Before the Planting: Preparing the Soil for Localisation’s Next Harvest With Eric Onyango, Shahida Arif, Lulseged Mekonnen, Jonas Habimana, Nancy Sitima Nairobi turns 125 years old this year, its quasquicentennial…
Salam, Localisation and Zurt: The Ethiopian Localization Lab Showcase by Eric Onyango, Africa Regional Representative On 29 October 2025, the Ethiopian Localization Lab (ELL) convened a vibrant Innovation Showcase and…
NEAR at Peace Connect: Weaving Solidarity Across Continents By Wejdan Jarrah, NEAR’s Regional Representative for MENA and Advisory Group Member of Peace Connect From 13 to 17 October 2025, Nairobi,…
Join us for the next few weeks on a series of impact stories from NEAR’s Flagship Solution: The Change Fund, highlighting five of the Fund’s Principles: Swift, Trust-based, Locally led,…
By Hibak Kalfan On 17 June, the heads of the world’s biggest humanitarian agencies will gather in Geneva to discuss the future of the humanitarian system. On the agenda: what…
It seems that everyone has finally recovered from the whirlwind that is the European Humanitarian Forum (EHF) — back-to-back panels, side conversations, networking, influencing. For NEAR and our members –…
by Falastin Omar, Change Fund Manager at NEAR Walking a tightrope in the middle of a storm is no metaphor for many local organisations across the Global South, it’s a…
by Nancy Sitima, Executive Director, FODDAJ The scorching sun on the plains of Kenya’s Kajiado County is unforgiving, as teenage girls and young women trek for miles across dusty, rugged…
We spoke with Guyo Denge, Executive Director of Community Initiatives Facilitation and Assistance (CIFA – Ethiopia) on how they build resilience by tapping into community knowledge and history. “We were…
Simon Wachira, Communications Manager at the Pastoralist Community Initiative and Development Assistance (PACIDA) in Kenya, submitted this story on how his organisation is responding to the worst drought in 40…
