About Us
Drylands Africa Concern (DAfC) is a humanitarian and development organization working to build resilience of vulnerable communities through innovative and evidence-based sustainable solutions in the drylands. The agency aims to support local institutions and vulnerable populations living in fragile and complex drylands to build resilient livelihood systems.
We acknowledge that DAfC can’t do it alone! Therefore, DAfC works in partnership with dryland communities, humanitarian and development partners, governments, research, and academic institutions, think tanks, private sector and the donor community to deliver on its mandate.
Our Vision
DAfC envisions resilient and sustainable livelihoods in drylands. A world where dryland communities have adequate incomes, better access to basic services, and improved capacity to manage natural resources in an equitable, innovative, and sustainable manner.
Our Mission
To enhance drylands’ population resilience to face global challenges. We promote innovative and evidence-based economic, social, and ecological development in the drylands. We achieve our mission by creating opportunities for the dryland population seeking to improve their lives and livelihoods through their own locally driven initiatives to address the challenges of poverty, food insecurity, malnutrition, biodiversity loss, climate change and environmental degradation.
Our Main Objective
The main objective is to reduce poverty, hunger, and boost economies to promote resilient ecosystems in the drylands. With a special focus on drylands, DAfC works at the interface/nexus of people, environmental well-being, and governance.
