Stories from the field

Sometimes we get so caught up in results and indicators, we miss the human stories of how NIRAS projects impact people’s lives. Here are some voices that are not often heard.

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Reviving hope: How a UK-funded water project transformed lives in Ethiopian villages
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Two Serbian youths find happiness in hospitality
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From risky treks to peaceful mornings: How COWASH IV transformed the village of Edo Kebele
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Greener pastures, happy chickens and contented home owners
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Ending the stigma surrounding persons with disabilities in rural Ethiopian communities
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Baby-steps towards ending period poverty and stigma
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Stamping out sexual violence through improved coordination and accountability

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Resistance comes in many forms ‒ sometimes it is just about getting on with daily life
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Convincing the doubters, battling local government and keeping entitled men in their place: A day in the life of the South Sudanese women leading the delivery of water services in their communities

Gender Equality

Behind the scenes: support for the development of EU gender action plans
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Retraining leads to career reinvention
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Finding the gold within the green
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Economic empowerment of female farmers in Burkina Faso starts with a simple drawing of a tree
The three-wheeled vehicle was repurposed to enable deliveries of fish to areas outside the central market.

Mutual success and growth assured for fish farm and smallholder farmers in northern Malawi as partnership is saved from derailment
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Trust in experts and strong team work leads to significant outcomes in achieving EU goal of “working better together”
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“When there is no conflict, I am less stressed …”
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No one left behind: ensuring people with disabilities have access to and are involved in water and sanitation planning and management
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A driving force in Burkina Faso’s agri-business trade, female entrepreneurs tap into Danish funds to create jobs and improve livelihoods
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"A perfect 10" – participants rate study tour experience and insights gained on how to be a successful dairy farmer
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With 22 hectares of land and a lot of will, a Mozambican women’s village savings and loan group starts commercial forest plantation
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The early bird misses the drought and increases yield
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What's in a name?
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Creating new and sustaining existing agri-jobs in Mali
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From hobby to profession: one welder's story
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The early adopter bringing others on board
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With practical hands-on advice, South Sudanese farmers are finally seeing returns
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Four women providing business answers to Africa’s challenges – with a little help from FemBioBiz
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Youth employment programme benefits the unemployed and local businesses alike
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A simple intervention to minimise fodder wastage improves smallholder farmer's productivity
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FemBioBiz country coordinator leads by example to empower women entrepreneurs in Zambia
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How a programme in Western Kenya changed hundreds of thousands of lives
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Land registration opens a door to further opportunity
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Farmer gives back after the Community Forests Pemba project helped save his crop
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Safe and sustainable agriculture pays off for one Cambodia cucumber farmer
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Education to Employment (E2E) helps hard-to-place youth find employment and acceptance
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AgroBIG helped me get better prices for my potatoes
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Community members report multiple benefits from Tana Beles watershed project in Ethiopia
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Serbian women bake for sweet empowerment and a life without violence