• ActionAid
• Focus areas of our work
  • Building local democracy
  • Fighting corruption
  • Conflict management
  • Land rights
  • Trade justice
  • Gender equality
  • Youth for development
• How we work
  • Civil society and partnerships
  • Capacity Development by PEOPLE
• Countries we work in
  • Central America
  • Kenya
  • Middle East
  • Mozambique
  • Nepal
  • Tanzania
  • Uganda
  • Zambia
  • Zimbabwe
• Examples and results
  • Partner stories
  • Personal stories
• The organisation
  • Vision and mission
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::	"I am a citizen and an equal"
	05 March 2012
	“As I got more involved in my academic studies it made me realise that I am a citizen who is equal to any official.”

::	"I am making a bigger contribution to my community"
	05 March 2012
	“The theme of citizenship should be separate from party politics and be more critical of the social and political envirnoment.”

::	"I learned that I am a person equal to them"
	05 March 2012
	“I didn’t realise that as a citizen I have the right and the duty to inform myself and also to find out what is happening in our municipality.”

::	"I was given the chance to try and find my daughter"
	05 March 2012
	“She knows that her mother went to look for her, that I turned the world upside down to find out where she is and I hope to continue doing so until the day I die.”

::	"I’ll never go back there"
	05 March 2012
	“I didn’t go back because my mother said “here we’ll get by one way or another”. So I started a business which is what I live off now."

::	"It will have a big impact on the community"
	05 March 2012
	“I didn’t know what a business plan was before but thanks to the training we have received I now know what a business plan is for.”

::	"It’s no longer the same to be enslaved at home"
	05 March 2012
	“As a result of the training I now see things differently. I don’t want to be the same as before, I want to get out of this situation of underdevelopment in which we live.”

::	"It’s not worth making that journey for something so uncertain"
	05 March 2012
	“It’s like a raffle, you don’t know if you’ll win or lose. There’s something there but you don’t know if it’s real or just a dream.”

::	"It’s something very important to me"
	05 March 2012
	“We all came to an agreement, without undermining anybody. We took into account everyone’s opinions and suggestions, and agreed that we would work together on the coffee.”

::	"We have made the change ourselves"
	05 March 2012
	“We have put in the effort and put into pratice what we have seen to be successful ways of producing on other plots of land or in other places.”

::	“As a family we have caused change to come about”
	31 March 2011
	Testimonies from women and men. In their own words, they expose what we all aim to achieve: significant changes in the lives of rights holders.

::	“Citizen participation is more than just voting for somebody”
	31 March 2011
	Testimonies from women and men. In their own words, they expose what we all aim to achieve: significant changes in the lives of rights holders.

::	“I can decide what I want for myself”
	31 March 2011
	Testimonies from women and men. In their own words, they expose what we all aim to achieve: significant changes in the lives of rights holders.

::	“I developed my capacities - now I am capable”
	31 March 2011
	Testimonies from women and men. In their own words, they expose what we all aim to achieve: significant changes in the lives of rights holders.

::	“I had to change first”
	31 March 2011
	Testimonies from women and men. In their own words, they expose what we all aim to achieve: significant changes in the lives of rights holders.

::	“I’m happy with my life”
	31 March 2011
	Testimonies from women and men. In their own words, they expose what we all aim to achieve: significant changes in the lives of rights holders.

::	“We want to produce more”
	31 March 2011
	Testimonies from women and men. In their own words, they expose what we all aim to achieve: significant changes in the lives of rights holders.

::	“What am I going to do with this money?”
	31 March 2011
	Testimonies from women and men. In their own words, they expose what we all aim to achieve: significant changes in the lives of rights holders.

::	“Women need to be there, making demands”
	31 March 2011
	Testimonies from women and men. In their own words, they expose what we all aim to achieve: significant changes in the lives of rights holders.

::	Network makes civil society stronger
	01 November 2010
	Civil society organisations in three counties of Southern Sudan have come together in a network focused on civic education. Together, they will co-ordinate to improve the relationship between local authorities and civil society and to avoid duplicating activities.

