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COVID-19 UPDATESAt Hanns R. Neumann Stiftung (HRNS) we feel a strong responsibility in the current COVID-19 pandemic for both our beneficiaries and our staff. We react with additional commitment, flexibility and adaptation to this special situation.
About the Importance of Commitment in 2020
Dear all! Commitment. At Hanns R. Neumann Stiftung, almost everything builds upon commitment. The work done by HRNS in 15 years has been marked by values such as reliability, working side-by-side with farming families and being an ally rather than an implementer. Our...
Webinar: United by Change
View the recording! Additional Resources: Read more about our key findings by downloading our two flyers here: Blogpost: How to address COVID-19 in smallholder communities A blogpost from our HRNS Managing Director: Michael Opitz Webinar Questions & Answers ...
United by Change: How to address COVID-19 in smallholder communities
For smallholder coffee farmer families, poverty and financial hardship were on the rise even before the pandemic started. And the situation now got worse in many places with COVID-19. Coffee prices are low, food is more expensive, income is affected, farm management...
COVID-19 shows smallholder families` readiness for increased digital trainings
During the Coronavirus pandemic, Hanns R. Neumann Stiftung (HRNS) increased the use of digital support to smallholder coffee farmer families in project regions. This support was not only through phone calls. Digital training sessions were conducted, training videos...
Addressing the effects of COVID-19 on coffee farmers in Tanzania
To adapt to the global Coronavirus pandemic, Hanns R. Neumann Stiftung (HRNS) has adjusted our approach to the Building Coffee Farmers Alliance Phase II project in Tanzania which is funded by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA),...
HRNS warns of COVID-19 long-term effects for smallholder families in coffee regions
The Coronavirus pandemic contributes to existing problems, smallholder coffee farmer families are already facing, and poses a serious threat to household development plans, food security, business and income. This is a key finding from a survey, conducted by Hanns R....
Nuestra Respuesta al COVID-19 en Centroamérica: 3 áreas de enfoque
Han pasado más de 100 días bajo cuarentena y estrictas restricciones de movilidad. Mientras muchos países europeos comienzan a levantar algunas medidas de contención, los casos apenas comienzan a alcanzar su pico más alto en Centroamérica. Los sistemas de salud son...
Responding to COVID-19 in Central America: 3 underlying areas
It’s been more than 100 days under quarantine and strict mobility restrictions. As many European countries start to lift coronavirus containment measures, cases are just starting to reach the highest peak in Central America. Health systems are vulnerable, and...
Integrating Gender into Climate Change Interventions
The effects of climate change such as prolonged droughts and unreliable weather patterns adversely impact smallholder coffee growing farmers in Uganda. To mitigate this, the three active Feed the Future Alliance for Resilient Coffee (ARC) consortium partners in the...
Finding Solutions to the Effects of COVID-19 on Ethiopian Farmers
The Coronavirus global pandemic is already having adverse effects on many nation’s economies and Ethiopia is no exception. In an effort to limit economic harm while curbing the spread of the virus, the Ethiopian government declared a state of emergency. Thereafter,...
Global Connection in Times of Social Distancing
Recognizing that the global pandemic will continue to influence the lives of these families for months to come, we wanted to share our immediate response to this situation as well as the importance of long-term thinking. In mid-May we started a four-week miniseries on...
HRNS do Brasil and the power of partnerships in the COVID-19 crisis
The global Coronavirus pandemic is increasingly affecting the livelihood of millions of smallholder farming families in coffee producing regions. With more than half a million cases up to date, Brazil has the second-highest number of cases worldwide. For Hanns R....
Battling climate change using creative and cost-effective methods in Uganda
As a child, Ivan Ssembajwe a young coffee farmer from the plush countryside of Luwero, Uganda, would keenly watch his grandmother and mother tiling the land day in and day out to grow crops for sustenance and income. With every changing season and passing year, Ivan’s...
Innovation in Coffee Communities: Webinar 3
View the recording! Building resiliency in the face of a changing climate Subscribe Now For Upcoming Webinars: Webinar #4: Tuesday, June 9: 9am PDT/ 12pm EDT/ 6pm CEST/ 7pm EAT Creating strong and thriving farmer organizations Questions? Email us in advance if you...
Innovation in Coffee Communities: Webinar 2
View the recording! Exploring gender inclusion within farming families and organizationsSubscribe Now For Upcoming Webinars: Webinar #3: Tuesday, June 2: 9am PDT/ 12pm EDT/ 6pm CEST/ 7pm EAT Building resiliency in the face of a changing climate Webinar #4: Tuesday,...
Exploiting the role of Communication for Development during COVID-19
Two important elements in the work of Hanns R. Neumann Stiftung (HRNS) are proximity and collaboration. Proximity to farmer communities came to a sudden stop due to the Coronavirus pandemic and collaboration with partners (which usually also takes place with...
