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Pictures of the Week
Vision of an ideal future
In July 2023, technical advisor Renate Sova conducted two workshops with partner organisation Ixoqib’ Miriam in Guatemala to improve teamwork and communication. The workshops were conducted using playful means and systemic education to ensure everyone’s participation and thus strengthen the team collectively. The photo shows Miriam’s team from Quetzaltenango with…
Communities of Practice in Central America
In the framework of HORIZONT3000's Knowledge Management Programme, we held a very special meeting on 7 and 8 June 2023 in San Salvador. On this occasion, we met with our two Communities of Practice: "Familia Campesina" and "Promotoría por los Derechos de las Mujeres y Jóvenes", made up of partner…
Evaluation Workshop on the Co-Financing Framework Programme in Central America
The final evaluation process of the Regional CAD-ADA Programme 2019-2022 took place on 2 and 3 May in Guatemala with the presence of HORIZONT3000 representatives and the consulting team of the international company ALTERI. The regional project of the KNOW-HOW3000 Programme Intervention for Central America was also included in the…
Organisational Development in Action – Guatemala and El Salvador
The HORIZONT3000 team in Guatemala and El Salvador is continuously working on improving the organisational structure. Last week a team workshop was held in San Salvador to optimise the tasks of the staff. Here with Imelda Sajquim, Julio Reyes and Mauricio Saenz.
Launch of the HORIZONT3000 Regional Programme in Central America for 2023-2026
At the Launch of the HORIZONT3000 Regional Programme, all Partner Organisations arrived to present their new projects, as well as the Regional Director for Central America, Christina Hoernicke, the Sector Coordinator for Rural Development & Natural Resource Management, Martina Luger, and the Programme Coordinator for Guatemala and El Salvador, Imelda…
New projects in Central America!
One of the most significant moments in the Launch of the HORIZONT3000 Regional Programme 2023-2026 was the handing over of the Project Agreements to the Partner Organisations by the Regional Director for Central America, Christina Hoernicke, the Sector Coordinator for Rural Development & Natural Resources Management, Martina Luger, and the…
Workshop on the Formulation of Institutional Gender Policies in Central America
HORIZONT3000 partner organisations from Guatemala, El Salvador and Nicaragua are participating in a 3-day workshop. It is part of the programme "Gender as a transformative approach in project management and organisational development in Central America" and is aimed at strengthening the technical and institutional capacities of partner organisations on gender…
Snapshots from Senegal
Hi there, Here is one picture I took these days on my visits at our partner organisation Aprovag in Senegal. François and Anne-Marie Dione, a very lovely couple, practice diversification on their banana fields. So they do not only grow bananas there, but also pineapples, papayas, grapefruits, chili and eggplants.…
KNOWLYMPICS Winner Experience: Caritas Mityana Uganda
Caritas Mityana is one of the three winning partner organisations of our KNOWLYMPICS 20/21. The experience they have shared with us is about community participation in order to identify policy issues. The documents describing the good practice experience will be available on our platform within the upcoming weeks. For now,…
April 7th: Mozambican Women´s Day
Instead of celebrating, this year the victims of the terrorist attacks in Cabo Delgado were commemorated. “We have no reasons to celebrate the 7th of April while we are crying for Cabo Delgado”, “We want peace in Cabo Delgado”, “Mourning women” and “Cabo Delgado is also Mozambique” were some of…
Memories from Kawempe Home Care
Yesterday, I got news from Kampala in my mail box. Gerever Niwagaba, the Co-Founder and Program Manager of our Partner Organisation Kawempe Home Care, shared some files for our platform with me. Among the documents attached to the email there were some really nice pictures of our former Technical Advisor…
Los efectos secundarios de la cuarentena
La cuarentena con toque de queda en El Salvador dio inicio el 21 de marzo y está prevista hasta el 16 de Mayo. Durante este periodo solo está permitido de salir de casa para la compra de alimentos y medicina o para personas en empleos relevantes. El sector informal, como…
Returnee Meeting
Last weekend I had the pleasure to host a meeting with a group of very dedicated returnees! They have been hosting our „InteressentInnen Seminare“ – a workshop-like-day, when groups of people have the opportunity to get to know more about the way we work and what going on a mission…
Senegal Buchhaltungs- und Audit-Workshop
Eine Säule der guten Qualität und Vernetzung im Senegal Programm ist die stete Zusammenarbeit unserer Partner auf allen Ebenen. Im Dezember hat ein Workshop zum Informationsaustausch und zur internen Weiterbildung ad Buchhaltungsprogramme und Auditvorbereitung mit allen unseren Partnerorganisationen stattgefunden.
