Welcome!Welcome on the Trias website! Trias is a Belgian development organisation active in twelve countries in Africa, Latin America and Asia. Trias supports almost 600.000 entrepreneurs through more than 80 local partner organisations.
Trias and her partner organisations support people working in smallholder agriculture or as micro-entrepreneurs. In Flanders (Belgium), Trias is closely linked to six member based organizations: the rural organisations Landelijke Gilden, KVLV and KLJ and the entrepreneurial organisations UNIZO, markant and Neos.
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Latest news 4.5 million Congolese suffer from famine08-02-2012In Congo 4.5 million people suffer from famine every day, according to a new report of the DRC Ministry of Agriculture. But there is also good news coming from Bas-Congo, where the food security is largely protected.
 “I have a closer bond with Tanzania”08-02-2012Trias board member Anne Van den Bussche left on her own initiative to meet our partners in Tanzania, in order to not only prove her commitment but also to learn to know Trias better.  Working in a dangerous country08-02-2012Exactly twenty years ago, the bloody civil war in El Salvador came to an end. Today, poverty and danger are still so common, that the working conditions remain harsh for Trias and her partners.  All power to women in El Salvador?26-01-2012Trias-partner RUM wants to give oppressed women a voice in local Salvadoran policy. To that aim, it joined with sister organizations in opening the first School for Women in Cooperatives.  Kabila endorses the agriculture framework 20-01-2012Some weeks ago President Joseph Kabila endorsed the first Congolese framework for agriculture. The family farmers react with relief, but a lot of work still needs to be done.  Fishermen are learning about farming around Lake Albert20-01-2012East of Lake Albert oil production is on the rise. In this Ugandan region, the British oil company Tullow Oil sponsors a programme of Trias that supports, besides farmers, also the fishermen.  Insol helps Philippine entrepreneurs 20-01-2012Trias-partner Insol rolled up its sleeves also in 2011 to help insure an improved existence for the Philippine entrepreneurs. Last year the number of Insol members rose sharply and many of them are slowly rising out of poverty.  Farmers experiment with trees in the Andes Mountains19-01-2012More than one hundred families in the Ecuadorian Mountains are currently planting guarango’s. These trees contain gum and tannin. “A gap in the market”, says project coordinator Jenny Nuñez from the college in Riobamba. |
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