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Go Blue: Aics ready to deliver boats throughout the coastal counties
During the months of March and April 2023, nine Beach Management Units (BMUs) located across five coastal counties in Kenya will receive a total of 26 fiberglass boats, that will allow them to boost their catches and increase related income. The provision of fishing inputs, including boats and fishing equipment, is one of the core […]
Education, health and infrastructure for the coast of Kenya: phase II of MISHDP kicks off
The first phase of MISHDP was financed by the Italian Cooperation and implemented by the CDA: it ended in 2012 and was focused on the development of Malindi and Magarini. This first phase saw the construction of basic infrastructures in the health, education and infrastructural sectors in the areas adjacent to the "Luigi Broglio" Italian Space Center in Malindi, recently visited by the President of the Republic of Italy Sergio Mattarella.
Uganda, a new surgical ophthalmology complex opened, funded by Aics
The new complex sees the light after three years of work thanks to a large international cooperation project, led by Cbm Italia - a humanitarian organization engaged in the prevention and treatment of visual impairments in the countries of the South of the world - in agreement with the Ministry of Ugandan Health, in collaboration with the Organisation of the Civil Society Doctors with Africa Cuamm and the district governments of Kitgum, Arua and Terego.
President Sergio Mattarella visits Italian Cooperation projects in Kenya
The President of the Republic of Italy Sergio Mattarella started his official visit to Kenya on the 14th of march, kicking off a three-day event full of institutional meetings and ceremonies. The President is accompanied by a delegation composed of his daughter and first lady of Italy Ms. Laura Mattarella and the Deputy Ministry of […]
TANZANIA: Launch of the initiative “Diverse Food System: Improving nutrition by supporting a diversified and sustainable food system”
The initiative, which has an expected duration of 3 years, aims to improve the effectiveness and inclusiveness of the food and nutrition security system of the communities residing in the Dodoma region, with a particular focus on the most vulnerable categories of the population such as minors and pregnant women
From South Sudan to Uganda in search of protection: a journey beyond borders
Aics in Uganda intervenes with an emergency initiative aimed at promoting the integration of displaced, returning and refugee South Sudanese populations. The project intervenes in the refugee camps of Adjumani district through the renovation of community centers for young people and women and the construction of new water supply systems.
TANZANIA – Italy delivers IT equipment to support the Tanzania’s statistical system
The initiative, managed by the regional office of Aics headquartered in Nairobi aims to contribute to the strengthening of the Tanzanian national statistical system and the population register in two regions of the country, helping to build the information base necessary to govern the socio-economic development processes, to consolidate democratic institutions and to facilitate the formulation, monitoring and evaluation of development programmes
Tanzania – closing event and handover ceremony of the KISIMA initiative, funded by Aics
Last week the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (Aics) together with the main implementing partner, Italian NGO Istituto OIKOS, local authorities and partners celebrated the conclusion of the 3-year “KISIMA” initiative, funded by the Italian Cooperation through the Promossi OSC channel and managed by Aics Ufficio VII.
SEMAKENYA II kicks off: the Italian system of development cooperation to promote agroecology and biofuels in Makueni County
"SEMAKENYA II' represents the first implementation of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed by Eni Kenya and the Nairobi office of AICS in 2021, regarding the involvement of the "Italian System" of development cooperation and the private sector in the implementation of cooperation initiatives