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In January 2021, Sightsavers Ireland received a grant of €14,253 from ElectricAid. This grant supported Sightsavers in their project to integrate eye screenings into schools in Nampula, Northern Mozambique. Nampula is the most populous province in the country and is thought to have the greatest number of people blind from avoidable causes per head of populationContinue reading “ElectricAid supports Sightsavers Ireland in their child eye health screening project  “

Following a grant of €9,698 from ElectricAid, GOAL launched a project to strengthen the agricultural sector and increasing household food security through production of diversified nutritious crops in Meta District of East Hararghe Zone, Ethiopia. GOAL achieved this by improving the nutritional status of children under five and pregnant women, enhancing farming practices at communityContinue reading “ElectricAid and GOAL team up to enhance food security in Meta District of East Hararghe Zone, Ethiopia “

Self Help Africa received a grant of €11,940 from ElectricAid to increase the productivity of cashew orchards in the communities of Soubakaniédougou and Banfora in the southwest of Burkina Faso while also improving women’s access to the commercial assets needed for cashew farming.   2,790 women were targeted for this project all of whom benefitted from the initiative.Continue reading “ElectricAid and Self help Africa promote women’s economic empowerment in Burkina Faso  “

Image: From Concern: Location: Ternopil and Khmelnytskyi oblasts Update from Concern: Since February 24th, around 12.8 million people have been forcibly displaced , (more than twice the population of Ireland) , roughly a quarter of the Ukrainian population, with the number of people moving across international borders surpassing 5.1 million. Internally, an estimated 7.1 millionContinue reading “Update – Ukraine emergency Appeal”

  On May 13th, 2021, United purpose received a grant of €13,460 from ElectricAid to fund equipment for women and young farmers to reduce loss of their cassava crop as a result of Covid19 and to establish sustainable businesses, by supplying essential infrastructure to urban women enabling food security and reducing hunger during and beyondContinue reading “ElectricAid working with United Purpose to help build resilience and sustainable livelihoods for the youth and women of Paraíba, Brazil “

On the 17th of December 2021 Education Plus Nicaragua received a grant of $11,031.20 from ElectricAid to fund various Covid-19 relief projects in their community centre in Casa de los suenos. The projects included getting toldos (tents) to restart their hot meal program, providing hygiene packets for the school children and their families and finallyContinue reading “ElectricAid teams up with Education Plus to help with covid-19 relief projects in Nicaragua”