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🚨New publication alert

SNV shares six years of experience with youth in West Africa and argues the real challenge is fixing the system, not just training.

Read more + download the brochure 👉 Best practices on Youth Employment and Entrepreneurship in agri-food.👉 www.snv.org/update/youth...
July 17, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Annual Report 2024: Impact that matters in uncertain times

Our Annual Report is live, showcasing how locally-led action, backed by collaboration, is shifting systems & strengthening resilience across Asia & Africa.

See our highlights👇

#SNVImpactThatMatters
Read full report: on.snv.org/full-ar-24
June 25, 2025 at 10:01 AM
#DayoftheAfricanChild reminds us to prioritise action on child nutrition & strengthen systems for lasting change.

🌟 Discover how SNV works with communities to ensure that children have access to nutritious & diverse meals, laying the foundation for growth & an equitable society 👉 on.snv.org/4jQFgXe
Parent-led school feeding in East Africa | SNV
Parent-led school feeding
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June 16, 2025 at 3:31 PM
#WorldEnvironmentDay: What if tackling plastic waste began with youth, data, and locally-led responses to #BeatPlasticPollution?

In Kushtia, Bangladesh, that vision has become a reality, taking it closer to becoming the country’s first zero-waste municipality: on.snv.org/425EizQ
June 5, 2025 at 7:07 AM
⁉️𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀 “𝗧𝗼𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗼𝗱 𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗹𝘆 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱” 𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗶𝗳𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂?

This #MenstrualHygieneDay, we champion partnerships that are dismantling the persistent culture of silence and stigma surrounding menstruation.
May 28, 2025 at 7:30 AM
🩸Menstruation impacts 1.8B people—but taboos still cause missed education, poor health & exclusion. Ahead of #MenstrualHygieneDay, here’s a video by Red Dot Bhutan highlighting how boys and men can #menstrualhealth campaigns: on.snv.org/4drStEt

#SDG5 #SDG6 #MenstrualHealth
May 21, 2025 at 5:30 PM
To help ensure access to daily, nutritious school meals for all children by 2030, we’ve signed the School Meals Coalition Declaration of Commitment. We’ll also host a regional visioning workshop in Kampala from 14-16 May.

🔗 Find out more: www.snv.org/update/snv-j...

#SchoolFeeding #SDG2
SNV joins School Meals Coalition | SNV
SNV joins the School Meals Coalition and hosts a regional workshop in Kampala, bringing together partners across sectors to co-create sustainable, locally led school feeding systems that connect nutri...
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May 9, 2025 at 8:04 AM
💪 On #InternationalWorkersDay, we celebrate the people powering resilient food, energy, water and sanitation systems.

From farmers to solar technicians to scrap dealers—your work shapes a more sustainable future for all, and we’re proud to build it with you 🌱

#ClimateResilience #CircularEconomy
May 1, 2025 at 7:26 AM
🍓 For SDC's Agriculture & Food Systems Network, SNV colleagues Tchegoun Koba and Cloffas Nyagumbo share how a young farmer from Zimbabwe built a thriving hydroponics farm, with the right support, technical training, and market linkages.

🔗Read: www.sdc-foodsystems.ch/en/champion-...

#SDG2
April 29, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Join SNV and partners from 29 April to 1 May as we share over 10 years of knowledge and experience in building climate-resilient WASH systems in the Asia-Pacific region.

Online registration is free: on.snv.org/3Ya1dZG
April 24, 2025 at 9:36 AM
💡𝗦𝗡𝗩 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲: 𝗧𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗻𝘂𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲

In this #SNVPerspective, we reflect on what the data often hides: the human realities behind school feeding.

📖 Read the full article www.snv.org/update/persp...

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Perspective | Turning school feeding numbers into lasting change | SNV
Perspective: Turning school feeding numbers into lasting change
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April 14, 2025 at 11:29 AM
With technical support from SNV, through the Dutch Fund for Climate and Development (DFCD) Phuc Sinh Group has secured a USD 15 million investment from FMO - Dutch entrepreneurial development bank to scale climate-resilient coffee in Vietnam.🤝

Read more: www.snv.org/update/DFCD-...
April 13, 2025 at 4:53 PM
#DYK Nearly 80% of Kenya’s land is arid or semi-arid, yet these regions are home to more than half of the country’s livestock.

Read the DeSIRA-LIFT stories to learn how innovative solutions contribute to impact at scale. 👉 www.desiraliftcommunity.org/wp-content/u...

#SNVImpactThatMatters
April 3, 2025 at 8:08 AM
💡𝗦𝗡𝗩 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲: 𝗕𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗳𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗴𝗮𝗽 𝗶𝗻 𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗴𝘆 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀

In this #SNVPerspective, SNV's Off-Grid Energy Advisor Vassilca Jeremias reflects on Mozambique’s journey in expanding off-grid energy access.