Innovation in Coffee Communities: Webinar 1
View the recording! Sparking the creativity and entrepreneurial spirit of youth Subscribe Now For Upcoming Webinars: Webinar #2: Tuesday, May 26: 9am PDT/ 12pm EDT/ 6pm CEST/ 7pm EAT Exploring gender inclusion within farming families and organizations Webinar #3:...
Bringing support to smallholder families in Central America amid COVID-19
“The majority of our work with smallholder farming families usually takes place in coffee farms. In the wake of the recent COVID-19 outbreak in Central America and movement restrictions established by the government, we were initially concerned about no longer being...
HRNS Uganda supports smallholder coffee farmer families despite the Coronavirus Pandemic
Commitment, flexibility, innovation. During this Coronavirus pandemic, all of us who work in agriculture sustainability need to strengthen our ongoing support to smallholder coffee farming families by being flexible and innovative in order to adapt to the challenges...
Innovation in Coffee Communities
Bringing field experiences to your home office with weekly webinars. Join us for a weekly webinar every Tuesday (9am PDT/ 12pm EDT/ 6pm CEST/ 7pm EAT) starting May 19, to dig into what it takes for coffee communities to thrive. Hanns R. Neumann Stiftung (HRNS) is...
COVID-19: We will handle this together
Young Coffee Farmers need your support during this SARS-COV-2 Pandemic. These are unprecedented times. The global disruption caused by the spreading of COVID-19 is affecting every aspect of our lives. At Coffee Kids we feel a strong responsibility for our teams on the...
Information materials on preventing the further spreading of the novel Coronavirus were produced in an early stage by HRNS and are available for download:
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Our work goes beyond coffee production. We support smallholder families to take a proactive role in shaping their lives in an informed and self-determined way. As a result, they are driving prosperous development of their livelihoods for themselves and their communities.
The core components of our livelihood approach include: Family Business, Farmer Organizations, Youth and Climate Change. Gender equality is a fundamental aspect of all four of these components and is mainstreamed across all our activities.
Learn more about our Theory of Change here: www.hrnstiftung.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Theory_Of_Change.pdf?fbclid=IwAR1J0I7V5ZXibtzSYxBJ...
Our 5X1 Diversification System in Central America helps smallholders diversify their agricultural production systems. 5 rows of coffee are grown for every row of the diversified crop such as plantain, avocado and lime.
This system promotes: crop distancing, management and agro-forestry.
If required, short-term crops such as beans, corn or manihot can also be grown between coffee rows to promote food security.
Wawooo so nice
Youth tell all! In the second TeamUp Uganda vlog, Thaddeus and Jamidah share their stories! They open up about their journey as part of the TeamUp project and share what it’s like to work in the rural parts of Mityana District to change youth's livelihoods.
TeamUp is a program in cooperation with Bundesministerium für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung (BMZ) , Deutsche Stiftung Weltbevölkerung - DSW, Hanns R. Neumann Stiftung, Siemens Stiftung, Whave Solutions
and Action 4 Health Uganda
Agriculture, Water, Health: Ugandan youth tell what matters to them. - Hanns R. Neumann Stiftung
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Agriculture, Water, Health: Ugandan youth tell what matters to them. by Jesko Johannsen | Jan 11, 2021 | TeamUp, Uganda, Youth | 0 commentsHello and welcome back to the TeamUp Uganda Vlog-series. This...On behalf of our global HRNS team, we’d like to wish you a great start of 2021! We hope this year will release us from the Coronavirus Pandemic and other hardships faced throughout the year. We look forward to working with each and every one of you to support smallholder families reach the prosperity they deserve! Good things lay ahead. Happy New Year!
Happy New year to entire HRNS Team and to our partners globally.
Happy New Year 2021 HRNS Family
Yo tuve el gran privilegio de ser parte de esta gran familia a le que llegue a tomarle muchísimo cariño. Dios les bendiga a cada uno y que sigan llevando el desarrollo donde más los necesita. Feliz año para todos y todas.
Happy new year too
Happy Holidays! As 2020 is coming to an end, we’d like to wish all, a time of rest with your loved ones. Thank you for being part of this journey and supporting smallholder families to reach the prosperity they deserve. We look forward to working with each every one of you during 2021. Our best wishes go out to you and your families. Happy Holidays!
Happy Holidays and Best Wishes for 2021
Thanks
Reina and Pedro are grateful for each other. Their coffee farm and local chicken business wouldn’t have succeeded if it weren’t for their mutual support and hard work throughout the year.
What are you grateful for?
Commitment. At HRNS, almost everything builds upon commitment. Our teams are truly committed in supporting and making smallholder families prosper. Without any previews of what the new year was going to bring, we were all faced with a multifaceted stress test when COVID-19 hit the planet. In 2020, commitment became specifically important.
In our “2020 End of the Year Message”, our Managing Director, Michael Opitz, summarizes what this meant for HRNS. Read Now!
www.hrnstiftung.org/about-the-importance-of-commitment-in-2020/
Mrs. Zenebech Asefa is an active member of Farmer Field Schools (FFS) and leader of a women’s saving group in Hurumu district. This year, she is particularly grateful for her community who’s encouraged women to inclusively participate in all project activities and take a proactive role in household decision making.
