Programme Spotlight

Winning rights for Brazil’s domestic workers

The Brazilian Senate passes a new law after a long, MDG-F-supported process to secure protection for 6.5 million employees.

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Building youth’s futures in Tunisia

The MDG-F is helping Najet Salem accomplish her dreams: reviving the ancient carpet-weaving tradition and empowering the women artisans of her hometown of Gafsa.

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Unity is strength in Nicaragua

Until recently, the women of the village of Venus spent a part of each day searching for and collecting drinking water. That all changed when they and the MDG-F started working ...

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Coping with environmental change in Ethiopia

An MDG-F programme steers pastoral communities towards better rangeland management in the face of climate swings.

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The value of words

The MDG-F leverages the potential of oral tradition to heal wounds, share knowledge and improve health in four of Peru’s poorest regions.

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Traditions as tools against poverty and unemployment

The MDG-F builds livelihoods in Mauritania through micro-credit loans to artisans, arts festivals and support to the tourism industry.

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Sharing success in water initiatives

The MDG -F is assisting governments on five continents to bring safe drinking water and sanitation to the world’s most disadvantaged people.

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