::	Local newsletter sets the agenda in state parliament
	25 October 2010
	When members of the parliament in Central Equatoria State, Southern Sudan, wants to know what is happening in their constituencies, they either have to spend hours on bumpy dirt roads – or they pick up the latest issue of the Maruba Newsletter.

::	“The local authorities listen to us”
	18 October 2010
	In Mugwo Payam, Southern Sudan, the local government consults a civil society organisation before they introduce new policies or make development plans.

::	Democracy day celebrated in Southern Sudan
	21 September 2010
	MS partners in Yei, Morobo and Nimule in Southern Sudan celebrated the International Day of Democracy with dialogues between the people and their elected representatives.

::	New democracy board game ready for use
	10 September 2010
	CEFORD and Yei Community Resource Centre have developed a new board game teaching the participants about democratic values and citizen's rights in Southern Sudan.

::	CERC improves on community involvement
	10 September 2010
	Community Education Resource Centre in Nimule has established a closer link and dialogue with the community.

::	Women and youth included in decision making
	10 September 2010
	A women's association and a youth group have successfully put women and youth on the agenda in Terekeka County,

::	Close encounter with the superiority
	09 July 2010
	After courses carried out by one of MS Mozambique´s partners, poor villagers got knowledge and courage to confront white South Africans with the trouble their constructions of lodges on a beach in Southern Mozambique had caused to the local community.

::	Maruba gives access to information in Greater Yei
	21 May 2010
	The civil society organisations CEAP now serves three counties with relevant information through its Maruba Newsletter.

::	Millennium Development Goal a far reach in Luapula
	20 May 2010
	Early marriages continue to be a barrier against development in Luapula Province in Zambia, as girls from as low as grade 5 and grade 6 are married of by their families.

::	SACCORD continues fighting deregistration
	20 May 2010
	Though SACCORD has temporarily regained its NGO-status after a six-year battle with the Ministry of Home Affairs, the future of the Zambian organisation is now in the hands of the Supreme Court.

::	Democracy Bus went beyond expectations
	15 March 2010
	In five weeks, the Democracy Bus supported by MS reached more than 7500 Sudanese with information about democracy and the elections expected to take part in Sudan in April 2010.

::	Democracy bus on tour in Southern Sudan
	11 February 2010
	A Democracy Bus is bringing civic educators, musicians and actors to villages in three counties in Southern Sudan with information about democracy and elections.

::	Grace FM: Calls for debate
	11 February 2010
	Call-in programs on the radio create debate and raise awareness in Kajo-Keji County, Southern Sudan.

::	MCDF: Giving a voice to the community
	11 February 2010
	In four bomas in Mugwo Payam, Southern Sudan, the community members have agreed on their development needs and will now bring their prioritised list to their local administrations.

::	GFDA: Creating a forum for debate and action
	11 February 2010
	The community of Otogo Payam in Southern Sudan no longer wants to wait for the government to fix their roads. They are now organising their own road work.

::	Turning Coffee Farmers into Entrepreneurs
	10 February 2010
	Development of organised smallholder coffee enterprises and the introduction of sustainable agricultural practices are improving the livelihoods of 1700 farmers in Southern Tanzania. A farmer-to-farmer extension system, market linkages and access to credit are key elements of the initiative.

::	Selling Milk Empowers Maasai Women
	10 February 2010
	Bagamoyo District Council and MS Tanzania are partnering with pastoralist organisation NARAMATISHO to improve the livelihood of livestock keepers. Establishment of milk collection centres has led to better incomes which go directly to the Maasai women, empowering them in their daily lives.

::	Sport as a Developement Tool
	24 January 2010
	In the beginning of the new year 25 Jordanian school teachers from the town of Zarqa chose to use a week of their vacation on learning how to use sport as a tool in developing social skills. The target group is the youth of Zarqa who will through their teachers learn about conflict resolution, team building and self-confidence.