📖 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗹𝗲: www.snv.org/update/persp...

#SNVImpactThatMatters
Perspective | The energy divide: Who gets left behind in the global transition? | SNV
Perspective | The energy divide: Who gets left behind in the global transition?
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April 2, 2025 at 8:55 AM
🌎 Today, on International Day of Zero Waste, we have a moment to rethink our waste—its impact and how we can prevent it.

At SNV, we believe that Zero Waste solutions are key to tackling this crisis and creating economic value.🔄

#BeatWastePollution #SNVImpactThatMatters
March 30, 2025 at 2:54 PM
📢𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗡 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗻 𝗡𝘂𝘁𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 — 𝗮 𝗰𝗿𝘂𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗺𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝗳𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘄𝗲𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁.

As global leaders deliberate at the Nutrition for Growth (N4G) Summit in Paris, we echo the UN's call for greater investment in school health and nutrition.

#SNVImpactThatMatters
March 28, 2025 at 1:51 PM
🗑️ A municipality in #Bangladesh is taking strides to address plastic waste by leveraging data from local scrap dealers and businesses. This initiative supports Bangladesh's goal of reducing single-use plastics by 90% by 2026.

📖 Full story here: on.snv.org/425EizQ

#PlasticWaste #Sustainability
Perspective: A municipality in Bangladesh is leading on plastic policy reform | SNV
International Day of Zero Waste: Reforming plastic policy for a sustainable future
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March 27, 2025 at 11:02 AM
🚨 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗼𝗽-𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 @devex.com: SNV CEO @sioconnell.bsky.social & EDFI CEO David Kuijper argue that EU institutions must step up to ensure that #DevelopmentFinance is fit for purpose in today’s world. Blended finance can mobilise capital effectively and at scale. Read:
Opinion: Aid cuts in US, UK, and beyond mean EU institutions must step up
As aid cuts from the U.S., U.K., and other European countries bite, European Union institutions must lead reform and fill the funding gap in global development.
www.devex.com
March 19, 2025 at 12:34 PM
📢 Meet SNV at the 𝟮𝗻𝗱 𝗘𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻 𝗔𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮 𝗔𝗴𝗿𝗼𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲

🔗 Click the link for details about our conference activities and download our working papers. 👉 www.snv.org/update/2nd-e...

#Agroecology #Biodiversity #SDGs #ClimateResilience #SNVImpactThatMatters
2nd Eastern Africa Agroecology Conference | SNV
2nd Eastern Africa Agroecology Conference
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March 18, 2025 at 9:40 AM
#IWD2025 | Indigenous women are key to regenerative agriculture & climate adaptation practices. Read this #SNVPerspective from Vietnam, where much of women's labour remains informal. We need equity in land, finance & decision-making:
www.snv.org/update/Perspective-equitable-regenerative-agriculture
March 7, 2025 at 1:05 PM
In Africa, women make up 60-80% of the agricultural workforce but are underrepresented in decision-making. Exclusion limits growth, weakens #FoodSystems, and stifles innovation.

📽️ Watch a Seat at the Table to see how inclusive systems drive lasting change.

#IWD2025 #SNVImpactThatMatters
A Seat at the Table | Gender Equity and Women Economic Empowerment
YouTube video by 2SCALE
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March 6, 2025 at 6:26 PM
🌱Meet the young women in the Biodiverse and Inclusive Palm Oil Supply Chain (BIPOSC) project who are helping to accelerate action for sustainable palm oil practices in #Indonesia. 👇

#Biodiversity #RegenerativeAgriculture #IWD2025 #SNVImpactThatMatters
March 5, 2025 at 10:11 AM
New research offers insights into a partnership's application of the Q-methodology in co-developing personas of climate leaders with local government.

The exercise is one of many capacity-building strategies to strengthen climate-resilient local government leadership.

Read: on.snv.org/43it90D
February 27, 2025 at 9:21 AM
🌍 SNV CEO @sioconnell.bsky.social joins key European development actors at #FiCSSummit2025 on Feb 27 to discuss innovative finance and its role in driving sustainable growth. 🤝 More than ever, public-private partnerships need to bridge the development financing gap. #SNVImpactThatMatters #TeamEurope
February 26, 2025 at 9:18 AM
🎥 What inspires you most about locally-led climate action?
🔗 Watch our documentary, 'A step in locally-led climate action,’ here 👉 snv-staging.netlify.app/works/a-step...

Local action for global impact.

#SNVImpactThatMatters
February 19, 2025 at 4:57 PM