Tackling Climate Change, Biodiversity,
and Farming
in Sub-Saharan Africa

~ adapted from a post on November 13, 2023 on The United Church of Canada’s Facebook page

The United Church of Canada, working with Mission and Service partner, the National Council of Churches of Kenya, are part of a new innovative programme to address the impacts of climate change.

The initiative will aim to improve biodiversity, provide skills training for sustainable livelihoods, and develop the leadership skills of women, youth, and marginalized people to strengthen their voices on policy changes.

Canadian Foodgrains Bank reports that nearly 40% of small-scale farmers in sub-Saharan Africa experience hunger regularly, and climate change is making their fight against hunger even more challenging.

Through the new Nature+ programme with support from Canada’s International Development – Global Affairs Canada, the Canadian Foodgrains Bank will be working with twelve locally-based partners to help revitalize food systems and build more resilient communities in a set of natural landscapes in Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, and Zimbabwe.

To learn more about this programme and the opportunity to help, go to this page on the Canadian Foodgrains Bank website.