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Charles Balogoun OYEOUSSI
CSO

Charles Balogoun OYEOUSSI is the President and founder of Afrique Esperance NGO, a pan-African organization with special consultative status from ECOSOC since 2020 and observer member of the RIO conventions, BRS conventions, UNDDR, UNEP, UNODC and UNCAC.  For more than a decade, Afrique Esperance has supported daily lives of rural African women in their empowerment by strengthening their resilience in the face of the adverse effects of climate change. The discovery of a new alternative green and sustainable energy source by the transformation of organic waste through the biodigester allows them the restoration of the land and the user of organic fertilizers for their crops. The NGO’s primary objective is by 2030, to be an organization at the forefront of neutral soil degradation policies in order to support food security, the guarantee of our survival.

Charles currently chairs the UNCCD CSO Panel.
Charles Balogoun OYEOUSSI
Charles Balogoun OYEOUSSI
CSO