::	Farmers embrace conservation farming
	04 November 2009
	With global climate changes causing unpredictable rainfalls, and with traditional farming methods lowering the quality of the soils, Zambian farmers are looking for alternative methods to be able to survive.

::	Civil Society Day in Lusaka
	04 November 2009
	On October 16th, the annual Civil Society Day march took place in Lusaka, Zambia. See pictures from the event here.

::	The waiting game is over
	03 November 2009
	In 2005 construction began on a rural health centre in Zambia. 4 years later it still wasn't finished. But then the villagers had an idea.

::	When workshops change lives
	03 November 2009
	Sometimes it takes a dramatic event to make serious changes in your life and priorities. Sometimes it just takes a workshop in Zambia.

::	Lukulu Floods with Vegetable Supply
	03 November 2009
	Lukulu district in Zambia's Western Province has previously received most vegetable supplies from Mumbwa and Lusaka. This year, however, the story is different.

::	Coalition created to strengthen voter education
	24 October 2009
	In Kajo Keji in Southern Sudan, the MS Sudan supported Kajo Keji Resource Centre has taking the initiative in creating a voter education coalition.

::	Terekeka’s women now have a voice
	15 October 2009
	Thanks to a women association supported by MS Sudan, the women in a remote area in Southern Sudan are taking control of their own lives.

::	Traditions are hard to beat
	03 September 2009
	Many parts of Zambian life are influenced by tradition. In some cases, however, Zambian traditions are in direct violation of women and children’s rights.

::	Students got undemocratic headmaster fired
	03 September 2009
	After a school debate on democratic leadership, the students at St. Joseph’s Secondary School in Yei, Southern Sudan, went to the county office and complained about their headmaster. As a result, the headmaster was fired.

::	How to gain local influence
	01 September 2009
	In order to gain influence on development in your local area, you need to be where the decisions are made. And that is exactly where MS Zambia Partner Luapula CSPR is now.

::	Resource centres makes room for democracy
	17 July 2009
	MS Sudan supports resource centres because access to information is crucial in strengthening local democracy in Southern Sudan.

::	The Zambian NGO Bill: What’s happening?
	30 June 2009
	The Zambian Government intends to revive the much criticized NGO Bill during the next sitting of parliament on July 14th.

::	Lobby efforts bear fruit
	30 June 2009
	Traditional leaders in Chipata in Zambia are now giving women land

::	Communities fear displacement
	30 June 2009
	Great uncertainty prevails among the rural villagers in Kawambwa district in Zambia. Government and traditional leaders have earmarked their land to establish a farm block.

::	CORDS - first to sign new partnership agreement
	11 June 2009
	The first partner in MS Tanzania/Action Aid Denmark’s new partner portfolio, which was in the process of being revised, is CORDS. On Friday May 15 the Director of CORDS, Lillian Looloitai, signed the partnership agreement between CORDS and MS Tanzania/Action Aid Denmark.

::	Video: The Baobab People in Tanzania
	28 May 2009
	Emmanuel Kisota is Akiye by tribe. They used to live in baobab trees and from what nature could provide them. Now, their livelihood is threatened by land grabbers.

::	Resource Centre introduces election exercise
	21 May 2009
	Yei Community Resource Centre has had a busy beginning of 2009 so far and as a new activity, the centre offers election exercises.

::	Video: Papiya - Maasai and single mother
	12 May 2009
	Papiya had no support when her husband left her. Traditionally, women are not allowed to own land in that area in Tanzania. But Papiya went to the village council and was assigned a plot.

::	We have to do it, because no one else does
	30 April 2009
	Morogoro Paralegal Centre (MPLC) uses a network of volunteers and paralegal district offices to empower women and children living in rural areas of Morogoro region. The centre provides the information and support needed by poor women and children to realise their rights in the areas of property inheritance, domestic violence and sexual abuse.

::	Walking the line of democracy
	29 April 2009
	From January to April 2009 Janne Jørgensen visited Tanzania to research for her finals in Educational Anthropology. The frame was 'Conceptions of Democracy within the organisational structure of MS Tanzania' and as an appendix to she went to Njombe Agricultural Development Organisation (NADO) - one of MS Tanzania's partners.

