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Acerca de Re-Alliance's Latest Webinar Regenerative Practitioners of East Africa Friday 27th January 2023 UK time: 10am GMT East Africa time: 12pm EAT Find more timezones here . Welcome to the latest session in Re-Alliance's regenerative webinar series. Join us to hear from four practitioners integrating Permaculture, Regeneration, and Traditional Ecological Knowledge into their work in East Africa. In this one hour session entitled “Regenerative Practitioners of East Africa”, we will be hearing from Denyse Niyubahwe (Gardens for Health International), Ainebyona Peter (KAFRED), Bemeriki Bisimwa Dusabe (Rwamwanja Rural Foundation), and Noah Ssempijja (YICE). We will hear the stories and experiences of our panel guests, showcasing a range of local regenerative solutions to increasingly challenging global problems. Following these presentations there will be an open discussion including the opportunity for attendees to ask questions of the panel. We look forward to welcoming you, and celebrating the work of some of the inspirational regenerators of East Africa. Register now Want to keep informed about future webinars and meetings? The easiest way to stay informed about upcoming events and much more, is by becoming a member of Re-Alliance. Membership is free and open to all with an interest in regenerative design. To read more about our membership benefits, and to request to join the network, click the button below. Join Re-Alliance

Upcoming Events Re-Alliance's mission is to advance and showcase regenerative practice across the sectors of humanitarianism and development, particularly in the context of development, disaster and displacement. ​ We host online webinars each month which are either focussed on bringing together a community of practice, or on sharing learning and peer-to-peer development amongst our membership. ​ You can find a calendar of our events below, and add it to your own Google Calendar by clicking the blue "+" sign at the bottom of the calendar , or for the iCal format please click here . You can add individual events to your own Google Calendar by clicking on the event below, and pressing 'copy to my calendar'. ​ Re-Alliance members receive extra materials and benefits related to event topics, such as recordings to rewatch and presentations. To find out more about membership benefits, see here .

< Back Rwamwanja Rural Foundation Uganda Rwamwanja Rural Foundation owes its existence to its founder, Bemeriki Bisimwa Dusabe, who has been a refugee since the age of 9. Its work is profoundly informed by his own experience of displacement, in particular with regards to health, nutrition and environmental degradation. The Foundation sprung from a youth initiative which Bemeriki founded in 2015, before officially registering as a company in Uganda in 2019. It is guided by its vision of empowering refugee communities to become autonomous and self-sufficient, providing a workable model for these populations to shed their dependence on humanitarian aid. It does so by providing them with the practical tools to secure their livelihoods, grow nutritious food and preserve and restore the natural environments in which they live. Bemeriki and his team of six staff and eleven volunteers work in six refugee camps across Uganda, equipping residents with knowledge and skills in everything from social entrepreneurship and business management, composting and water harvesting, to tree-planting and nutrition. The Foundation also involves host communities in their work, bringing refugee and local populations together to restore the land. Bemeriki is a profound believer in permaculture and how it can teach us to live in harmony with others and with nature. Citing his own childhood growing up amidst conflict, he says “I have found permaculture to be the best form of peacebuilding”.

< Back Seasonal Food Growing in Refugee Settlements This picture-led booklet advises on seasonal food growing in refugee camps, made by Re-Alliance's partner SOILS Permaculture Association - Lebanon, in partnership with German Development Cooperation - GIZ, Mercy Corps, and the World Food Program. Translated from the original Arabic with permission from SOILS Permaculture Association - Lebanon. Donate to Re-Alliance Stay updated with our newsletter Download for free: English, Arabic & Greek ​ ​ ​ ​

