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Global Communities delivers essential solutions to complex challenges from the intersection of humanitarian assistance, sustainable development and financial inclusion.

Our support for communities at the forefront of their own development includes bringing together local leaders, governments, civil society and the private sector to achieve a shared vision of a more just, prosperous and equitable global community.

Our History

4.4 million+

people reached to meet urgent needs and build long-term resilience

16,711,841

healthy meals served to 300,000 primary school students in three countries

$249 million

in loans to entrepreneurs, small businesses and homeowners to increase economic opportunity

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OUR APPROACH

We work to advance inclusive development and equitable growth.

Because we were founded in the cooperative housing movement, a community-led approach has been central to our work from the very start. Global Communities prioritizes nimble, evidence-based programs developed in partnership with communities impacted by poverty, disasters and conflict.

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OUR GLOBAL REACH

We have deep roots in more than 35 countries around the world.

We stand with communities at the forefront of their own development in the Americas, Africa, Asia, Europe and the Middle East.

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Global Intersections

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GLOBAL INTERSECTIONS

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Global Communities respects the dignity and humanity of every individual and is committed to equity, inclusion, and justice in everything we do.

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GLOBAL INTERSECTIONS

Climate Action

Global Communities works at the intersection of humanitarian assistance, sustainable development and financial inclusion, incorporating a climate lens across all of our diverse programs.

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GLOBAL INTERSECTIONS

Humanitarian-Development Nexus

Global Communities designs community-based programs that respond to humanitarian assistance and sustainable development needs, while aiming to build social cohesion, and advance the equity, health and wellbeing of the planet and its people.

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Evidence, Learning and Adaptation

Global Communities recognizes the importance of how we capture, manage and utilize our data, evidence & knowledge to continuously apply learning, improve program quality, and demonstrate impact.

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GLOBAL INTERSECTIONS

Local Capacity Strengthening

Global Communities’ approach to partnership leverages and expands local capacity and cultivates locally-led change to achieve transformational, sustainable and scalable impact.

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Innovation

Global Communities is building an innovation ecosystem that will accelerate the designing, prototyping, and scaling of frontier solutions to the world’s most complex development challenges.

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NEWS

Latest stories from the blog

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Local Solution to Improved Transparency in Responsible Minerals Trade in Congo’s Ituri Province

How USAID’s Zahabu Safi (Clean Gold) Project is strengthening local civil society to carry out due diligence through a new information management platform By Kevin …

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Lessons from Kenya on Empowering Women in Housing Cooperatives

By Fredrick Nyagah and Tindi Sitati According to data from the International Cooperative Research Group, women represent only 30 percent of cooperative membership in Kenya. …

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Reflecting on USAID YouthPower Jordan’s Long-Lasting Impact 

By: Carrie Hessler-Radelet, President of Global Communities We at Global Communities believe that today’s youth should not have to wait to become leaders, because they …

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The Role of WASH in Sustaining Maternal Health During Delivery: Reflections from Global Communities WASH for Health Program, Ghana

Water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) play a foundational role in improving maternal health outcomes during pregnancy, delivery and postpartum.

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TESTIMONIAL

Improving Access to Water and Sanitation

The extent to which these projects will help our people cannot be overemphasized. They have brought tremendous improvement in the lives of the people, as they will reduce the time wasted in searching for water from streams and other unreliable sources.

—Lawal Tamimu, District Chief Executive of Sawla-TunaKalba, Ghana

In the small farming community of Kalba, Ghana, all ten of the town’s wells had run dry. So Global Communities partnered with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to accelerate sustainable improvement in water and sanitation access. The project connected schools, health facilities and more than 4,500 people with safe drinking water.

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