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Spring Training Highlights

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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October 26, 2019

Somalia Launches the Fisheries Data Collection Working Group

The Fisheries Data Collection Working Group was started to begin nation-wide fisheries catch data in Somalia.

October 24, 2019

Using Technology to Improve Coffee Production in the ERA of Tuluá

In the Rural Alternative School (ERA) of Tuluá, Valle del Cauca, an association of farmers who were victims of the armed conflict (ASOPROVENUS) and a cooperative of ex-combatants (COOLMUNES) have been collaborating on agricultural projects since July 2018.

October 24, 2019

New approach to reincorporation in the Rural Alternative School (ERA) of El Tarra

This is a key region for peacebuilding efforts, strongly affected by the armed conflict before and after the 2016 Peace Agreement, with a long presence of crops for illicit use, a strategic location on the Colombian-Venezuelan border, and very rich in natural resources.

October 13, 2019

Secure Fisheries Program Welcomes Somali Government Delegates to Colorado

Secure Fisheries program had the honor of hosting the Chief of Staff to the President of Somalia, Mr. Ali Omar, and the Deputy Chief of Staff, Mr. Saadiq Haji Ibrahim, at the One Earth Future Foundation offices in Colorado.

October 08, 2019

From Miranda To Cali: Improving Nutrition And Food Security With Beans

As part of a strategy to find new markets for the food produced in the Alternative Rural Schools (ERA), members of the ERA in Miranda began to participate

October 08, 2019

Climate Change, Fisheries, and Conflict in Africa

Dr. Sarah Glaser spoke on a panel entitled, "An Ocean of Change: How Climate Change is Upending our View of Maritime Sustainability, Sovereignty, and Security”.

October 07, 2019

Sales and Marketing Workshop for ERA Participants

October 07, 2019

Learning to Make Fishing Nets in Somali Coastal Communities

Based on requests from Somali fishing community members, Secure Fisheries coordinated an eight-day net making training.

September 28, 2019

Oceanographic Mapping Exercises Inform Fisheries Co-management

Secure Fisheries facilitated interactive oceanographic mapping exercises in Somali fishing communities.

September 03, 2019

Fisheries Catch Data Collection Working Group meeting

Secure Fisheries participated in a Fisheries Data Collection Working Group meeting hosted by the Federal Government of Somalia in Mogadishu.

August 16, 2019

ERAs Test New Construction Technologies

August 16, 2019

New ERA Will Support Artisanal Fishing on the Pacific Coast

A new Alternative Rural School (ERA) begins activities in the Mayorquín River basin, El Cacao village, in the municipality of Buenaventura. This region of the Colombian Pacific Coast, strongly affected by the armed conflict, provides most of the fish consumed in the country.

August 01, 2019

New Report Tracks Links Between Development, Violence, and Local Economies

A new report on local economies and conflict examines the relationship between violence and economic activity in Somalia.

August 01, 2019

New Report Shows Access to Capital is Key to Business Growth in Somalia

A new report shows that increased access to capital plays the largest role in increasing business revenues in fragile countries like Somalia.

July 19, 2019

New Rural Alternative School in Anorí, Antioquia

The new Alternative Rural School in Anorí, Antioquia, will support the productive beekeeping project developed by 28 members of the cooperative of ex-combatants COOMULDESNA and 2 farmers from the nearby community.

June 18, 2019

ERAs Produce Their Own Fish Feed

June 18, 2019

Beginning of Activities in the Alternative Rural School of Puerto Guzmán, Putumayo.

The ERA will offer training and tools for the preparation of fish feed with local raw materials, will support the construction of a biofactory and will provide training to produce organic fertilizers, and will accompany the recovery of cocoa and citrus crops that are already in the zone.

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