May 08 2023
Press Releases
KAMPALA | April 27, 2023 ― The Rockefeller Foundation, an American private philanthropy, donated USD $100,000, which Makerere University will use towards the construction of a new School of Public …
May 08 2023
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Malawi women pound maize to help feed their displaced families in Phalombe District. More than 500,000 people were displaced by Cyclone Freddy, which pummeled the country in March. Climate change has made storms like Freddy more frequent and intense.
May 08 2023
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When In Malawi, Cyclone Freddy hit Malawi in March, the storm killed hundreds, displaced more than 500,000, and left overwhelmed rescue workers burrowing through the mud with their bare hands. Catastrophic flash floods washed away lives, homes, crops and livestock.
Apr 19 2023
Want to know what climate change looks and sounds like? Visit Josephine Kadenyi Karani’s home at dinner time.
Apr 19 2023
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All 40,000 students in Early Childhood Development Centers in Kenya’s Murang’a County get fortified whole grain porridge as a morning meal each school day, in a program run by Food4Education …
Apr 19 2023
Rosaline Gitau grew up never having enough to eat. Her daughter faced the same challenge--until a school lunch program disrupted generational poverty.
Apr 17 2023
Perspective
It was the day after the first rainfall in three months. Kenyan farmers sprang up on the fields like hopeful seedlings, praying aloud for more showers. After two and a half …
Apr 13 2023
Perspective
The images of Africans facing drought, floods, or climate-triggered hunger always hit hard. But that is not the full picture. Africa should be viewed as a potential climate champion, not a …
Apr 12 2023
Perspective
Restructuring and modernizing the global financial system is critical to helping Africa – and the world – meet the climate change crisis, say The Rockefeller Foundation partners and experts who …
Mar 15 2023
Extreme weather coupled with misinformation fuels the worst cholera outbreaks in Malawi’s history.