Tag: Africa

Water on the World’s Fourth Largest Island: Madagascar

Photos and words by Greg Miller, Donor Advised Fund Program Officer Baobab trees and lemurs. Vast parched deserts and wet, dense rainforests. What springs to mind when you think of Madagascar? For me, it’s water. The world’s fourth largest island is home to more than 21 million people, most of whom live on less than […]

Celebration Along the Congo River: World Bank Suspends Support for a Mega-Dam Project

For people living in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, July 25 was a day to celebrate. The World Bank suspended support for a mega-dam called Inga 3, which had the potential to cause massive environmental degradation and threaten the social fabric of the local communities.  Global Greengrants Fund, along with our partners at International […]

Movements around the World: Highlights from July 2016

Each year Global Greengrants Fund makes over 700 grants to environmental defenders around the world, helping to support grassroots initiatives to protect the planet and the rights of the people who call these natural places home. We wish we could share every single story with you. Here are three exciting projects we’ve supported recently. Ghana: […]

Movements Around the World: Highlights from June 2016

Each year Global Greengrants Fund makes over 700 grants to environmental defenders around the world, helping to support grassroots initiatives to protect the planet and the rights of the people who call these natural places home. We wish we could share every single story. Below are a few grants made recently that we’d like to […]

Clean Water, Thanks to Aveda

Did you know that 1 in 3 people around the world lack enough water to meet their daily needs? More than 800 million people rely on an unclean drinking-water source, risking disease with every sip. But grassroots groups are protecting their rivers, lakes, and water sources. Every April since 2007, Global Greengrants Fund and Aveda […]

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