Global Communities
Lessons from FIFA: What the World Cup Reveals About Who We Are
By Lisa Bain, Senior Director, U.S. Programs This year, the FIFA World Cup is in the United States and, for a nation that does not have a deeply rooted soccer culture, it is highlighting a simple but powerful truth: Across teams, languages, and cultures, people find joy...
Helping Brazil’s Youngest Children Go Beyond the Page
Every child knows the feeling of being swept into a story. With the turn of the first page, a classroom suddenly gives way to a make-believe kingdom. Alongside friends, children become explorers, heroes, and creators,...
A Bright Future for Syrians: Reclaiming Classrooms, Crops and Community
Across northwest Syria, over a million people have begun to return to their areas of origin after years of displacement, but the journey home is only the first step in recovery. In many towns across...
Walking Together Toward Healthier Beginnings
How Healthy Steps, Happy Families Builds Community for New and Expecting Parents On a spring morning in Southern California, strollers roll slowly along a neighborhood path. Parents walk side by side, some meeting for the...
Reducing Gaps and Strengthening Frontline Care in Ghana
By Maureen Simpson In many communities across Ghana, access to health care is shaped by distance, terrain, and trust. Reaching a clinic isn’t always simple and, for some, care depends on whether the system can...
Global Communities and Partners Launch Familia Imara to Combat Violence and Support Child Development
In a major step toward scaling evidence-based solutions for domestic safety, Global Communities officially soft-launched the Familia Imara project in Dar es Salaam in February. This transformative initiative, part of the global "What Works to...
From Carts to a Cooperative: A Home for Montenegro’s Essential Workers
In 2022, the story of Projeto Reciclar sounded like the rhythmic "clack-clack" of cart wheels on pavement before dawn. We walked those streets with Eloi and Florentina Tavares, and their son, Daniel, watching them navigate the shadows of Montenegro to find what the rest...
The Language of Home: How UNIDOS Supports Classroom Success in Guatemala
Teaching someone how to read is rarely simple. Helping them want to read takes something even more. At the Yulchén JV elementary school in Guatemala’s Western Highlands, Marta noticed that her first- and second-grade students...
