In Belhar, South Africa, a non-profit organisation is providing immediate support to children and youth and exploring sustainable solutions to tackle COVID-19 and future uncertainties. Beauty Bokwani reports.  This is the eighteenth in the series of stories from Voices from the Frontline initiative by ICCCAD and CDKN. Grandle Opperman, the President and Chief Executive Officer of a community organisation called …

Stories of Resilience and Vulnerability: Women, Youth, and Migrants Date: Tuesday, 06 October 2020 Time: 14.00 – 15.00 (CEST) Join us for the second installment in a series of webinars intended to understand, capture, and profile the critical role that grassroots organisations are playing in building community resilience in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. This webinar will focus on …

This story is the second part of last week’s story from Satkhira, Bangladesh and will highlight youth-led initiatives in the region. This is the seventeenth in the series of stories from Voices from the Frontline initiative by ICCCAD and CDKN. Youth groups in Satkhira have been at the forefront of supporting the impoverished, climate-vulnerable communities and building their adaptive capacities …

In Satkhira, Bangladesh, local grassroots organisations are raising awareness and extending essential services to communities to tackle the compounding effects of COVID-19 and cyclone Amphan. Sohanur Rahman reports This is the sixteenth in the series of stories from Voices from the Frontline initiative by ICCCAD and CDKN. Satkhira is a coastal district in the southwest of Bangladesh. The area is …

In Isiolo County, in the former Eastern Province of Kenya, ethnic women are disseminating awareness-related information on COVID-19 and gender-based violence through the use of local radio stations. David Nangaa Silakan reports This is the fifteenth in the series of stories from Voices from the Frontline initiative by ICCCAD and CDKN. Isiolo County is home to several pastoralist communities, notably …

In Kunni Kharka, Nepal, a Dalit community is using collective savings and strengthening community bonds to tackle the COVID-19 crisis. Naresh Kumar Shreshtha reports.  This is the fourteenth in the series of stories from Voices from the Frontline initiative by ICCCAD and CDKN. Dalits, also known as the “Untouchables”, are subjected to caste-based discrimination in countries like Nepal and India. …

Community savings groups in rural southwest Bangladesh are helping to revive local economies devastated by the double impacts of COVID-19 and cyclone Amphan. Saeqah Kabir reports. This is the thirteenth in the series of stories from Voices from the Frontline initiative by ICCCAD and CDKN. Since 2015, community savings groups in southwest Bangladesh have been providing economic support to their …

In Kenya, indigenous women are tapping into local resources, and undertaking individual and collective initiatives to tackle the COVID-19 crisis. Rose Wamalwa reports.  This is the twelfth in the series of stories from Voices from the Frontline initiative by ICCCAD and CDKN.  Community-led awareness campaigns in Kenya’s Maasai region   The Maasai, a well-known indigenous ethnic group in east Africa, are located in southern Kenya …

The COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare the inadequacies in India’s ability to deal systemically with the current crisis, and the vulnerabilities of the backbone of its economy – the informal sector. Roshini Suparna Diwakar and Konica Udhani report. This is the eleventh in the series of stories from Voices from the Frontline initiative by ICCCAD and CDKN. The abrupt nationwide …

In Kathmandu, Nepal, youth-led enterprises are developing social and economic resilience to sustain their business activities during the pandemic and leading the way in responding to the crisis through innovative measures. Krishna Bahadur Khadka and Rubina Adhikari report. This is the tenth  in the series of stories from Voices from the Frontline initiative by ICCCAD and CDKN.   Nepal is …