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One Earth Future's Secure Fisheries, organized a skill-based training session in the Injooni fishing village in Kismayo, Jubbaland Somalia. The training focused on various aspects of fishing equipment, particularly net making, maintenance, and repair. Five members from neighboring fishing communities participated in the session alongside local fishermen.

March 28,2024

Addressing Migration And Value Chains In The Arauca Region

Since 2021, this project generates opportunities for socio-economic inclusion and employment for the vulnerable local population and Venezuelan migrants.

March 27,2024

One Earth Future's Shuraako Program Joins The Invest Somalia Conference and Expo 2024 in Mogadishu

Mogadishu, April 24, 2024 - The Invest Somalia Conference and Expo has a clear message: the time to invest in Somalia are now. Somalia has demonstrated its readiness to embrace investment, setting the stage for fruitful partnerships and initiatives. Organizers and attendees are focused on paving the way for a more interconnected future for the region.

April 24,2024

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May 12, 2020

Sowers of peace: the rural women who left the coca crops

May 12, 2020

Women Seeding Peace: The Peasant Women Who Left Coca Crops

The national newspaper El Tiempo published an article on "Women Seeding Peace," a video series that brings together the stories of peasant women who voluntarily substituted crops for illicit use.

May 11, 2020

From Suppliers to Scapegoats: Yemeni Fishers In Somali Waters At The Height Of Piracy

Fisheries conflict in Somali waters has impacted people from dozens of countries, but no foreigner has been as involved and affected as the Yemeni fisher. From 2006 to 2010, the spiraling consequences of overfished and unmanaged Somali fisheries resources spread into Yemen’s waters, putting its dome...

May 08, 2020

New ERA of Cali supports the COVID-19 emergency in the city

The Alternative Rural School of Cali is established. A bet for the reincorporation in an urban key and under the business association for services.

May 08, 2020

Reincorporating Ex-combatants and Stopping the Spread of COVID-19 in Colombia

One Earth Future’s PASO Colombia program is helping cooperatives of ex-combatants to support reintegration and to face the emergency generated by COVID-19.

Corona Virus help in Cali Colombia - Masks

May 07, 2020

Secure Fisheries, Shuraako, and Future of Fish Partner to Unlock Value in Somali Fisheries

This partnership leverages these three programs’ expertise in fisheries science and community engagement, creative financial models, capacity-building, and systems approaches to solve complex challenges facing small-scale fisheries and coastal communities in the Somali region

May 05, 2020

Artificial Intelligence Could Aid in Unlocking Access to Capital for Somali Businesses

New research by One Earth Future identifies the potential for artificial intelligence to improve lending practices in fragile and conflict-affected states.

May 01, 2020

AADCO Paper Factory: Entrepreneurial Innovation in the Somali Business Sector

Employing over 50 staff members, one third of which are female, AADCO manufactures a range of paper products, but in an innovative push into environment-friendly entrepreneurship, the company also recently started the first recycling initiative of its kind in Somaliland.

Somali company manufactures egg cartons from waste paper

April 24, 2020

Pandemic could fuel demand for 'diaspora bonds', says World Bank

In a recent article in Reuters, OEF Senior Researcher, Jay Benson spoke about the potential for increased demand for diaspora bonds, listing potential issuers with large diasporan populations as Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Liberia and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

April 20, 2020

New Video Series Presents Stories of Women Seeding Peace in Colombia

In a new eight week video series, “Women Seeding Peace: Life After Coca Crops,” One Earth Future Foundation’s PASO Colombia program presents the compelling stories of women who have courageously transformed their own lives and livelihoods to help put their communities on a path toward a more peacefu...

Women stop growing coca crops in Colombia

April 16, 2020

New Research Examines Opportunities for Improving Maritime Security in West Africa

A new report by One Earth Future Foundation’s Stable Seas program explores the connections between crime and insecurity in the maritime domain and instability onshore in the Gulf of Guinea, one of the world’s more complex maritime security environments.

stable seas examines maritime insecurity and violence in the gulf of guinea

April 13, 2020

What Do Americans Think About a US Feminist Foreign Policy Agenda?

In a recent poll by One Earth Future Foundation’s Women, Peace and Security initiative, less than 50% of respondents thought women are sufficiently represented in the U.S. government among foreign policy and national security decision makers.

59% of respondents did not think that the people making U.S. foreign policy decisions shared their beliefs and interests

April 06, 2020

Supporting Sustainable Substitution of Coca Crops

With a strategy that combines local knowledge and skills, with productive innovations and access to markets, 1,967 people who substituted coca crops have become engines of peace and sustainable development in their territories.

April 01, 2020

Plan for the Replacement of Illegal Crops Provides Sustainable Future for Colombian Farmers

PASO Colombia and the UN support 1,967 farmers in the substitution of illegal crops, providing legal crop alternatives and access to markets.

April 01, 2020

Indian Ocean By-Catch Claims Millions Of Dolphins

Ecotourism could also play a part. “Responsible dolphin watching expeditions can provide alternative livelihoods for local communities and promote conservation,” says Nelly Isigi Kadagi, a joint postdoctoral fellow at the University of Denver in Colorado, and the US nonprofit One Earth Future.

March 31, 2020

New Policy Brief Provides Recommendations for Improved Maritime Security in the Sulu and Celebes Seas

One Earth Future’s Stable Seas program, in partnership with Asia Pacific Pathways to Progress Foundation, has released a new brief providing policy recommendations for the Philippine fisheries, blue economy, and maritime law enforcement sectors.

a pathway to philippine maritime security policy change

March 30, 2020

Sharing Lessons Learned About Peacebuilding In Colombia

The University of Notre Dame and PASO Colombia work together for the reintegration of ex-combatants and the substitution of crops for illicit use.

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