::	Farming is not only for men
	03 April 2009
	Female farmers of the Lukafi Farmer's group have doubled their yields by discarding traditional farming methods. But it is not only farming traditions, which have changed.

::	Decentralisation means power to the people
	03 April 2009
	When local development is decided by a central government, not much good comes of it. In Samfya in Zambia, citizens are fighting for their right to be heard.

::	More land for women in Chipata
	03 April 2009
	In Zambia, Chipata District Farmer’s Association has come up with a new and innovative way of ensuring equal access to land for women.

::	Women win the day in Luangwa
	03 April 2009
	Women do not usually decide much in Zambia. But things are changing in Luangwa, where a concerted effort to include women is paying off.

::	You have to know what you’re going to ask for
	17 March 2009
	Testimonies from women and men who through their own words express what we as an organization of cooperation aim at: changes in poor people’s life.

::	I felt less worthy than them
	17 March 2009
	Testimonies from women and men who through their own words express what we as an organization of cooperation aim at: changes in poor people’s life.

::	One swallow does not make a summer
	17 March 2009
	Testimonies from women and men who through their own words express what we as an organization of cooperation aim at: changes in poor people’s life.

::	Little tiny projects don’t help us at all
	17 March 2009
	Testimonies from women and men who through their own words express what we as an organization of cooperation aim at: changes in poor people’s life.

::	Women now have confidence
	17 March 2009
	Testimonies from women and men who through their own words express what we as an organization of cooperation aim at: changes in poor people’s life.

::	This all seems like a dream come true
	17 March 2009
	Testimonies from women and men who through their own words express what we as an organization of cooperation aim at: changes in poor people’s life.

::	We’re turning the tortilla over
	17 March 2009
	Testimonies from women and men who through their own words express what we as an organization of cooperation aim at: changes in poor people’s life.

::	We now know where to sell
	17 March 2009
	Testimonies from women and men who through their own words express what we as an organization of cooperation aim at: changes in poor people’s life.

::	We must remain organized
	17 March 2009
	Testimonies from women and men who through their own words express what we as an organization of cooperation aim at: changes in poor people’s life.

::	Land titles are hard to come by
	19 February 2009
	It generally takes 2-4 years to acquire a titled land plot in Petauke, Zambia. But the worst problem is the misinformation and mismanagement of legal procedures.

::	Abused woman re-unites with children
	19 February 2009
	MS Zambia Partner, Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA), has helped a woman reunite with her children in their shelter for battered women.

::	ACTADE - November 2008 Trade Conference
	09 December 2008
	As the regionalism trend take shape within East African, civil society working on trade issues need to recognise that their efforts at country levels would need to have another dimension of influencing...

::	The struggle for land
	21 October 2008
	If you are living on the Chief's land, you might get evicted, but living on the state's land costs money. To the poorest people in Zambia, land access can be a question of life and death.

::	Morogoro Paralegal continues its way forward
	25 August 2008
	Morogoro Paralegal Center (MPLC) has managed to get major funding (a strategic grant) from the Foundation for Civil Society focusing on women’s access to land in Mvomero

::	Spend the money in a week – or send it back!
	25 August 2008
	MS-Tanzania shares experiences with partners and their collaborators in the districts: Farmers are sidelined by complicated planning procedures, guidelines in English and serious delay of money for activities

::	Fertilizer support is not enough
	24 August 2008
	Support to fertilizers in Zambia is increasing, but rising food prices and environmental and climate changes might negate the efforts to impact the living conditions of the poor.

::	The risky cotton business
	24 August 2008
	Has it been worth it, or should I have used my energy on another crop? This is a question many Zambian cotton farmers are asking themselves.

::	Democracy starts at home
	15 August 2008
	Roger Chongo has begun giving his children pocket money. He also includes them in the planning for the farming of his land. This is because he has learned that democracy starts at home.

