Global Communities Archives

Innovating in an Urbanizing World: Leading From the Middle By David Weiss, President and CEO, Global Communities This story originally appeared in the Huffington Post. Last month, I attended UN Habitat’s World Urban Forum, the world’s premier gathering on the subject of cities and our urban future. Every two years, stakeholders from across the globe…

Typhoon Haiyan Rapid Response Project: Restoring Basic Shelter and Livelihoods On November 8, 2013, the Category 5 “Super” Typhoon Haiyan (known as Yolanda in the local context) made landfall in the Philippines and caused widespread destruction as it moved through the central region of the country.  It damaged approximately 1.1 million homes and affected 14.4…

Global Communities and Chevron Working to Improve Sanitation in Liberia This story originally appeared in the Chevron Liberia Newsletter, April 2014. Representatives from Logan Town and Global Communities celebrate the opening of the community latrine facility. Global Communities, formerly named CHF, is a non-governmental organization that helps communities build capacity to improve lives. In Liberia, they…

Trash to Treasure Helping Bangalore create the first city-wide recycling system that empowers informal sector workers Solid waste management is an ever-growing issue in India as the country urbanizes and consumption habits change in this growing economy. 337 million people live in urban areas of India today and this is projected to grow to 590…

Syrian Refugee Crisis: Rapid Needs Assessment in Lebanon Global Communities serves as an active implementing partner for UNHCR in providing shelter and WASH assistance to Lebanon’s Mt Lebanon governorate. This update is part of Global Communities’ effort to assess, monitor and share information related to the impact of the Syrian refugee crisis in Mt Lebanon.…

WASH Factsheet Global Communities takes a comprehensive approach to WASH by coupling infrastructure development, community mobilization and behavior change communication to improve sanitation and hygiene practices. We work closely with local governments and communities to address the full life-cycle costs and risks associated with water and sanitation investments and water quality monitoring. Strong local partnerships…

Improving Sanitation Practices in Ghana (video) Using a community-driven approach that involves residents and a broad range of stakeholders, Global Communities is helping to improve availability and access to water and sanitation services through the WASH-UP program. With funding from USAID, Global Communities is working in three slum communities of Accra and two slum communities in the urban area of…

Cracking the Nut Africa: Improving Rural Livelihoods and Food Security Lessons from the Africa Regional Conference An initiative of the Global Communities’ Integrated Improved Livelihoods Program, commonly known as Ejo Heza, (funded by USAID and Feed the Future), this was the first Cracking the Nut conference to take place in Africa. Held in Kigali, Rwanda, the three-day…

Going “Garbage-free” is Not Easy in Bangalore This article was originally published on citiscope BANGALORE, India — This week, Citiscope reported on a program here that is turning waste-pickers into recycling managers. All 196 of Bangalore’s wards are due to get dry waste sorting centers, where people who used to ply landfills for trash with…

Jordan Loan Guaranty Facility: Supporting the Growth of Small and Medium Enterprises in Jordan  Global Communities, through the Jordan Loan Guaranty Facility (JLGF), organized a dinner and networking event for 400 representatives of Jordanian small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Amman, with participating banks, the US Ambassador Stuart Jones and many clients there to describe…

Global Communities: Accelerating Innovation How cities can learn, adopt and transfer innovations between each other to solve local issues of global significance   As the world urbanizes, cities are poised to take the lead on many global issues like climate change, economic development, and poverty reduction. And the world will increasingly look to cities to…