Emergency Relief for Conflict-Affected Ukrainians

Partnership Milestones 🎓💼

Last Tuesday, our staff and interns were able to gather at the Farewell Cocktail Organized by @bostonugeneva .

Here we were able to celebrate the culmination of our first collaboration with the university, where we hosted two interns, Isabella Turco and Amanda Rios. They spent two and a half months contributing to the work of our organization as Project Manager Interns.

Throughout the event we were able to meet and converse with staff from other participating organizations in the program, such as members of the Mission of Samoa, as well as interact with other interns and Boston University staff.

We are incredibly grateful for this new partnership with Boston University, the invitation to this event, and for the work of our interns.

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Transforming Discrimination into Global Change 🌍🇺🇳

Mercy Hands Europe, represented by our Project Manager Intern, Amanda Rios, had the opportunity to attend an event hosted by the Permanent Forum of People of African Descent at the United Nations in Geneva, organized by @phenomenalwomenglobal, @apnswitzerland, and @faang_community.

The event, "Representation Matters: Afro-Swiss Communities Advancing the Durban Declaration," generated discussions led by influential speakers and local actors, such as:
-H.E. Amb. Prof. Muhammadou M.O. Kah, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Gambia to the Swiss Confederation and United Nations Office, Geneva;
-Amb. Martin Kimani, former Permanent Representative of Kenya to the United Nations in New York;
-Liza Sekaggya, human rights officer to the OHCHR and President of Phenomenal Women`s Global;
- Ahmed Jama, President of the Geneva Municipal Council
-Laurent Jimaja, Mayor of Grand Sacconex;
-Maître Ndaté Dieng, lawyer and advocate;
-Candace Nkoth Bisseck, President of APNS.

Throughout the panel, conversations concerning turning national concerns into international commitments in the fight against racism and intolerance were held. These discussions provided insight into how local actors in Geneva and beyond are seeking a globalized approach to mobilize and strengthen the voices of African-descendant people.

Additionally, speakers like Maître Ndaté Dieng emphasized the need to have Afro-descendant women in roles of responsibility and leadership to correct inequalities within the national and international system.

Speaker Liza Sekaggya highlighted a point on the need to bridge the gap between Geneva and grassroots organizations, where United Nations engagement should not occur solely within the international space, but come back to the local communities.

Panels like these provide opportunities to engage and participate in discussions that impact our local communities right here in Geneva🇨🇭

We are incredibly grateful to have been able to join in listening to this discussion, and want to thank the organizations involved for planning such a meaningful event.

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Exciting progress in our Bringing Solar Energy to Al-Bab project! ☀️

🤝 We`ve successfully finalized negotiations with a local manufacturer for our two new solar-powered agricultural units

⚙️ Production starts immediately, with manufacturing wrapping up in about two weeks

🌳 These units will undergo field testing before deployment, ready for summer cultivation for our olive farmers

We are grateful to our partner @iaco_sy and to the generous support of the NextEnergy Foundation 🙏

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