::	Landing a school
	15 August 2008
	With 80 pupils to a classroom, Chongwe in Zambia needed a new primary school. But there was no land availabe to build it, before the new Lands Committee looked into the matter.

::	Post-conflict Education for Peace
	01 August 2008
	A small village school in a communal conflict-hit neighbourhood in southern Nepal tries out an internationally acclaimed life-skills education programme.

::	Civil society ready for fight
	18 July 2008
	Together we stand, divided we fall! This is the thinking behind the new NGO Insaka, launched by the Zambian NGO ZCSD this month.

::	Turning honey into money
	18 July 2008
	Honey badgers, ants and bee stings are some of the dangers faced by beekeepers in Itezhi- tezhi district of Zambia’s Southern province. But this is still better than meeting snakes and lions in the wild and having to cut down a lot of trees to get to the honeycombs

::	Dreaming of Radio
	18 July 2008
	The wishes for what the new radio in Itezhi-tezhi in Zambia will do, once it starts broadcasting, are many. But now the building is about to be finished.

::	Tackling land disputes
	17 July 2008
	Land disputes are common in Zambia, sometimes even leading to threats of bloodshed among local chiefs, when they don't agree on the boundaries.

::	Helping decentralization along
	17 July 2008
	Kuyovwana means 'helping one another'. And that is exactly what the members of the Saccord Kuyovwana group intend to promote among all the different stakeholders working with decentralization in Itezhi-tezhi district in Zambia.

::	Female farmers unite
	17 July 2008
	Women in the Kanyanja area of Chipata district in Zambia have realized the great potential when women unite to present their issues and concerns in a unified voice.

::	A tree turns into an office
	19 June 2008
	Kafue District Council in Zambia is in the process of supplying their Area Development Committees (ADCs) with office facilities. The offices have brought great benefits in terms of making the ADCs more visible to the communities, but the new visibility also carries a new load of responsibility with it.

::	When sensitization works
	17 June 2008
	Mansa District Land Alliance (MDLA) in Zambia has held several awareness workshops about land rights for its member organizations and results are now beginning to show.

::	Matching workloads with awareness raising
	10 June 2008
	If you want to raise awareness among women you also have to give them time to participate. Most women in rural Tanzania have heavy workloads. But time planning and new working methods can ease the burdens.

::	Land rights take patience
	10 June 2008
	CORDS, a partner organisation with MS Tanzania, works to 'translate' Tanzania's legislation on land rights into practice among the Masaai people.

::	Youth Parliament in Tanga
	27 May 2008
	MS Tanzania is supporting Tanga Youth Development Association (TAYODEA) in their efforts to involve youth in local democracy.

::	Anti Corruption Coalition Uganda - website
	05 May 2008
	Anti Corruption Coalitation Uganda is concerned with the rampant corruption in Uganda

::	Time for change in Nicaragua
	12 February 2008
	In a community in Nicaragua, the mayor wanted to build a community house. But the citizens preferred clean water - and made the mayor change his plans.

::	Here nobody is worth more than anyone else
	11 February 2008
	Testimony of Zenaida Cosagua, Guatemala, about the most significant change in her life in 2007: More room and respect at home.

::	The majority of young women are in the same situation
	11 February 2008
	Testimony of Jamileth Cruz, Nicaragua, about the most significant change in her life in 2007: The elaboration of a youth agenda.

::	Community based organizations are important actors
	11 February 2008
	Testimony of Rene Melgar, Honduras, about the most significant change in his life in 2007: The participation of the community based organizations.

::	They considered us important
	23 January 2008
	Testimony of Edixia Herrera, Nicaragua, about the most significant change in her life in 2007: The realization of a community project elaborated by herself.

::	Knowledge, action and change
	14 December 2007
	Hakikazi Catalyst in Arusha, Tanzania, has over the past few years been a strong actor in building local democracy. In some villages the results of these efforts are already visible: More villagers feel comfortable to speak during meetings and even women speak up and bring forward concerns or new ideas.