IICD - International Institute for Communication and Development

Domesticated for human consumption 3 to 4 thousand years ago by the Andean peoples, the Quinoa, regarded by the Incas as the "mother of all grains”, has seen a rising popularity in recent years. Using a web-based platform supported by IICD, Peruvian producers are improving the production and marketing of their organic quinoa. See how helps mobilise both consumers and entrepreneurs to create and meet the demand for agro-ecological organic products: https://youtu.be/JuB3FUnam28 RAE PERU

QUINOA 2.0 In Peru, IICD supported EcoMercadoPeru, a web-based platform, which mobilises both consumers and entrepreneurs to create and meet the demand for agro-ecologi...

Proud to see that AFYA Connect4Change LakeZone’s contributions to the national SMS campaign 'Wazazi Nipendeni' ('Parents Love Me' in Swahili) have been fruitful. The campaign has reached over 125,000 pregnant women in remote areas of Tanzania, who receive health information via text messages. AfyaC4C has organised orientation workshops in 14 dispensaries, 2 health centres and 1 hospital in the Sengerema and Bariadi Districts. Altogether AfyaC4C has trained 150 health professionals on maternal healthcare and how to register new users.

Tanzania's free SMS health campaign helps pregnant women, new mothers When Halima Rahim became a mother for the first time, friends and acquaintances in Tanzania's commercial capital, Dar Es Salaam, were quick to offer advice and help.

Today is ! “New technologies, including mobile telephones, also offer fresh opportunities for literacy for all. We must invest more, and I appeal to all Members States and all our partners to redouble our efforts – political and financial – to ensure that literacy is fully recognized as one of the most powerful accelerators of sustainable development." - UNESCO Director-General