Our housing project and other assistance services are helping to improve the situation and creating rays of hope.

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The Business Info Hub in Lebane, managed by Roma Entrepreneurship Development Initiative and supported by HEKS/EPER, serves as a vital bridge, connecting dedicated individuals with local businesses.

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Even with the ceasefire in Gaza, the humanitarian needs in the region remain enormous. HEKS/EPER continues to support the civilian population in rebuilding bombed-out houses and apartments and makes an important contribution to food supplies

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📷 Jovita picks sempre viva flowers with her granddaughter Laudiene Silva nearby.
#SempreViva #HEKSEPER #ClimateJustice #Documentary #Brazil #hekseperworld

Sempre Viva tells the story of their bond with nature and their fight for rights, resources and dignity.
A 40-minute documentary offering rare insight into a powerful local struggle.

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📷 Jovita picks sempre viva flowers with her granddaughter Laudiene Silva nearby.
#SempreViva #HEKSEPER #ClimateJustice #Documentary #Brazil #hekseperworld

Sempre Viva tells the story of their bond with nature—and their fight for rights, resources and dignity.
A 40-minute documentary offering rare insight into a powerful local struggle.

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HEKS/EPER is committed to achieving lasting impact, even if it means finding new ways to finance it. The OECD DAC Blended Finance series, is a practical example of impact-oriented collaboration. Case study: l www.oecd.org/en/publicati...

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The case features the successful collaboration between civil society organisations, companies, communities and investors, financed through blended capital.

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In Senegal, HEKS/EPER through BALIM Investment supported the company Free Works (Kumba) to co-create an inclusive millet market together with farmer cooperatives.

It highlighted gaps between legal recognition and the actual implementation of peasants’ rights and called for inclusive governance that centres rural and Indigenous voices, especially those of women.

In response to the Working Group’s call for input, HEKS/EPER Cambodia submitted a country report with concrete recommendations.

The issues raised in the report are also highly relevant at the national level. Among the countries that experienced one of the sharpest rises in land concentration is Cambodia, driven by economic and land concessions covering 2 million hectares, or 53% of its arable land in just 12 years.

“Knowing that 1% of landowners control 70% of farmland worldwide, while the poorest 50%, many of them farmers, manage only 3%, still shocks me and learning that 20 % of land acquisitions today, often framed as environmental investments, lead to the displacement of communities is deeply concerning.”

The findings point to a troubling global trend: increasing land inequality, weak legal protection, and the continued displacement of rural communities.

Kibrom Mehari, HEKS/EPER Policy Advisor on the Right to Food, attended the session and reflected:

Part of the ACT Joint Programme in Uganda with LWF, FCA and the Chruch of Uganda.

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This creates income, supports professional dignity, and strengthens community housing, all within the refugee settlement. A practical solution, led by the people affected.