Photo Gallery – VOSIEDA | Volunteers for Sustainable Development in Africa

Our Work in Photographs

Photographs play an important role in everyone’s life. They connect us to our past and remind us of people, places, feelings, and stories. A picture is like having a deep conversation with the right person. It is worth a thousand words. Take time to get insight into how VOSIEDA is working by exploring this image gallery.

All Climate & Environment Food Security & Livelihoods Women & Gender Governance & Development Media & CSOs

Assessing the impacts of climate change on species and ecosystems in Western Liberia

Working with forest communities in Liberia to advance their rights and protect primary forests from illegal resources extraction.

Working to protect biodiversity and restore ecosystems and the goods and services they provide.

Working to promote gender equality and women’s empowerment in natural resources management and sustainable development in Liberia and the subregion.

Working to ensure that coastal, marine, and mangrove ecosystems are protected, restored, and maintained and that their use is sustainable and equitable.

We work to protect and restore freshwater ecosystems in Liberia and subregion to sustain their services for generations to come.

We work to combat illegal logging and protect tropical forests for social, economic, and environmental advantages in Liberia and the Subregion.

Implementing nature-based solutions to mitigate climate change impacts on poorer communities in Liberia

VOSIEDA works to make agriculture and fisheries more productive and more sustainable in Liberia and the Mano River Basin region.

Improving rice production and genetic improvement in Liberia

Improving Coffee biodiversity in the Mano River Basin

VOSIEDA works to improving the soil, empower small scale farmers to manage pests, and access to diverse agricultural technologies as key to ensuring improved harvest.

Working with smallholder farmers to empower women and their communities

Working to boost the resilience of agricultural livelihoods as key to achieving Zero Hunger

Promoting youth-sensitive development, incorporating the needs and aspirations of young people into our projects, and supporting innovative initiatives.

Helping farmers to become more resilient to the impact of climate change.

Working to change behavior and attitudes within communities and society on Sexual Gender-Based Violence and Harmful Practices and Sexual Reproductive Health Rights.

Enhancing Women’s Economic Empowerment in Liberia

Working to support women in their fight to have equal opportunities to secure livelihoods and have an equal chance to work their way out of poverty.

Enchaining women political empowerment in Liberia

Working with women small-scale farmers in Liberia and the Mano River Basin region to rehabilitate and irrigate their small farms to enable them to acquire more food and walk their way out of poverty.

Supporting women-headed households to start or expand income-generating activities through training and cash grants, from livestock supports.

Strengthening the capacity of CSOs to network, build advocacy platforms, and ensure participatory monitoring for enhanced accountability of Violence Against Women and Girls.

Working to address barriers to political participation and freedoms for women, persons with disabilities, displaced persons, etc.

Enhancing civic participation in Liberia

Working to empower citizens to participate actively in politics and to hold their governments accountable.

Working to advance civil and political rights, including the freedoms of expression, association, peaceful assembly, and access to information

Promoting politically engaged and informed citizenries, active civil society, and independent and open media.

Working to protect, mitigated, and respond to violations against human rights, human rights violations affecting the most vulnerable.

Governance & Social Development

Working to provide civil society and community-based organizations to advance their development outcomes, through capacity development.

Working with communities and civil society to promote participatory, transparent, and accountable management of natural resources to ensure equitable distribution of wealth

Working to strengthen grassroot institutions, women-led civil society while enhancing skills, and generating and sharing knowledge at the community and national levels

Working with partners to build the capacity of farmers organization and small agribusinesses to manage affairs successfully, to achieve their goals, and to satisfy the rights or expectations of member, and stakeholders

Strengthening independent media and freedom of information

Running media campaigns to educate the community and to generate public demand

Working with women-led entrepreneurs and promote their linkages to high-value markets in Liberia and sub region.

Our Mission

Our mission is to promote prosperity, reduce extreme poverty, enhance stability in Liberia and Mano River Union Basin region of West Africa.

Our Vision

We imagine healthy, and prosperous communities where there is no extreme poverty, where people are committed to caring for nature, where justice, dignity and respect prevail.

Our Approach

Our approach is a grassroots and community-led model, using volunteerism as a vehicle. We mobilize volunteers to enable more people to get directly involved in their community development efforts.

Our Programs

We empower communities to defeat extreme poverty, its root causes and consequences in Liberia and West Africa’s Mano River Union Basin region

Climate & Environmental Sustainability

We empower communities to protect nature that everyone depends on for livelihoods, fresh water and clean air.

Food Security & Livelihoods Enhancement

We empower smallholder farmers to transform agriculture from lonely struggles for survival to business enterprises capable of increasing incomes and improving food security.

Women Empowerment & Gender Equality

We empower women and girls in order to defeat poverty and achieve equality. We believe we cannot overcome poverty until everyone has equal rights and opportunities.

Governance & Social Development

We work for participatory, representative and inclusive political processes and institutions; greater accountability of institutions and leaders to citizens and to the law; and recognition of universally recognized human rights.

Media & Civic Society Strengthening

We deliver technical and advisory services to indigenous communities, media, civil society, private sector and governments to enhance their development results.

Campaigns & Advocacy

VOSIEDA runs media campaigns to educate the community and to generate public demand. Our campaigns place development issues high on public agenda and effectively enable them to reach the influential group of policymakers.

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VOSIEDA’s Headquarters & Sustainable Development Center
Amazing Plaza, 96 Bamboo Beach, ELWA, Paynesville
P.O.BOX 10 – 2559
Monrovia, Liberia

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