Work

Programmes, governance and policy presence

Multi-country initiatives integrating child rights, livelihoods, water management, health, education and environmental sustainability.

Grants: EUR 0.0M+
Countries: 0
Board roles: 0

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10+

Years in climate and environmental rights

Countries of programme delivery

EUR 5.8M+

Partnership grants administered

Peer-reviewed publications and chapters

Countries

ZimbabweMozambiqueZambiaSouth AfricaKenyaEswatini

Portfolio

Selected programmes and grants

Coordination, research, advocacy and technical support across partnership grants worth more than EUR 5.8 million.

2021 – 2029

Multi-Actor Partnership on the protection of children's environmental rights in the extractive industry

Regional coordination, research and advocacy.

Zimbabwe · Mozambique · Zambia

EUR 1.3 million (2021–2025) and EUR 1 million (2025–2029)

2024 – 2029

Integrated climate action, adaptation and CO2 reduction to improve environmental management, livelihoods and youth empowerment

Strategic programme coordination and technical support.

Inhambane and Gaza districts, Mozambique

EUR 3 million

2025 – 2028

Green Transformation — strengthening civil society participation in environmental governance

Civil society engagement and environmental governance support.

Mozambique

EUR 500,000

2014 – 2021

Lean Season Assistance, and Urban Food Assistance and Livelihoods programmes

Field coordination, community engagement and livelihoods support.

Zimbabwe

USD 784,428 and USD 500,000

2018 – 2019

Women's Triple D Indaba — gender and sustainable livelihoods programme

Project coordination and advocacy for women's rights and economic empowerment.

Zimbabwe

USD 100,000

Governance

Leadership and board service

Board chairmanship, trusteeship and committee service across climate, food security and child rights organisations.

Board Chairperson

Ecoclimate Vision

2024 – Present

Climate Change Branch Lead

Joining Forces Africa alliance

Ongoing

Board Member

Youth for Food and Climate Change Forum

2023 – 2025

Vice Chairperson, Board of Trustees

Hope for a Child Trust

2020 – 2023

Organising Committee Member

SADC Child-Led Parliamentary Portfolio and SADC Child Climate Champions

2023

Youth for Climate Mentor

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Youth climate mentorship

Member

Development Practitioners Network Zimbabwe; Participation des Enfants en Afrique working group

Ongoing

Platform

Speaking and advocacy

Conference papers, panels and public interventions on children's climate participation, gender and climate vulnerability, and practice-based innovation in Southern Africa.

September 2025

Africa

Africa Climate Summit 2025 / African Children's Climate Summit II

Public statement

Joined the call urging African heads of state to place children's perspectives at the centre of summit outcomes.

Coverage

2025

Kenya

3rd International Child Protection Conference (ICCP)

Paper presentation

Climate Voices: Practice-Based Innovations in Southern Africa — co-authored with Dennis Ratemo, presented on behalf of Terre des Hommes Germany.

Coverage

April 2024

Zimbabwe

ZELA and Terre des Hommes Germany dialogue on child participation in climate change

Speaker

Addressed the gap between Zimbabwe's climate policy commitments and their implementation for children.

Coverage

February 2024

Zimbabwe

CSO Reflection on Climate Action and Programming Workshop

Panellist

Spoke on rural women, unpaid care work and climate vulnerability.

Ongoing

International

UNFCCC Conferences of the Parties (COPs)

Organisational representation

Represents Terre des Hommes Germany in international climate negotiation spaces.

Representation

Policy and convening spaces

Representing organisations and coalitions in international and regional policy forums.

AU ACERWC working group on children's rights and climate change

Collaboration on advocacy campaigns for children's environmental rights.

Joining Forces Africa alliance

Leads the climate change branch of the alliance.

SADC Child-Led Parliamentary Portfolio and Child Climate Champions

Organising committee member, 2023.

UN and AU bodies, INGO networks and donor partnerships

Established and maintained regional networks and alliances.

Explore the research behind the programmes

Peer-reviewed work on environmental rights, mineral extraction, customary governance and the just energy transition.

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