ViSA Africa is a social engineering organisation focusing on the transformation of food systems, environmental sustainability and the protection of the legitimate land rights of communities, in this case women.
The organisation's slogan is ‘For resilient transitions’. It sums up ViSA Africa's fight.
Together, We Create Lasting Change
Every day, working with communities across Africa, ViSA Africa transforms lives through sustainable solutions and community-driven initiatives.
Action-oriented research
Action-oriented research entails the collection and utilization of empirical data to make well-informed decisions. Precise data and carefully designed research are pivotal in understanding ground context, redressing social disparities that impede equitable access to land and resources and fighting climate injustices.
Community organisation
Organising and strengthening community structures and institutions to ensure that solutions are endogenous, contextual, and built on solid and sustainable foundations.
Capacity building and mutual learning
Building capacity and sharing knowledge by recognizing and enhancing existing capabilities, analysing new skill needs in light of current and future challenges, and collaboratively deciding on strategies and approaches for effective capacity building. This ensures that the benefits of new skills and abilities have a multiplier effect on the target populations.
Stimulating innovations
Aligning progress in agriculture and environmental sciences with the needs on the ground necessitates innovation and proper space to test new transformative ideas and explore opportunities for upscaling.
Our Work
We focus on sustainable solutions that empower communities and protect the environment
Integrating legitimate community rights into restoration and conservation programs
ViSA Africa carried out participatory mapping in the communes of Bembèrèkè and Gogounou, two villages bordering the Trois Rivières forest. The results highlighted significant implementation challenges related to institutional dysfunctions and a power imbalance that threaten the principles of participatory management and resource conservation.
Multi-stakeholder dialogue to reverse paradigms in forest conservation and land governance policies and strategies
ViSA Africa initiated a series of multi-stakeholder dialogues at local, regional, and national levels. They organised workshops to train key stakeholders on the concept of degradation neutrality, its principles, and approach.
Participatory advocacy for the recognition and protection of legitimate land rights of vulnerable communities, especially women
In 2023, ViSA Africa, in partnership with several CSOs working on land issues, launched an advocacy campaign to promote the recognition and protection of land rights for vulnerable communities, particularly women, by policy decision-makers.