Kicking off Phase III of the Policy Dialogue Consortium Project
In November 2019 we celebrated a Sharing and Planning workshop within the Policy Dialogue Consortium Project, celebrating 5 years of successful project implementation and planning the upcoming project phase. All 9 partner organizations from Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda and Tanzania, as well as HORIZONT3000, CARE Austria and the ADA participated. For…
“Mujeres Rurales – Por Ustedes Todo, Sin Ustedes Nada”
El Salvador. A finales del año 2019 FUNDESYRAM y la mesa de género de Ahuachapan lanzaron el Primer Concurso Fotográfico “Mujeres Rurales – por ustedes todo, sin ustedes nada” para visibilizar los esfuerzos, logros y retos de la vida diaria de mujeres rurales. En este concurso participaren mujeres y niñas…
Sharing Knowledge in Arua
End of November 2019, PALM Corps, AFARD and HORIZONT3000 organised a sharing event in Arua on the topic of securing livelihoods for South Sudanese refugees and Ugandan host communities. As a Flying TA in knowledge management, I assisted staff of the two NGOs in the preparation for and the conducting…
Ofrendas en el Cielo
“Todos los Santos” is aproaching and so many activities are coming up these days in Guatemala. Colectivon No’J is organizing an exhibition “Ofrendas en el Cielo”, at Casa No’J in Quetzaltenango. They present giant kites, accompanied by verses about death in Mexican culture and other elements of the celebration of…
Travelling to work – in rain or shine – can have some hurdles
Dar es Salaam can experience heavy rains. On a day like this – trying to get to work is difficult. The streets are flooding, few people rush around by food, most are in their private cars. Today was such a day. After about half an hour waiting, my Bode (motorcycle taxi)…
Impression from the In-Country Training East Africa
As part of the East African In-Country Training, TAs and their counterparts from Uganda and Tanzania as well as staff from the regional office met in Kampala for 3 days to engage in workshops on organizational development and the intricacies of intercultural communication.
“Foto de acción” en el sol de la tarde en Xela
After an interesting day at the KH3000 workshop ‘Autosostenibilidad integral de las organisaciones'(facilitated by Paul Menchu), we have gathered in the beautiful garden of COFA (Family Movement Christian Quetzaltenango) to take an “action photo”. Workshop participants came from different partner NGOs, such as CCDA – Comité Campesino del Altiplano, Colectivo…
Mujeres en café!
En la Biosfera Apaneca-Ilamatepec, El Salvador, hay muchas mujeres que cortan y cultivan café. Iris del cantón La Esperanza cuenta que “en el cafetal estamos haciendo el mismo trabajo físico que los hombres.” Es importante saber, que a parte de su trabajo en campo las mujeres rurales también realizan la…
Día del Maestro
Teachers’ day – a day to honor teachers. Celebration of teachers’ day happens on different dates worldwide – here is a list: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Teachers%27_Days In Nicaragua teachers’ day is celebrated on June 29th and at the Centro Educativo Hna. Maura Clarke in Managua they got this lovely cake. Buen provecho y feliz…
Marcha de Orgullo LGBTI
El Salvador is known to have one of the highest rates of violence and homicide rate in the world. Members of the LGBTI community and especially Trans Women are surpassingly frequent victims of hate crimes – often executed by the police, military and gangs like the MS13 or Mara18. Since…
