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Improving Access to Water and Sanitation for millions in Ethiopia

Ethiopia
World Toilet Day on November 19 highlights the dangers of lacking sanitary facilities, and the search for sustainable solutions. With an estimated 419 million people practising "open defecation" worldwide, the need for access to clean, safe toilets for all is more urgent than ever. Which is why AFD is funding a number of initiatives, including two flagship projects in Ethiopia. One will provide 2.6 million people with improved, gender-sensitive sanitation facilities and the second will improve access to water for 1 million people in 45 towns.
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Interview

The Question of our Era: What to do about Climate Migration

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Un passeport et deux mains
International organizations are struggling to agree on how to deal with the massive population displacements linked to climate change and environmental crises. In a recently published book on African Economies in 2024 demographer Serge Rabier devotes a chapter to how this problem affects Africa in particular.
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Key Figure

Closing the $2.5 trillion Climate Gap in Africa

Namibie prairie champ climat biodiversité
The sheer scale of financing needed to cope with climate change is coming to light, and in Africa, it is an eye-watering $2.5 trillion. To help countries put in motion climate strategies, development banks are working to narrow the massive gap, as highlighted in the fifth edition of “African Economies”, a report on the continent’s economic prospects in 2024, recently published in collaboration with AFD.
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On the Ground

Passing Traditional Knowledge from Mother to Child, to Protect the Environment

De la mère à la terre
Traditional knowledge passed on from mother to daughter can help future generations tackle the consequences of global warming, but such knowledge is in danger of being lost. On International Women's Day, we look at the project “De la Mère à la Terre” (from Mother to Earth), which highlights the work these women are doing to protect the environment, and the obstacles in their way.
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Promoting Benin’s Heritage & Tourism: the Biggest Cultural Project Ever Financed by AFD

Alain Godonou Bénin musée culture patrimoine portrait
Changing Lives, Part 2
Who are the men and women who carry out the projects supported by AFD Group and promote sustainable development? We’ve been finding out, in a new series we’re calling “Changing Lives”. In this week’s installment, we meet Alain Godonou, who as head of Benin's Museums Programs, oversees cultural projects across the country.
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