Interchurch Organisation for Development Co-operation (ICCO) Updates

With the support of the Dutch government, aid organizations of the Dutch Relief Alliance, including ICCO, are combatting the spread of the corona virus in vulnerable countries. In total there is 16...

A prolonged drought in Zimbabwe and the southern part of Zambia, crop failure, the aftermath of cyclone Idai and macro-economic challenges, led to acute food insecurity at the start of 2020. Heavy...

ICCO Cooperation and the Mastercard Foundation have joined forces to support smallholder farmers in Senegal who were left reeling from the impact of COVID-19. The COVID-19 Recovery and Resilience...

Since January 2020, swarms of desert locusts have damaged over 200.000 hectares of cropland in Ethiopia. These swarms put high pressure on the access to food in different regions of Ethiopia. In...

Over the last months, the corona pandemic has affected the lives of billions of people around the globe. The virus has challenged the most established and well-funded health and social protection...

We are pleased to announce that the Mastercard Foundation has signed an agreement with ICCO to fund the COVID-19 Recovery and Resilience Agrifinance project, allocating USD 3,389,135 million to do...

The COVID-19 pandemic is much more than a health crisis: it is affecting people´s societies and economies. Although the impact of the virus varies from one place to another, it is very likely that it...

The lockdown due to COVID-19 in Nepal was enforced on March 24, 2020, which was eased partially since June 15, 2020. With a total of 11,162 confirmed cases* and 26 confirmed deaths, positive cases of...

Food and nutrition security has always been a concern for the marginalised communities in Northern Bangladesh. The European Union (EU) funded Sustained Opportunities for Nutrition Governance (SONGO)...

COVID-19 Solidarity Response in the Great American Chaco The Great American Chaco is an extensive ecological region of more than one million square meters spread over Argentina, Paraguay, Bolivia and...

ICCO and its partner in Colombia, Alliance of Women Weavers of Life, launched the campaign ‘You’re Not Alone’, that aims to prevent gender-based violence during mandatory isolation for COVID -19...

Our STARS program finds innovative ways to continue its activities. Here are some examples from Rwanda and Burkina Faso. Rwanda The STARS country teams are currently adapting their 2020 country...

In Mali, young leaders of ICCO’s program ‘Accountable Local Governance’ (PGLR) are determined to fight against the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. With the increasing number of the coronavirus cases...

Since 2015, the Dutch Relief Alliance, of which ICCO is member, reached out to thousands of war-affected children and adults in the Central African Republic. We joined hands with Central African...

1875 aspiring agribusiness entrepreneurs from refugee and host communities in northern Uganda, a region that continues to grapple with the aftermath of war, have built capacity in social,...

On October 14, HUMAN organized a masterclass about supply chain trace-ability and the use of new technologies to monitor human rights issues on the ground. HUMAN is a partnership between ICCO...

Achieving Zero Hunger is about addressing hunger and nourishing people. Enough and proper food is however not available for everyone worldwide. Take for example the Rohingya who had to flee Myanmar...

61 NGOs warn of worsening crisis in Myanmar; call for refugees’ engagement on safe, voluntary returns 21 August 2019 Two years after mass atrocities in Myanmar forced more than 740,000 people to flee...

With support from Kerk in Actie (KiA), ICCO provides relief support to 1600 households in Northern Bangladesh and 500 households in Central Nepal. Heavy rainfalls have triggered floods and landslides...

Municipalities in Mali are responsible for basic services such as water supply, health care and education. In practice, however, they lack, among other things, the financial resources to establish a...