We The Peoples
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Humanitarian Aid
Emergency Survival Supplies Can Save Lives in South Sudan
As I see report after report of the destruction caused by hurricanes, earthquakes, and flooding, my thoughts turn to the crisis in South Sudan. The images are chillingly similar. A woman stands amid the wreckage of her home in Houston, knee deep in water. A child in South Sudan stands beside a tarp upheld by ...
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In the heart of Nyiwal village in a remote part of South Sudan, a quiet revolution is taking place. It doesn’t come with loud speeches or grand infrastructure, but with the gentle, powerful sound of God’s Word spoken in the people’s native language of Luo, emanating from a small solar-powered audio Bible.
Humanitarian
What is SBCC and why is it important?
SBCC, which is based on validated theories and models of behaviour change, is the strategic use of communication to promote favourable health outcomes. SBCC uses a methodical approach that starts with formative research and behaviour analysis and continues with communication planning, execution, monitoring, and evaluation.
Community Impact
Young People Are Not the Future Alone – We Are Stakeholders in the Present
Young people are often described as “the leaders of tomorrow.” It is a phrase repeated in political speeches, development conversations and public campaigns across Africa. While the statement may sound encouraging, it also reveals a troubling pattern: young people are constantly positioned in the future, while decisions affecting their lives are being made in the present without them.
Health
Transformative Journeys: Stories of Hope and Healing in Sierra Leone
the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Malawi, and Sierra Leone, serving more than 114,000 individuals – many infants and young children and expectant and breastfeeding mothers.
LIFE & DEATH
AHA-Uganda strengthens Ebola Response in Kampala, Bundibugyo and Ntoroko under the LEARN Project
As Uganda intensifies its response to the Bundibugyo Ebola virus outbreak, Africa Humanitarian Action (AHA) in Uganda, through its partnership with the International Medical Corps (IMC) in the Local Engagement and Response Network (LEARN) Project, is playing a critical role in strengthening preparedness and response activities across Kampala, Bundibugyo, and Ntoroko districts.
LIFE & DEATH
As Uganda intensifies its response to the Bundibugyo Ebola virus outbreak, Africa Humanitarian Action (AHA) in Uganda, through its partnership with the International Medical Corps (IMC) in the Local Engagement and Response Network (LEARN) Project, is playing a critical role in strengthening preparedness and response activities across Kampala, Bundibugyo, and Ntoroko districts.
Community Impact
Quiet Power: How the Modogashe Women Milk Group are Changing their Lives One Milk Jar at a Time
“Women in Modogashe are working, earning and taking care of their families alongside their husbands. Now things have changed. I am very happy. I would like to thank PGI and all the stakeholders for the support we have received. I cannot even express how grateful we are.”
Community Impact
When we sell we eat, when we don't we sleep hungry.
“It's been challenging because we are still living. We are still using water. We are still living in our house, so the rent days keep adding up.” Facing eviction, and amidst mounting debts, the resilient entrepreneur hustled on until one evening she received an MPESA transaction from the EU-funded Safety Nets programme.
Community Impact
The Village That Voted Its Way to Clean Water
In rural Kisumu, a grassroots nomination changed everything — and it started with one woman refusing to walk six kilometres for water.
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HEALTHCARE
One Midwife. Three Hundred Villages.
Margaret Achieng has delivered over 4,000 babies across remote Uganda using a bicycle, a solar lamp, and thirty years of experience.
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CLIMATE RESILIENCE
The Builders Who Arrived Before the Storm
In Bangladesh, a network of community engineers is constructing flood-safe homes faster than rising waters can destroy them.
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FOOD SECURITY
Feeding the City From Its Own Rooftops
Lagos has 14 million people and almost no farmland. So one organisation decided to grow food on every roof it could reach.
YOUTH EMPOWERMENT
The Court Where Girls Learn to Win
In Karachi's most crowded neighbourhood, a basketball court built on a former rubbish dump has become a school for confidence.
NEXT GENERATION
The Children Who Planted a Forest
Over four years, 3,000 schoolchildren in Rwanda planted 1.2 million trees. The forest is now theirs — legally, officially, permanently.
LIFE AND DEATH
Clean Water Should Not Be a Luxury — But for Millions, It Still Is
Every day, women and children walk hours to collect water that will make them sick. The organisations solving this crisis deserve to be seen.
EDUCATION
The Girls Who Were Never Supposed to Graduate
In communities where girls are pulled out of school before age 14, one organisation is proving that education is not a privilege — it is a right worth fighting for.
WE THE PEOPLES
Why We Built the Humanity Awards — and What We Hope They Become
Awards can be empty gestures. We built this one to be something different — a platform that turns recognition into real resources for the organisations that need them most.