Re-Alliance Members & Partners Contact us Visit us on social media Our diverse membership, spanning every continent around the globe, has organically formed with representatives from over 150 organisations, united by a shared commitment to integrated regenerative responses to development, disaster and displacement. Our membership includes experts from regenerative design fields working within INGOs, Universities, Businesses, small and medium NGOs and self-employed practitioners. Our members include founders, and CEOs of permaculture organisations and green foundations; directors of some of the larger aid or humanitarian NGOs; grassroots organisers; academics and researchers who have spent a lifetime building evidence of alternative, earth responsive solutions in areas of the world most affected by environmental disasters, and displacement. ​ ​ Connect with our members' expertise What would it look like to have regenerative principles embedded in your organisation's work? Our members are available to be hired as consultants, supporting you and your organisation to design and deliver regenerative responses in a wide variety of humanitarian and development contexts. Located on every continent around the globe, our members can support you in implementing locally-led and embedded practice, both minimising the carbon footprint of international travel while also honouring local, more culturally appropriate solutions. Each Re-Alliance member brings unique talents, years of experience, and a connection to a pool of shared expertise in different cultures, continents and contexts, through the Re-Alliance network. ​ Contact us to hear more about how our talented members can support your work. ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Become a member Re-Alliance members benefit from a shared learning and collaboration space, connecting to a global network of other regenerative practitioners from the humanitarian and development sectors. Re-Alliance host monthly members meetings or invite-only webinars. We showcase and promote members' excellence through case studies and articles, and by brokering connections between our network of practitioners and organisations interested in regenerative design. ​ Are you a regenerative design practitioner, or from a regenerative project, working in humanitarian or development spaces? We'd love to be in touch. Membership to Re-Alliance is free of charge. ​ Contact us Find out more and request to join Below: Re-Alliance member Bee Rowan, teaching about ecological strawbale building practices in Nepal. Read more about Nepal's first strawbale house here . Partner Organisations Would you like to join our membership, or would you like to find out more about how our members can support your organisation with regenerative design? Find out more below, or contact us here . Find out more and request to join Partner Members

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< Back Applewood Permaculture Centre UK Besides broadening the understanding and practise of permaculture amongst its cohorts of trainees, Chris highlights another fundamental - albeit unnamed - outcome Appelwood’s courses and experiences: enabling people to reconnect with nature, something he deems a fundamental part of what they do. Meanwhile, Looby’s work focuses on the human dimension of permaculture which, in many ways, should be the priority of Appelwood’s work, says Chris: “We need to find a way to engage people in Earth care, rather than the other way around. It’s people we need to deal with, not soil or trees. If we get the first one right, then the rest will come. The Earth care piece is actually quite simple - we know how to do it” Three pillars guide Applewood’s work and inform its theory of changs - “Demonstrate, Educate, Replicate” - drawing inspiration from the Himalayan Permaculture Centre which led to its existence

Re-Alliance Members Our diverse membership, spanning every continent around the globe, has organically formed with representatives from over 150 organisations, united by a shared commitment to integrated regenerative responses to development, disaster and displacement. Our membership includes experts from regenerative design fields working within INGOs, Universities, Businesses, small and medium NGOs and self-employed practitioners. ​ Are you a Permaculture or regenerative practitioner, or from a regenerative project, working in humanitarian or development spaces? We'd love to connect with you. Membership to Re-Alliance is free of charge, and you can find out more about becoming a Re-Alliance member here . ​ This list is not a full representation of our membership, so if you would like to find a regenerative practitioner or consultant for a specific project located in a region you can't find, please get in touch . ​ Country Uganda Youth Initiative for Community Empowerment | YICE Working with youth, women and displaced farmers in rural Uganda to restore biodiversity, improve productivity and secure livelihoods. Read More Find out more Brazil Meli Bees Network Inspired by the Meliponini bees, Meli Bees Network aims to create environmentally and economically sustainable activities that allow both land and people to flourish. Read More Find out more UK Applewood Permaculture Centre Founded by Chris Evans and Looby Mcnamara, Applewood is a smallholding and training centre based in the UK. Inspired by the work of the Himalayan Permaculture Centre, it serves as both a place of learning and of demonstration for a global community of trainees. Read More Find out more Uganda Rwamwanja Rural Foundation Rwamwanja Rural Foundation works with refugee and IDP populations in Uganda - combining the principles of permaculture and social entrepreneurship - equipping them with the tools to provide nutritious food for their communities, secure their livelihoods and regenerate degraded ecosystems. Read More Find out more Greece Sporos Regeneration Institute Regenerating the environment, culture and human relations. Read More Find out more Location Organisation Short bio Read More Find out more

