Stories and updates from our fantastic fundraisers, our activities out and about across the Peak District, and the communities in which we work across rural Africa.
By David Drew, Research and Evaluation Team, Village Aid Teams working both in the UK and in Cameroon have come up with new ways to collect and analyse evaluation data in a peace building project…
An update from Liv Sawyer: International Programmes Co-coordinator and Programme Manager for United Purpose, who manage Village Aid’s ‘In Search of Common Ground’ project in Cameroon. In our…
It’s a challenging and uncertain time for The Gambia. An increasingly totalitarian government continues to use widespread intimidation and imprisonment of activists as implements for…
An approach to inclusive development that is changing lives all over Africa. In the UK we take access to savings, credit, deposits and insurance for granted, but in parts of Africa, many people…
Ghana has made considerable progress in reducing poverty. Despite this, there is growing inequality as the gap between the rich and poor widens. Poor households lack food for around a quarter of…
In North West Cameroon, tension is rising between farmers and violent clashes have broken out. This Village Aid film follows the stories of the Mbororo tribe, a semi-nomadic grazer community and…
As a part of Village Aid’s partnership with Concern Universal, AVISU, our partner, are improving internet access to remote communities in the Northern region of The Gambia. AVISU now has…
We’re delighted to bring you the latest insight into life in rural West Africa. Shot by our friends at Sketch Films for Alain du Botton’s ‘School of Life’, this short…
Two wheel barrows of cow dung is enough for a family in Cameroon to cook all the food they need for an entire fortnight. Biogas chambers are a simple but very effective technology being…
Violent conflict between farming and herding communities in North West Cameroon continues to be a critical issue. Scarce natural resources, ineffective government, and cultural and religious…