Challenge Fund from Local Partner’s Perspective: Herd Book Maintenance Project in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Two years ago, the Challenge Fund supported the Herd Book Maintenance for Income Diversification of Dairy Farmers in Bosnia and Herzegovina. This successful initiative was completed by GEOtest, a.s. in cooperation with Dairy Farmers Association of the Republic of Srpska. The Herd Book was introduced as a measure to achieve EU standards for milk production and increase competitiveness of local farmers. Recently, […]
DOT Glasses: Creating a low-cost eyeglasses distribution network in Ethiopia
Poor vision impacts at least 2,2 billion people around the world and some 1 billion people do not have correction for their vision impairment. Czech innovative company DOT Glasses makes correction glasses accessible to people could not afford standard vision care.
December 11: World Mountain Day and Czech solutions for SDGs
The theme of this year’s International Mountain Day (IMD) is sustainable mountain tourism. From the promotion of Green Tourism in Bosnia and Herzegovina to drafting waste management and Disaster Risk Reduction plans in Georgia, several CUP projects share the common interest and passion about mountains, their exploration and protection.
World AIDS Day and CHARITA’s Challenge Fund Project in Georgia
December 1 marks the World AIDS Day. Forty years since the first AIDS cases were reported, HIV still threatens the world. UN estimates that just in 2019, 1.7 million people became newly infected with HIV and 690 000 people died from AIDS-related illnesses in the same year. In Georgia, Caritas Czech Republic and its partners are working towards increasing local uptake of HIV testing.
Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR): Protection from landslides in Kazbegi region
October 13 marks the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR). In today’s article, we will take a closer look at the Challenge Fund project of the Czech Geological Survey and Georgian NEA who have been working on eliminating the threat associated with landslides in Kazbegi.
Monitoring Report: The perspective of an untypical beneficiary
Challenge Fund project „Introducing the model of Hybrid Solar Dryers for fruits, vegetables, herbs, and NTFPs“.
I am welcomed by a well-known lawyer and life-long human rights defender Ms. Lia MuKhashavria in her garden. Ms. Lia, the board member of Cooperative Fund, leads one of the cooperatives, which participated in this recently finished Challenge Fund project.