22/05/2013

Hifadhi project get supports from Danone with Livelihoods program

In Kenya, Livelihoods has invested, in partnership with Climate Pal, in an ambitious project to give off at a large scale improved cook-stoves and to create a community dynamic of reforestation and small-scale agriculture. Stiaan Bester from Danone South Africa came to Kenya to support the Quality Control Manager of the Hifadhi project. See how Livelihoods connect companies and NGOs and how join forces can make the difference! Reporting by Alice Rouault-Reillon, coordinator for Livelihoods Networks

22/05/2013

Livelihoods participe à la Conférence internationale sur les forêts pour la sécurité alimentaire et la nutrition | FAO Rome

Les forêts font vivre des millions de personnes dans le monde – soit directement de par la consommation et la vente des aliments qui y sont récoltés, soit indirectement grâce aux emplois et aux revenus liés aux forêts, aux écosystèmes forestiers et à la biodiversité des forêts.

Les aliments forestiers, tels que feuilles, semences, fruits à coque, miel, fruits, champignons, insectes et autres animaux des forêts, font partie intégrante des régimes alimentaires ruraux depuis des millénaires. On estime à 2,6 milliards le nombre de personnes utilisant du bois de feu, notamment du charbon de bois, pour cuire leur nourriture.

Bernard Giraud, Président de Livelihoods a présenté à Rome le projet Araku à l'occasion de la Session 9 du 15 Mai 2013

22/05/2013

Livelihoods at FAO Rome's Conference on Forests for Food Security and Nutrition

Globally, millions of people depend on forests for their livelihoods - directly through the consumption and sale of foods harvested in forests, and indirectly through forest-related employment and income generation, forest ecosystem services, and forest biodiversity.

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Bernard Giraud, Livelihoods CEO, presented in Rome the Araku project during the Session 9 on May 15 2013

11/04/2013

Livelihoods Newsletter Spring issue

LIVELIHOODS spring issue

Join the Livelihoods Network

While working with the Livelihoods Fund on large-scale projects including agroforestry, restoring mangrove plantations or rural energy, we were lucky enough to meet extraordinary actors on a daily basis, who each develop operational solutions in their countries and organizations. The very idea of creating the Livelihoods Network was born from these meetings and simple questions such as 'how can we strengthen these projects overtime, can we evolve towards a larger scale and accelerate the innovation process by creating connections between protagonists, between scientific and in-the-field knowledge?'.

Read more and watch Livelihoods Network Camp 2012 - The Fruits of Hope

Interview of Alice Rouault-Reillon, coordinator for Livelihoods Networks

Hi Alice, could you tell us about your career path as well as your role today within Livelihoods Networks?

I have been the coordinator for Livelihoods Networks ever since July 2012. I studied to be an engineer specialized in tropical agronomy and rural development and it led me to work for a coffee-growing cooperative in Rwanda that was certified fair-trade, with organic cocoa producers in Venezuela and for the sustainability of forests planted in Congo. Through my experiences of working with coffee and cocoa producers, I was quickly confronted with the issue of agroforestry. My work with various associations gave me the opportunity to get acquainted with the dynamics of networks. After all it is not by accident that I was appointed coordinator within Livelihoods Networks.
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