Le Monde
France
Description
Affiliated grantees
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Benedicte Kurzen
Nigeria -
Joan Bardeletti
France -
Damon van der Linde
Canada -
Serge Michel
France -
Marie-Béatrice Baudet
France
Funded projects
For the love of land
This project portrays how women are able to smartly subvert the norms that traditionally oppressed them to fight for their own advancement and economic independence. From asserting land ownership to rejecting domestic violence.
The Axis of Survival - Reviving the Lake Chad Basin
Following food production and trade routes at Lake Chad, this project shows the efforts made by local people to resume trading in fish, cattle and grain, as a way of measuring potential for self-sustaining development.
Small is Powerful
Small is Powerful (Les Grands Moyens in French) reveals the underrated impact of local Small & Medium Enterprises (SMEs) on Africa's development, showing that Africa is not only about microcredit and multinationals
Green Energy for the Giant of Africa
Green Energy for the Giant of Africa is a multimedia project on Nigeria's energy crisis and the role of renewable technologies to improve people's lives.
Ecocide
Nearly 34,000 major environmental crimes were detected worldwide in 2011. Five reporters set off to investigate five criminal networks of so-called "eco-mafias", which deliberately destruct the natural environment for personal profit.