„Great farmers – great nation! No farmers – no nation!“ is the famous slogan of farmers. It’s also a powerful motivational message, especially since the government pays little or no attention to agriculture.

Hunger and malnutrition are a typical problem in developing countries, despite significant increases in productivity and successful efforts to combat famine. The reason for this is that agriculture is unable to provide the rapidly growing population with sufficient quantities of food.

The agricultural project “Promoting Rural Integrated Development by Empowering Smallholder Farmers (PRIDES)” with the local partner organization “Otitoloju Ibadan Airport Farmers Association” aims to promote the adoption of new and improved climate-smart agricultural practices. The project helps farmers adopt new technologies and gain access to better seeds. This intervention will contribute to improving the income and yields of the 30 selected smallholder farmers in “Ona Ara” Local Government Area of Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria. In addition, the smallholder farmers will have easy access to suppliers of hybrid seeds and mixes for their farms and they will also be able to sell their crops directly without intermediaries. These factors will increase both farmers’ incomes and food availability in the community.

The project will contribute to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals Part 2 “Zero Hunger” “Sustainable Development Goals 2”, namely to end hunger in all its forms by 2030.

The project runs from July 15, 2024, to January 14, 2025. The project is funded by the WP Schmidt Foundation, Düsseldorf, and the Interkulturelles Haus Saar e. V., with the local partner organization Otitoloju Ibadan Airport Farmers Association in the Ona-Ara community in Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria.

Would you like more information about this project? Omoniyi Ogodo-Bach, the founder and chairwoman of „Interkulturelles Haus Saar e. V.“, is happy to help. Email us at info.ikhsaar@gmail.com or niyitemi2002@yahoo.com. Website: www.ikh-saar.de

Please support the follow-up project or a similar project with your donation. So that the small farmers can take control of their lives again. Thank you very much!

Responsible person:
Omoniyi Ogodo-Bach (Club President), Tel: 0152 10578349 or 0176 70168045, Email: niyitemi2002@yahoo.com

                                             Medical Outreach for Less Privileged (MOLP)

One of the basic rights of every human being is to enjoy the best possible health. In our health projects, we aim to strengthen the health systems in many developing countries, including Nigeria. The Ministry of Education and Culture Saarland and “Intercultural House Saar e. V.” jointly promote the health project with “Intercultural House Saar V.” Partner organization “Radiant Women Development Initiatives (RWDI)” in Nigeria. Woman

Omoniyi Ogodo-Bach, the founder and chairwoman of the Intercultural House Saar e. V. is the contact person for the project in Germany.

The aim of the project is to increase access to adequate and affordable health care. This particularly affects poor and disadvantaged groups in the population. They fall into this category of widows and widowers, young people, and many people in rural areas. In Nigeria, the life expectancy at age 60 is well below the global average. Additionally currently missing in Nigeria many health workers. That’s why „Radiant Women Empowerment Initiative“ is involved in a variety of ways for the extremely needy so that they can be helped in „Onigambari Community in Oluyole Local Government“ is doing better – in terms of health, but also beyond that and the reduced mortality in the community. Approximately 500 people will be in this community provided. The project is from May 1st, 2023 to December 31st, 2023.

The execution phase addresses the health needs of the community on the one hand and on the other hand, to create awareness in the community through awareness-raising activities. Thereafter will be various information events and seminars on healthcare organized to target populations on selected topics in healthcare attention and advise on the key points.