Country Mapping: Kenya
This project will identify and examine how faith-inspired organizations and religious leaders engage in development in Kenya, mapping their involvement and particular challenges and opportunities.
Africa
Explore the Berkley Center’s resources on Africa, which include mapping work on faith-inspired development organizations in Senegal, Kenya, and Nigeria; case studies on issues such as education, child welfare, and global health; and an interview series with peacebuilders from Rwanda, South Africa, Mozambique, and Sudan.
Country Mapping: Nigeria
This project, a collaboration between the World Faiths Development Dialogue and the Berkley Center, aims to explore how faith-inspired organizations and religious leaders engage in the many facets of Nigeria’s development, mapping their involvement and particular challenges and opportunities.
Country Mapping: Senegal
This project explored Senegal’s current landscape in order to inform policies and understand the roles that religious communities have played both in promoting and discouraging development efforts.
Country Mapping: Tanzania
This project, a collaboration between the World Faiths Development Dialogue and the Berkley Center, aims to explore how faith-inspired organizations and religious leaders engage in the many facets of Tanzania's development.
Discover the firsthand experiences of faith leaders, activists, and peacebuilding practitioners working on issues ranging from development and education to conflict resolution and foreign policy.
For over a decade, Berkley Center scholars and students have been conducting interviews with individuals working at the intersection of religion and world affairs. These discussions offer unique insights into the inner workings of a wide spectrum of professions touched by religion with interviewees ranging from the highest levels of leadership of international organizations to on-the-ground practitioners. Explore individual interviews here or follow links to our interview collections below:
Recent Interviews
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Walking Together in Faith and Mission
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September 9, 2024
Child “Streetism” and Begging: Challenges for Ghana
Katherine Marshall examines the complex factors that affect the phenomenon of child begging in Ghana, including poor education regulation, child labor, and family poverty.
Sister Francisca Ngozi Uti, HHCJ, is one of three finalists for the annual Opus Prize. Sr. Ngozi was part of the 2023-2024 cohort of the Women Faith Leaders Fellowship.
A strategically designed effort in Senegal and Guinea offers important lessons about both opportunities and challenges in addressing high maternal and infant mortality, many linked to the specific country situations involved but with implications that extend well beyond.
Report October 21, 2024
Mental Health in Ghana: Current Landscape and Religious Roles
Ghana has been on the cutting edge of working to assure accessible and affordable healthcare in Africa, including at least to a degree in the area of mental health. Ghana was one of sub-Saha-ran Africa’s first countries to enact mental health legislation, and the World Health Organization (WHO) describes Ghana’s Mental Health Act as one of the continent’s best. Faith actors and communities play…
Other Publications
Brochure June 27, 2024
Report May 20, 2024
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