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Project cooperationUpdated on 22 July 2025

Looking for partners: HORIZON-MISS-2025-05-SOIL-02 (two-stage)

Michela Maccabruni

Executive Director at Mercy Hands Europe

Geneva, Switzerland

About

About

Mercy Hands Europe (MHEU) is looking to join a consortium under the Horizon Europe Mission Soil call focused on broadening the Living Labs approach for soil health in Africa and Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC).

We bring field-proven implementation capacity through our Eco-Irrigation and Sustainable Entrepreneurship project in South Omo, Ethiopia, where we combine solar-powered irrigation, green enterprise development, and sustainable land use practices in a fragile, pastoralist setting.

We are particularly interested in joining a consortium that is looking for:

  • A Living Lab site in East Africa focused on soil regeneration, agroecology, and participatory innovation.

  • Partners with experience in degraded and drought-affected ecosystems.

  • Actors promoting inclusive, community-led approaches to sustainable land and soil management.

Our value-added

  • Real-life experience in dryland restoration and sustainable soil use

  • Close collaboration with local authorities and Agri Service Ethiopia

  • Integration of soil health with climate-resilient crop and livestock production

  • Strong community engagement and gender-balanced enterprise models

  • Potential to replicate and scale up across pastoralist regions

We are open to collaboration with research institutions, NGOs, private sector actors, and Living Lab networks active in Africa or LAC.

📩 Let’s connect: info@mercyhandseurope.org
🌐 https://mercyhandseurope.org/

Stage

  • Advanced stage

Type

  • Partner looking for consortium

Organisation

Mercy Hands Europe

NGO

Geneva, Switzerland

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