Below you can get an impression of how the eco-village concept unfolds in practice and meet some of the people who benefit from it. The stories are
Gender equality in Nepal
One of the UN's 17 global goals for sustainable development is the goal for gender equality. All over the world, women are subject to discrimination and inequality. This is also the case in Nepal,
Three months at Teko Kavi
In this post, Lenka Janyskova, a graduate student in Development and International Relations at Aalborg University, talks about her internship with DIB's partner organization Teko Kavi in Bolivia. To sum up my three-month
Supervision visit and advocacy workshop
I midten af september var Camilla og Didde fra Nepalgruppen på besøg ved Children Nepal i Pokhara. Besøget var blot det andet projektbesøg i forbindelse med projektet Enhancing Rural Livelihoods in Nepal som
Completion of second EVD project
The project period for our work on scaling up the eco-village concept in South Asia is leaking towards the end and in this connection Lykke and Jonas from the Secretariat participated in the closing meeting in the cultural capital of Sri Lanka,
First ERL project visit
I starten af april var Camilla fra Nepalgruppen på besøg hos CHILDREN-Nepal (CN) sammen med miljøkonsulent Jesper Saxgren. Det var første besøg i forbindelse med vores nye projekt Enhancing Rural Livelihoods
Two flies with a bang in Nepal
Flight 1: Rounding out the 2.5 year climate project goes fast and especially when you have a project with six partners that is implemented in four countries. So even though I think we
The next step for cooperation
In late February, Lykke and Camilla traveled to Pokhara in Nepal to complete a partnership intervention with Children-Nepal and jointly develop an application for a new project. The first few days were
Bimla Kothari and the sun drier
DIB's Indian partners INSEDA and WAFD have been working on the eco-village concept since 2011 in five villages in India. DIB, INSEDA and WAFD are currently working with partners from Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal
The Anagi cooker: Good for the user and the environment
DIB's eco-village project in South Asia aims to reduce poverty while limiting greenhouse gas emissions. In Sri Lanka, DIB's partner IDEA works with the eco-village concept by promoting the Anagi cooker, among other things. Anagi-cooker
Kidi Devi and biogas plant
Kidi Devi lives in the small mountain village of Maun in northern India. She has been a member of the WAFD since 2011 and in 2013 volunteered for the village organization. Although Kidi Devi
“The project has made a big difference”
Greetings from Signe and Frederik, who are well into their internship at the Disaster Risk Sensitive Shelter Planning project. Here they talk about their work in documenting the project
Christmas greetings from Ubay
With happy Christmas greetings from students at Cagting High School where the students with 'plastic-fantastic' creativity have secured the school this year's Christmas tree. Next to the school, in the Barangay civic center (meeting of the local area and
Internship at ALTERPLAN
In early November, DIB sent two trainees from the Disaster and Risk Management Training to the Philippines. Here, until the end of January, they will be assisting our local partner ALTERPLAN with disaster prevention. Read about
Partner visits and workshops in Nepal
In October, Sonja and Lykke from the Nepal group left for Pokhara in Nepal to get started on our partnership project with basic workshops on sustainable development and sustainable living for the
Launch of AJ3 in Bolivia
DIB's Bolivia Group has again visited our partner Teko Kavi in Bolivia. This time in connection with the start of the third phase of the Aprender Jugando 3 (AJ3) project, which
At climate conference in Bonn
In May, DIB went to the UNFCCC International Climate Conference in Bonn together with our partners from the climate project in South Asia. The purpose of our participation was to leverage the platform to spread
Mette and Karen's internship in Philippines
Time in the Philippines has flown away - but it is so when you are busy with exciting research tasks and at the same time experiencing a lot of new things in a quite
Report from the Bolivia Group
Last November we approved a partnership activity aimed at strengthening the collaboration between DIB and TEKO KAVI, as well as identifying possible future activities and projects in
New project launched in India
Just over three months after we received the final approval of the global project “Evidence based advocacy for low-carbon, pro-poor sustainable“ Eco-Village Development ”(EVD) in South Asia” Christian and Lykke added