Our projects in Africa

For over four decades, Ayuda en Acción has been promoting opportunity creation and community empowerment in Sub-Saharan Africa, strengthening local resilience in the face of the humanitarian and climate challenges confronting the continent.
Our work has taken root in contexts marked by humanitarian crises, protracted conflicts, and climate-related shocks that deeply affect the most vulnerable communities.

We currently operate in Ethiopia, Mali, Mozambique, Niger, and Uganda, with a focus on generating sustainable economic opportunities and building resilience to humanitarian challenges in Africa.
This approach is developed in partnership with local platforms and associations, public institutions, academia, and the private sector.

Thanks to our in-depth knowledge of the field and strong professional expertise, we specialize in projects that promote employment and entrepreneurship—especially among women and youth in rural areas, where precarious work and lack of opportunities are widespread.
Our work seeks to improve the quality of informal employment by strengthening local productive initiatives and supporting their scalability and economic sustainability.

In a continent where food insecurity, forced displacement, and the impacts of climate change are everyday realities, we promote the development of value chains that contribute to inclusive agro-industrial transformation.
We facilitate the connection of local products to diversified markets while strengthening the capacities of grassroots associations and local institutions. This approach fosters participatory and inclusive governance of productive processes.

We also place children at the heart of our efforts—as drivers of transformation—by promoting quality education through the improvement of schools, infrastructure, and teacher training, with a special focus on keeping girls in the education system.

Addressing climate change in Africa is not merely an environmental concern—it is a critical priority for ensuring food security, peace, and sustainable development for millions of people.
Across all our interventions, we promote strategies aimed at reducing the impact of climate change on the most vulnerable communities. We also advocate for renewable energy not only as a tool for climate mitigation, but as an accessible and affordable solution that opens new markets, creates jobs and sustainable services, and directly improves community livelihoods.

At the regional level, Ayuda en Acción provides context-specific solutions in settings marked by humanitarian crises, applying a Triple Nexus approach that integrates humanitarian action, development, and peacebuilding.
We design multisectoral responses tailored to each context, promoting community-based protection for people displaced by conflict and climate-related disasters. Additionally, we work to prevent and respond to gender-based violence by strengthening women’s organizations and fostering spaces for political and social dialogue.

• 11,982 people are engaged in sustainable value chains.
• 122 people have stable access to a basic family food basket.
• 7,812 people have overcome monetary poverty by increasing their income levels.
• 823 children attend school regularly, showing improvement compared to pre-program figures.
• 1,098 people have gained access to employment.
• 214 people now have access to affordable, safe, sustainable, and modern energy.
• 34,615 people received assistance during humanitarian crises.
• 150 women are leading individual and/or collective actions to promote women’s rights.
• 34,624 people benefit from community-based child protection systems.
• 501 communities have established integrated risk management systems.