bread for all (Bfa) | Hilfswerk der Evangelischen Kirchen Schweiz (HEKS) | Training workshop in Bulawayo including participants from organizations from Kenya, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe |
| Zimbabwe | 2010 | Fambidzanai Permaculture Center | Bread for all (Bfa), Hilfswerk der Evangelischen Kirchen Schweiz (HEKS) | Analysis on a project to integrate permaculture and market access for resource poor, smallholder organic farmers in two villages in the district of Matobo |