• Our Partners: GIZ

    GIZ is Germany's leading service provider of international cooperation since 2011. The federal enterprise supports the German Government in achieving its objectives in the field of international cooperation for sustainable development and is also engaged in international education work around the globe. 

  • Women and SDG 1: End poverty in all its forms everywhere

    The first of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) set in 2015 by the United Nations General Assembly commits to ending poverty in all its forms and dimensions everywhere by 2030. As of today, this remains one of the biggest challenges facing humanity. Extreme poverty is currently defined as living on less than $1.90 a day.

  • Women and SDG 3: Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages

    SDG-3 aspires to ensure healthy lives and to promote well-being for all people at all ages. As for this goal, a short look at some of its accompanying targets is already sufficient to highlight its interconnectedness with women’s empowerment: Sub-goals of SDG-3 are the reduction of global maternal, premature and neonatal mortality ratios. The ending of preventable deaths of newborns and children under 5 are center points here.

  • Women and SDG 2: Ending hunger and achieving food security

    The second of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) set in 2015 by the United Nations General Assembly aims to end all forms of hunger and malnutrition by 2030, making sure all people have safe, sufficient and nutritious food all year round. This involves promoting sustainable agricultural methods, as food scarcity is often a consequence of environmental degradation, drought and biodiversity loss.

  • Help us fight the second wave of the Coronavirus in Africa

    The numbers of new COVID-19 cases and deaths are sharply on the rise in many African countries. According to Wold Health Organization Africa, infections rose by 50% on the continent between 29 December 2020 and 25 January 2021 when compared with the previous four weeks.

  • Women and SDG 4: Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education

    The goal of SDG-4 is to achieve inclusive and quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all. By 2030, gender disparities in education should finally be eliminated, and equal access to all levels of education should be ensured for both boys and girls. Affordable and quality technical, vocational and tertiary education, including university, should be accessible for really everybody, including persons with disabilities.

  • Our Partners: DAHW

    Founded in 1957 as a leprosy relief organization in Würzburg, Germany, DAHW today is an independent non governmental organization supported by donors, volunteers and staff around the world. From the beginning, DAHW has been working to provide equal access to healthcare services to those who are especially vulnerable and to fight leprosy, tuberculosis and other poverty-related diseases that lead to marginalization, stigmatization and further consequences

  • Audiopedia selected for Wikimedia's UNLOCK Accelerator

    Wikimedia's vision is an open and informed knowledge society. In order to take this one step closer, the foundation started to look for exciting ideas and approaches they can support with their brand new UNLOCK Accelerator program.

  • Financial literacy training during COVID-19 using Audiopedia

    Cash-based assistance is a modality for relief at the household level, considering its advantages in terms of respect of preventative measures for Covid-19 compared with in-kind relief distributions. In light of the increasing use of cash-based assistance, individuals need to be empowered on how to manage and effectively utilize monthly cash-based transfers to meet their urgent food and nutrition needs.