Hard work has allowed Rianto to save up and make a new investment he always wished for: A new solar dryer! This year’s solar dryer inauguration has kept Rianto motivated to improve his harvest. He looks forward to the different opportunities that will come from this first investment.
Elisha and Happiness are grateful for increased productive and business growth! Implementing new climate-smart agricultural practices in his farm and working with HRNS colleagues to make his farm resilient to climate change has allowed Elisha to increase his productivity and receive additional income this year. Happiness hired new workers and continues to expand her coffee shop in her community. What are you grateful for?
Just weeks after Hurricane Eta brought flash flooding and displaced thousands, Central America was pummeled with a second tropical storm – Hurricane Iota.
The fallout of these two back-to-back hurricanes in Honduras and Guatemala hit HRNS project regions and affected most of the smallholder families we works with. Read about our emergency response to support smallholder families below:
www.hrnstiftung.org/emergency-response-hurricanes-iota-eta/
In the midst of a challenging 2020, Paulina is grateful for her family’s health. Being healthy has kept Paulina hopeful and makes her look forward to a prosperous 2021.
What are you grateful for? Comment below!
Field day in Copán, Honduras together with our implementing partner Instituto Hondureño del Café to visit the development of our joint project: Climate Resilient Landscapes, financed by EUROCLIMA+!
Gira realizada en Copán, Honduras, con nuestro aliado Instituto Hondureño del Café para documentar el desarrollo de nuestro proyecto en conjunto: Paisajes Cafetaleros Resilientes al Cambio Climático, financiado por EUROCLIMA+!
#EUROCLIMAplus #hrns #IHCAFE #paisajescafetaleros #resilienciaclimatica
This is good work please keep it up
There’s no doubt that 2020 was a challenging year. It continues to be, particularly for smallholder farmers who are facing several battles on top of COVID-19.
As we approach the end of the year, we decided to switch our focus. Let’s instead, focus on the things that kept us hopeful and encourage us to move forward into a #NewYear!
Starting tomorrow, smallholder farmers across our project regions share their response! Stay tuned!
The TeamUp Uganda vlog series is kicking off with the inspiring stories of 4 youth from Mityana District, Uganda! Over the course of two years, Fatuma, Razak, Thaddeus and Jamida will share their stories on their livelihood transformations under the pilot program carried out by three implementing partners: Action 4 Health Uganda, Hanns R. Neumann Stiftung, and Whave Solutions.
TeamUp is a multi-sectoral approach to development cooperation initiated by Bundesministerium für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung (BMZ) and managed as well as co-financed through the three foundations of Deutsche Stiftung Weltbevölkerung - DSW, Hanns R. Neumann Stiftung and Siemens Stiftung.
Our Vision of Change: Smallholder families prosper, and youth are drivers for thriving communities in coffee regions!
Have you read our Theory of Change? Read Now!
www.hrnstiftung.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Theory_Of_Change.pdf
Friday Inspiration from our Managing Director, Michael Opitz! 😀
"One of the most impactful ways to promote sustainable development in farming families is to drive change for women!"
Well said.
¡Estamos orgullosos de apoyar el curso de nuestros aliados en la Mesa de Café de la Región Trifinio: Procesamiento de Cafés Especiales! El curso tiene una duración de 4 meses, completamente gratuito. Damos inicio el 10 de Diciembre. ¡No se lo pueden perder!
Importante: El cupo es limitado. Se le estará dando prioridad a habitantes de la región Trifinio. ¡Los esperamos!
Para más información escribir a: mesacafetrifinio14@gmail.com
Agradecemos el apoyo de: Plan Trifinio Asociación Nacional del Café Guatemala EUROCLIMA+ Instituto Hondureño del Café
Consejo Salvadoreño del Café.
Harvinfarrufino@gmail.com
Naguila023@gmail.com
Telling stories that inspire change.
The TeamUp Uganda vlog series is kicking off with the inspiring stories of 4 young Ugandans! In this Vlog, youth share their honest thoughts, concerns, and reveal how their life has changed since joining TeamUp.
Congratulations to Sawa World and youth reporter Shivan Kyakuhaire on producing this video!
TeamUp is a program in cooperation with Bundesministerium für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung (BMZ) Deutsche Stiftung Weltbevölkerung - DSW Hanns R. Neumann Stiftung, Siemens Stiftung, Whave Solutions Action 4 Health Uganda.
Come, tell me your story: A youth reporter and TeamUp Uganda - Hanns R. Neumann Stiftung
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Come, tell me your story: A youth reporter and TeamUp Uganda by Jesko Johannsen | Dec 1, 2020 | TeamUp, Uganda, Youth | 0 commentsWe all know these typical project videos in international cooperation ...I love this! I've followed TeamUP Uganda and look forward to their updates 🤗 Thanks for sharing!