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Alarm on destructive mining in the FCT
A group of CSOs has raised alarm concerning how extractive activities are ravaging communities in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The group comprising Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF), Ubuntu Environmental Development...
Eco-Instigator #47
The year 2025 is our year of forging ways of promoting restoration and living in dignity. Achieving these requires a lot of reflections on our interpretation of events around us, as well as our understanding of the important actions we must undertake. In line with...
Ecological Justice and Resilience
There is a swath of current statistics that reveal appalling levels of environmental degradation and climate vulnerability across nations, especially in Global South regions. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), one such statistic, up...
Food Justice and Restoration
Malnutrition and food insecurity is rising in nations of the world with alarming statistics highlighted in Nigeria based on population increase. The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) notes that up to 33.1 million Nigerians are projected to be food insecure...
Eco-Instigator #46
Dear comrades and esteemed readers, on behalf of the HOMEF family, I wish you and your loved ones a Christmas full of celebrations and a new year that brings you closer to the change you desire for yourselves, your loved ones, your communities and the world. The year...
Call for Proposals: Participatory Action Research on Agroecology
Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF) in collaboration with Kebetcache Women Development and Research Center and Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) is implementing a project aimed at strengthening climate change resilience through...
ORA-A Third Cohort Announcement
After a very competitive selection process, seven (7) fellows from five (5) African countries have been selected for the third ORA A cohort. Omega Resilience Awards and Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF), are very pleased to announce the commencement of...
The State of the Ocean in Africa
Climate change is a global phenomenon that is gravely impacting the world ocean – accounting for increased sea level rise, acidification, increasing temperature and contributing significantly to increasing dead zones. The waterbodies around Africa are not spared in...
Farmers Call for a Ban on GMOs
Farmers in Uyo Afagha Nkan community in Ikono Local Government Area(LGA) of Akwa Ibom State have called on the Akwa Ibom State Government to ban GMOs and put measures in place to prevent their use in the State. This call was made at a follow-up agroecology training...
Call for Applications for Omega Resilience Awards Africa (ORA-A) Fellowship 2025
Applications are now open for the Omega Resilience Awards - Africa (ORA - A) Fellowship Programme for the 2025 cohort. Applications are invited from visionaries, activists, academics, artists, IT specialists, communicators, organisers and...
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