PACAR Spotlight

ABOUT PACAR.

PACAR stands for Pan African Coalition for Adaptation and Resilience.

The coalition was formed in Arusha -Tanzania in 2023 and has since grown into a powerful, multi-stakeholder platform uniting civil society organizations, technical experts, and community leaders across the continent around a common vision of advancing Africa’s adaptation priorities globally.

In 2025, 5 member organizations were sub granted by Power Shift Africa to implement adaptation projects in selected communities and countries.

In South Africa, Gender CC together with their partners such as, Alexander water warriors are working to transform a polluted river into a thriving ecosystem. In Cameroon, women farmers are growing drought-tolerant crops and feeding their families despite unpredictable rainfall through the interventions of SUHUCAM. In Kenya, through the work of Haki Nawiri Afrika, indigenous seeds that were disappearing are now being preserved in community seed banks. In Ghana, SYND through this subgrant has mobilized and trained young people to contribute to the design and implementation of adaptation policies and programs in their local communities and at the national level while GIFSEP is empowering persons living with Disabilities (PWD’s) to grow their own food through the inclusive urban gardens for adaptation project in Nigeria.

Read more about the work of these organizations and other PACAR members below and support their work.

PACAR SUBGRANTEES.

Global Initiative for Food Security & Ecosystem Restoration

Nigeria

GIFSEP is a non-profit organization founded on the ideals of environmental education, climate change adaptation and mitigation, renewable energy and sustainable development. Our unwavering commitment is to grow a sustainable and pollution free planet, fostering the thriving of nature and the cultivation of peace. GIFSEP's mission is centered on eradicating pollution and enriching the serenity in nature, aiming for a future that is brighter and more serene for generations to come. GIFSEP Projects: - Engaging frontline communities to identify vulnerabilities to climate change impacts. - Enhancing climate adaptation planning through a climate risk register. - Providing clean energy access to vulnerable populations in Internally Displaced Persons camp. - Providing schools with trees to aid nutrition and carbon sequestration. - Coal for Nigeria: A campaign to ensure that Nigeria’s government desist from issuing coal mining licences - Expressing the climate change phenomenon through arts and expressionism. - Mobilizing women and youth to demand for their rights in a healthy environment. - Raising the next generation of environmental stewards. - Showcasing CEPF investments in conserving and protecting the Guinean Forest of West Africa - Participatory Land Use Planning: Engaging frontline communities to identify vulnerabilities to climate change impacts. - #Vote4Climate: An initiative to mainstream climate change in electioneering campaigns and governance - Urban Farm Initiative: An initiative equipping communities in Urban and Peri-urban areas to cultivate food in open spaces and house backyard.

Gender CC

South Africa

GenderCC – Women for Climate Justice GenderCC – Women for Climate Justice is a global network of organisations, experts and activists working for gender equality, women’s rights and climate justice. GenderCC has evolved in the context of the international climate negotiations (UNFCCC). It includes women and gender experts working in policy, research and practical implementation at international, national and local levels. GenderCC is working to achieve gender and climate justice by: Raising awareness and building capacity on gender and climate to improve climate policies; Increasing the knowledge base on gender and climate to identify effective mitigation and adaptation options Empowering women and men to actively contribute to mitigation and adaptation Enhancing cooperation on gender and climate issues at all level, and Advocating for gender and climate justice as overarching, guiding principles.

Haki Nawiri

Kenya

Haki Nawiri Afrika is an initiative formed by Kenya based activists in collaboration with university students from Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. Haki Nawiri as an idea was formulated in 2019. The organization’s mission is to advance social justice in marginalised communities and among university students. Haki Nawiri’s Afrika’s vision is a world where every person enjoys their rights to their rights to the fullest irrespective of social class. Membership to Haki Nawiri is both at individual level and organizational level. Focus Areas: - Food Justice - Climate Justice - Policy Advocacy - Gender Justice - Youth Engagement

Support Humanity Cameroon (SUHUCAM)

Cameroon

Support Humanity Cameroon (SUHUCAM) is a grassroots, non-profit development and environmental organisation established in 2018. We serve as an accredited observer under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). This gives us a unique voice that links local realities to global policy spaces. Focus Areas: - Improve access to sanitation and potable water. We support sustainable livelihoods for indigenous peoples and smallholder farmers. - Contribute to the restoration of fragile ecosystems. - Promote sanitation and access to clean and safe drinking water in hard to reach communities - Empower women, youths and minority communities