Meet Oumy...

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16 November 2020

Senegal

Oumy is one of 2000 people in the Casamance region of Senegal that we have helped to establish or strengthen a green job. Green jobs are livelihoods that are sustainable and do not contribute to deforestation or degradation of natural resources.

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9 November 2020

Mozambique

Mozambique: putting education first

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9 November 2020

Mozambique

In a country challenged by extreme poverty and poor infrastructure, communities are still suffering the after effects of Cyclone Idai, which destroyed thousands of homes, damaged crops and forced schools to shut, disrupting the education of over 300,000 children.

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9 November 2020

Bangladesh: Supporting women in business

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9 November 2020

Bangladesh is one of the most densely populated countries in the world and around 84% of the population live in poverty. United Purpose has worked in Bangladesh since 1994 and supports around 1.2 million people each year.

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5 November 2020

malawi

We have planted over 7 million trees in Malawi

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5 November 2020

malawi

Deforestation is reaching devastating levels in Malawi and flooding is increasingly common, destructive and deadly. Malawi needs to protect the trees it has, and plant many more new ones. And we have been helping do just that, since 2014 we have planted over 7 million trees, plus undertaken forest conservation work.

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2 November 2020

Rwanda: Coping with Coronavirus

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2 November 2020

The current pandemic has affected many of us, but the situation is particularly bleak in countries like Rwanda where poverty and existing health conditions are a part of daily life.