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Ravine Pintade: Building Back “Better” in Haiti (video)
Ravine Pintade: Building Back “Better” in Haiti Claudia Marcelus, a resident of Ravine Pintade in Port-au-Prince, describes life before and after her neighborhood was destroyed by the 2010 earthquake. Haphazard construction, inadequate water and sanitation facilities, no street lighting, reoccurring flooding, sewage problems and fear of fires, characterized life in Ravine Pintade before the earthquake.…
Read MoreWomen Victims of Violence Achieving Full Property Rights in Colombia
Women Victims of Violence Achieving Full Property Rights in Colombia When Bertha lost her husband in 1991, she also lost her economic stability. Displaced from a village called El Moral in Ovejas, in 2001 she found the opportunity to work with nine other head-of-household women, who were also victims of violence. After five years, this…
Read MoreAgriculture Value Chains
Agriculture Value Chains In the agriculture sector, CHF utilizes a value chain – or market systems – approach to facilitate sustainable results, including job creation, access to financial products and services, improvements in quality, linkages to local and international markets, and increased incomes and sales. Our approach relies on comprehensive assessment, local capacity building, market…
Read MoreEmpowering Women Entrepreneurs in Liberia: 10,000 Women Profiles 2012
Empowering Women Entrepreneurs in Liberia Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women Certificate Program for Women Entrepreneurs Global Communities, in partnership with the Goldman Sachs Women’s Entrepreneurship and Leadership Certificate Program, is working with women entreprenuers to ensure they gain access to credit in the short term, while building support networks to provide skills and training that will give them access…
Read MoreCooperative Development
Cooperative Development Cooperatives are internationally recognized mechanisms for effectively developing financial and economic growth for like members within an economy. In the development context, cooperative structures have proven to be a successful strategy for individuals to pool resources and skills toward a common economic goal and can be especially so in transitional economies where people…
Read MoreGeorgia Sheds its Soviet Past for a New Generation
Georgia Sheds its Soviet Past for a New Generation By David Weiss, President and CEO of CHF International This article originally appeared in the Huffington Post. The Georgian word “bavshvi” means child. Until last year, the most vulnerable of Georgia’s children lived in danger of falling through the cracks of a society struggling to shed…
Read MoreImproving Schools in Kosovo
Improving Schools In 2008 Global Communities began working in Kosovo to improve the educational environment for primary and secondary school students. With funding from USAID, Global Communities constructed new classrooms and rehabilitated existing classroom space to provide safer places for children to learn. Working closely with the Kosovo Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (MEST)…
Read MoreCreating Employment for Vulnerable Residents in Armenia
Creating Employment for Vulnerable Residents From 2005-2011, Global Communities worked with USAID to promote job creation for vulnerable, rural communities in Armenia first through the Building and Rehabilitating Infrastructure for Development and Growth in Employment (BRIDGE) program, as well as the Small Scale Infrastructure Program (SSIP). Working in close collaboration with the Government of Armenia, local organizations, and communities, Global…
Read MoreCreating Smarter Cities with the Urban Poor
Creating Smarter Cities with the Urban Poor Worldwide one billion people live in urban slums and that number is projected to double to two billion by 2030. In India, CHF has been tackling this issue headon, working with slum communities and city governments to design and implement solutions to help reduce poverty and create smarter,…
Read MoreUSAID Jordan Loan Guarantee Facility (JLGF) is Helping Women SME Business Owners Expand Their Businesses Through a Financing Workshop
USAID Jordan Loan Guarantee Facility (JLGF) is Helping Women SME Business Owners Expand Their Businesses Through a Financing Workshop Press Release The USAID Jordan Loan Guarantee Facility (JLGF) is helping women grow their businesses. A three day workshop was conducted to help women SME owners seek financing for startup or expansion. Case studies were presented…
Read MoreCHF Program Helps Entrepreneurs to Chart their Own Path
CHF Program Helps Entrepreneurs to Chart their Own Path By Aaron Weiss, CHF Rwanda Intern Françoise Mukabalisa wakes up each morning and commutes to her canteen, where she works from nine in the morning to six at night. Françoise’s canteen is located in a large Kigali market, where she serves hundreds of shoppers passing through…
Read MoreCHF Honors 250 Graduates of its Anti Child Labor Program in Jordan
CHF Honors 250 Graduates of its Anti Child Labor Program in Jordan By Annie Mueller, Communications Officer PHOTO: CECLE students waiting for the ceremony to begin. On June 17, 2012, 250 students arrived at the Al-Hussein Cultural Center, in Amman. Many of them traveled from different parts of Jordan to attend their graduation. They put…
Read MoreCHF International and Lafarge Partnering to Increase Access to Affordable Housing
CHF International and Lafarge Partnering to Increase Access to Affordable Housing CHF International and Lafarge, a French-based industrial company specializing in cement and construction materials, have just announced a partnership to assist two million people with access to affordable and sustainable housing between now and 2020. The microfinance programme is targeted at people in emerging markets with low purchasing power to…
Read MoreA Dirty Business Goes Green
A Dirty Business Goes Green This article originally appeared in The Hindu Here’s is a community that takes its garbage seriously. Koramangala is getting a new integrated waste management system — Kasa Rasa — which will make it easier for people of the area to recycle waste. The Rs. 40-lakh facility, to be inaugurated on…
Read MoreIn Rwanda, an Association of People Living with HIV/AIDS Becomes a Strong and Vibrant Business Group
In Rwanda, an Association of People Living with HIV/AIDS Becomes a Strong and Vibrant Business Group PHOTO: Chili peppers were identified as a promising cash crop by WITINYA Cooperative in Rwanda.. WITINYA, which in Kinyarwanda means “have no fear,” began its activities in 2005, as a group of neighbors infected with and affected by HIV and AIDS…
Read MoreIn Mongolia, a Woman Farmer Challenges Traditional Local Practices
In Mongolia, a Woman Farmer Challenges Traditional Local Practices PHOTO: Under EMIRGE-Mongolia, group members invested $27K in building better shelter for their animals. As many in Mongolia, Battsetseg Davaa has been raising cattle for years using traditional local practices. She often thought of increasing the quality of her animals in hopes to increase the yields…
Read MoreCHF Programs Featured in “Entrepreneurship in Postconflict Zones”
CHF Programs Featured in CFR Paper on Entrepreneurship in Postconflict Zones CHF Senior Technical Advisor in Development Finance, Richard Shumann, represented CHF on May 17 at the Council on Foreign Relations Panel on “Catalyzing Economic Growth – the Power of Entrepreneurship,” focused on lending to small and medium enterprises in post-conflict countries. CHF is well known…
Read MoreShelter and Settlements: Post-Disaster Response in Urban Environments
Shelter and Settlements: Post-Disaster Response in Urban Environments PHOTO: Panelists from the Shelter and Settlements: Post-Disaster Response in Urban Environments Workshop. From left to right: Mario Flores, Ann Lee, Dr. Reinhard Goethert, Dr. Elizabeth Hausler and Charles Setchell. CHF International hosted a panel on the topic of Shelter and Settlements: Post-Disaster Response in Urban Environments at 2012…
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