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About Re-Alliance Re-Alliance is a coalition of field practitioners, policymakers, educators, community leaders and humanitarian and development workers, sharing skills and experience to grow the influence and impact of regenerative development in the humanitarian field. Its work focuses on regenerative development and its response to disaster and displacement. We ask the question, how can we create long-term resilience and abundance while responding to immediate humanitarian crises? Profiled work showcases the restoration and revitalisation of social and ecological systems which integrate the needs of society with the integrity of nature. ​ Through the solidarity of valuing and elevating the existing regenerative practices of its membership, the alliance seeks to share and develop knowledge and extend awareness beyond the group to stimulate further practice. It aims to increase the expertise of the independent members by sharing learning between researchers and practitioners, and to build a collective voice for cross-sector influence and impact. ​ Re-alliance was registered with the UK Charity Commission as a charity in April 2020 and its charity number is 1188936. History During the 2018 Lush Spring Prize , a group of judges and practitioners facilitating innovative projects identified a desire to unite practitioners across the field of regenerative development and integrated humanitarian response. Talking and researching further, gaps were identified for making this work more effective. The gaps concerned the collection of evidence for this pioneering work; the possibility to influence and give legitimacy to this approach with funders and policy makers and; the capacity for transformation at scale. There are many good examples of effective methods being applied across the globe, which use regenerative approaches to humanitarian and development work but, to date, these have not entered the mainstream. We are committed to taking a coordinated and systematic approach to recording evidence and influencing funders and policy makers that impact large scale humanitarian and development interventions. Groundbreaking practitioners are successfully working in the application of regenerative development in the humanitarian and development fields. As pioneers, they often have limited time to record evidence; have limited resources to scale; and a limited platform to share their innovations. To address these limitations, there is a need for mutual support, learning and collaboration, as well as a need to build the evidence base, unlock funds, and communicate powerful stories of regenerative change. This pioneering work then becomes visible and legitimate both at the grassroots level and within the establishment, which enables the growth of its influence and impact. Our Mission Our mission is to strengthen a coalition of field practitioners, policy makers, educators, community leaders, and development and humanitarian workers, sharing skills and experiences to grow the influence and impact of regenerative development in the humanitarian field. ​ We do this by: ​ - Providing an environment for mutual learning and support amongst those active on the field, - Building a body of evidence and stories to communicate the effectiveness, authenticity and value of regenerative work, - Leveraging support and funding from large relief organisations toward regenerative groups and practices, and, - Focussing on the intersections between disaster and displacement, sustainable and innovative community-led regeneration. ​ Our working principles are: ​ Affected communities first Ensuring that profiled work is of benefit to people experiencing disaster and displacement, the surrounding communities and the natural environment in which the work is being undertaken. We have a small team with lean administration costs, aiming to direct any funds we accumulate toward maximum effectiveness. Integrity Ensuring integrity through use of sociocratric principles which enable robust, defensible and inclusive decision making. Openness, transparency and sharing All of the work we do is promoted openly, in order to grow the legitimacy of regenerative practices. Support Embodying care and support for all those in contact with Re-Alliance.

