In March 2024, Commonwealth Alumnus Akusa Patrice Mawa delivered an activity to create awareness on preserving and promoting indigenous knowledge on traditional medicine in Entebbe, Uganda.
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Exploring the socio-economic impact of climate change in Small Island Developing States
On 29 March 2024, UKCAC-Mauritius chapter delivered a one-day conference to foster an open exchange of ideas, knowledge, and experiences around the socio-economic impacts of climate change on SIDS in the Indian Ocean.
Alumni Community Engagement Fund – Applications now open!
ACEF is an annual fund which seeks to support Commonwealth Alumni in raising awareness of key development issues at the community level through the organisation of an engagement activity.
Latest insights from the CSC’s Alumni Advisory Panel
In March, members of the Alumni Advisory Panel 2023-2025 were invited to consult on the CSC’s pre-arrival and on-boarding communications and processes for new scholars. Supporting scholars through the pre-arrival period Following scholarship selections, the CSC...
Promoting Gender and Sexuality – applications for the Alumni Community Engagement Fund are now open!
ACEF is an annual fund which seeks to support Commonwealth Alumni in raising awareness of key development issues at the community level through the organisation of an engagement activity.
Building farmers’ resilience to drought through natural farming in India
In November 2023, Commonwealth Alumnus Meesha Tandon delivered a workshop and training programme for farmers to promote natural farming using indigenous methods and raise awareness on climate resilient agriculture practices in Bundlekhand.
Revitalising indigenous knowledge for effective post-harvest management in Uganda
In October 2023, Commonwealth Alumnus Fredrick Omara delivered a sensitisation workshop and radio awareness talk show to promote IKP to reduce post-harvest losses (PHL) in Uganda.
Promoting indigenous knowledge for sustainable mangrove restoration in Ghana’s Volta River Estuary
From October 2023 to March 2024, Commonwealth Alumnus Sylvanus S. P. Doe delivered a series of awareness activities to promote ways in which mangroves can be sustainably reforested and restored using indigenous ecological knowledge to develop a mangrove restoration project.
Uniting Communities for a Greener Ayedire, Nigeria
In January 2024, through a week-long series of activities, Commonwealth Alumnus Olusegun Micheal Akanmu sought to raise awareness of climate change and promote sustainable energy solutions and alternative construction materials in Ayedire, Osun State, Nigeria.
Uniting indigenous knowledge and forest management expertise to safeguard Kenya’s Eburru Forest
In August 2023, Commonwealth Alumnus Sylvester Ngome Chisika delivered a sensitisation workshop to share ways of integrating traditional and indigenous methods of biodiversity conservation with modern forest management certification in Eburru Forest.Â
