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Rural development: The long process of coffee production: transparency from crop to cup

In Rwanda, women coffee farmers are using entrepreneurship and digital innovations to secure adequate payment.

Social Development: Women promote peace

An information network is supporting women activists to boost their participation in peace processes.

Climate, environment, management of natural resources: Preventing the spread of deserts: good for both crops and the climate

An ever increasing amount of fertile soil is disappearing worldwide. The earth is ‘desertifying’, and GIZ has its sights set on preventing this.

Rural development: Farming 4 Future: Sustainable rice cultivation in Africa

An initiative is helping small farmers build a resilient future

Social Development: Working towards a world without AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria with BACKUP Health

20 years ago, GIZ came up with an idea to shore up health systems worldwide.

Digitalisation: Digital administration: autonomy at the push of a button

Digitalisation is driving autonomy among Ghana’s local authorities.

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07.03.2023

‘Safe menstrual hygiene is linked to educational opportunities’

In Uganda, girls are frequently absent from school during their menstruation. With the support of GIZ, the government wants to change this and make education possible.

03.03.2023

Giving the Global South a voice

Global crises can only be resolved together. GIZ is working to ensure that partners from particularly hard-hit countries are heard – for example at high-level meetings like the Munich Security Conference.

03.02.2023

For the right to health – eradicating female genital mutilation

Governments and civil society in the Horn of Africa are working together to end female genital mutilation.

02.02.2023

Sustainable business practices: a role model at the market

From smallholder to successful businesswoman – how Grace Akot from Uganda did it.

26.01.2023

Pakistan: a simplified registration procedure facilitates faster flood relief

Many people in Pakistan lost everything to the floods. A customised register helps people to receive social benefits easily in crises.

23.01.2023

Ukraine: Looking ahead with a resilient economy

Entrepreneur Olga Romanenko explains why it is important to sustain the Ukrainian economy in times of war and how the platform leverist.de supports her.

19.01.2023

‘There are red lines for us’

Interview with Thorsten Schäfer-Gümbel, Chair of the Management Board.

17.01.2023

Start-ups are improving lives

A funding programme supports young companies in Africa in getting investment ready. Their digital innovations are boosting income in the agricultural sector.

15.12.2022

Better learning: linking health and education

Many children in South-East Asia are affected by illnesses. This hinders their progress at school. Better hygiene is improving the health of 15 million students.

07.12.2022

Protecting species to protect the future – for nature, humans, animals and the climate

Stopping species loss and restoring ecosystems: GIZ is working around the world to maintain the very foundations of our existence.

06.12.2022

Anna Sophie Herken to join the GIZ Management Board

The development and sustainability expert will join the GIZ Management Board in summer 2023.

01.12.2022

Knowledge without taboos: a join-in circuit to combat HIV

Trialled in schools, rolled out nationwide: an interactive educational programme is teaching 30,000 young people in Zambia to protect themselves better against AIDS.

23.11.2022

Forest conservation fights climate change

Forest conservation is crucial in fighting climate change. In Ghana, local communities are doing their part by switching to fast-growing timber and more efficient cooking stoves.

17.11.2022

Turkey: Job prospects promote solidarity

There are almost four million Syrian refugees living in Turkey. A women’s cooperative provides stable incomes and a sense of shared identity.

11.11.2022

Sahel region: sharing scarce resources more efficiently

Resources are scarce in the Sahel region. To prevent conflict over their distribution, communities are relying on data analysis and dialogue.

03.11.2022

Preserving the environment and staying healthy

OneHealth in action: In Mexico, students learn to protect nature and their own health.

31.10.2022

Cities for all – shaped by all

Fatima Nkhuwa is working to help her neighbourhood in Zambia. Her goal: for her neighbourhood to have a greater voice in urban planning.

27.10.2022

Harnessing mobiles: making insurance digital and mobile

A modern health system needs to be simple, flexible, fast and reliable. As Nepal shows, digital solutions are the key to success.

Green Recovery

Climate change is a danger for more and more regions around the world, with increasingly life-threatening impacts. At the same time, the world is facing extreme challenges as a result of the energy and food crises brought about by Russia's war on Ukraine.

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620,000 people have taken part in further training

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12.9 million people have received a better school education

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183,000 people have taken up jobs

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Nearly 909,000 internally displaced persons have received support

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95 million people have access to better health services

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31,000 health facilities have been improved

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  • Resilience in Tourism: Stories of Resilience by Sri Lankan Entrepreneurs
  • Quantifying the impact of air pollution on solar output
  • eHealth solution to tackle Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) in Africa
  • From sunrise to sunset: A new day for agro-pastoralists
  • Living Adaptation: Indian farmers turning garbage into gold
  • A silk thread of hope: Changing women's lives in Ethiopia through green jobs
  • Data Centre Flexibility in Germany and China: Results from an Interview-based study
  • Sustainable worldwide – GIZ sustainability initiatives 2021

Combatting Illicit Financial Flows – Sniffing Dogs

Promoting Democracy in the 21st century

Resilience in Tourism: Stories of Resilience by Sri Lankan Entrepreneurs

Quantifying the impact of air pollution on solar output

eHealth solution to tackle Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) in Africa

From sunrise to sunset: A new day for agro-pastoralists

Living Adaptation: Indian farmers turning garbage into gold

A silk thread of hope: Changing women's lives in Ethiopia through green jobs

Data Centre Flexibility in Germany and China: Results from an Interview-based study

Sustainable worldwide – GIZ sustainability initiatives 2021

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