Meet the team The Re-Alliance Board Ensure that Re-Alliance fulfills its statutory objectives, general functions and duties and appropriately exercises the legal powers vested in it, under the Charities Act 2011 and other legislation; Determine the overall strategic direction of Re-Alliance within resource limits; Monitor the work of the Core Team, ensuring delivery against plans and budgets; Promote and protect Re-Alliance’s values, integrity, and reputation; and ensuring high standards of governance that command the confidence of those connected to Re-Alliance. Ruth Andrade, Chair Ruth has more than 10 years of experience in environmental project management and development in the business sector and two decades experience in education. In the last 10 years, Ruth has been involved in community development, sustainable livelihoods, collaborative project design and participatory governance processes. Ruth’s focus is in building and energising networks to create a bridge between industrial growth and a new culture that can sustain complex life on the planet. Ruth gives her time to designing, developing, testing and learning strategies, patterns and worldviews that can support this new flourishing culture. She has an MSc in Advanced Environment and Energy Studies. Gideon Adeyeni Gideon is community mobilizer with about a decade of experience in, and strong motivation towards, grassroots mobilisation and campaigning. While his interests span the entire development spectrum, he has special interest in environmental sustainability practices and climate justice advocacy. He has a growing passion for permaculture and regenerative practices. He is learning about the sustainability of bamboo architecture and earth building, while working on co-building ecovillages in West Africa. Gideon is currently rounding up his PhD research at the University of Ibadan, and his research interests are in the areas of sustainability and livability. Gisele Henriques Gisele is the technical lead for sustainability at CAFOD, the Catholic Agency for Overseas Development. She is a resilience and livelihoods specialist with 15 years experience directly supporting the work of local organisations, social movements and communities in Brazil, Gambia, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Indonesia and Timor Leste. In her current role she has global remit and works across the humanitarian and development spectrum. In her previous role as Food and Agriculture Policy Officer at CIDSE, the Alliance of Catholic Development Agencies she worked closely with the FAO, supporting civil society organisations in the Committee on World Food Security. Gisele has a Masters in Public Policy from the Goldman School, UC Berkeley as well as an MA in International Area Studies with a focus on small holders and adaptation in Africa. George McAllister With an NGO background since the early 1990s, George’s experience spans humanitarian and development sectors in Europe, the Middle East, South East Asia, Pacific and sub-Saharan Africa. This first hand engagement with the realities of people affected by political instability, social division and shattered infrastructure drew George to agroecology, which combines biophysical and social and political regeneration. George is interested in inclusive processes that invite people into decision-making, to link relief to development more coherently and to stimulate new ways of thinking and acting together. George has experience in directing the NGO Garden Africa, which she co-founded in 2001 and currently works as an Assistant Professor at the Centre for Agroecology, Water and Resilience (Coventry), where she completed her PhD in Stabilisation Agriculture. Peter Mellett Peter is personally committed to regenerative projects as a way of continuing the work of his son Paulo Mellett, an environmental activist and fierce advocate of the use of integrated regenerative design. Paulo’s work was cut short in 2014 when he succumbed to the relentless effects of severe malarial infection. Peter’s work with Re-Alliance is an attempt to answer the question ‘How can I work with others to sustain and develop Paulo’s creative values as we try to make the world a better place?’ Peter has worked as science teacher, educational science writer and editor and as a curriculum developer for MSc distance learning courses at Bath University. His training includes BSc Chemistry and an MA in Education specialising in Educational Technology, Organisation Theory and Action Research. Geoff O'Donoghue Geoff has over 30 years of experience in the development sector including 15 years as International Programme Director at CAFOD, and 7 years spent managing development and emergency projects in Tanzania, Rwanda and Ethiopia. As an independent consultant Geoff has delivered organisational change, partnership development, and capacity strengthening programmes in the public, private and voluntary sectors in the UK and internationally. Geoff is co-Chair of the Rufiji Leprosy Trust and a founder Director of Ohana Community Holdings – a CIC supporting two environmental / community sustainability projects in Portugal. He has an MSc in Change Management (Guildford), Post-graduate Dip. in Applied Social Policy and Social Work (Edinburgh), BA Hons in English Lit (University of Ulster). The Re-Alliance core team Juliet Millican Re-Alliance Co-Ordinator Juliet is an educationalist who has worked for 25 years in international development, humanitarian response and the field of conflict and peacebuilding. She is committed to the facilitation of transformational change in individuals, communities and societies to enable us to live in ways that respect the integrity of nature and the broader eco-system of which we are a part. She has worked in academia, in NGOs and in the design and management of action oriented research, and is concerned to make knowledge accessible and to bring together different forms of academic, practitioner and community knowledge to address the pressing problems of our time. Mary Mellett Research, Content & Compliance Lead Mary has a background working for community groups and charities, including homeless charities, community facilities provision and neighbourhood planning projects. After studying Architecture and Planning at Bristol UWE, she has used the skills learnt to help support groups with their varied needs including website maintenance, group liaison, finances and grant applications. Jackie Kearney Network & Membership Lead Jackie is a researcher, network facilitator, and project coordinator with an MA in Global Development and Humanitarianism, whose work focuses on localised climate resilience, ecosystem restoration and forced migration. Dedicated to supporting grassroots organisations working for a shift towards more equitable approaches to disaster, displacement and development, much of her work involves facilitating the formation of partnerships and amplifying marginalised voices through various forms of storytelling. James Atherton Communication & Storytelling Lead James has a background in Permaculture design, film and the arts. James has worked across the UK and Australia, and has co-founded several activist spaces in both countries. James is also the Learning Lead with Regenerosity.world, and works with the Lush Spring Prize.