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South Sudan: Needs Assessment Report  Morobo/Torit County and Khor Wulliang (Juba County) I. Executive Summary South Sudan became an independent nation and the world’s newest country on July 9th 2011, marking the conclusion of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) that had been in place since 2005. Beginning during referendum registration and increasing after independence, about…

World Water Day is held annually on March 22nd to recognize the importance of water in our world and advocate for the sustainable management of water resources. CHF Honduras Water Harvesting Project Wins Global Award  Our Millennium Challenge Corporation-Funded water harvesting project in Honduras won the Actions in Water and Climate Change Adaptation Prize last…

Governor Richard F. Celeste and Ambassador Vicki J. Huddleston Join CHF International Board of Trustees Silver Spring, MD, March 20, 2012 Governor Richard F. Celeste and Ambassador Vicki J. Huddleston have joined the Board of Trustees of CHF International (CHF), the Silver Spring, Maryland-based international development and humanitarian assistance organization. “It is a pleasure to…

Civil Society & Democratic Local Governance Good governance is built on the premise that institutions are designed to be open and accountable to civil society and effective in terms of financial management and policy implementation. CHF International helps local governments and citizens to recognize that an effective model of governance requires the involvement of many levels of government…

PHOTO: Eva Mejia accepting the prize on behalf of CHF International.   In a special ceremony, on Thursday March 15th CHF International won the Actions in Water and Climate Change Adaptation Prize, for the implementation of the Water Harvesting Project in Honduras. The prize was awarded by the Americas Climate Change Dialogue. CHF was represented…

Doing Business Right: From Petty Traders to Entrepreneurs in War-Battered Economy By Wade Williams This article originally appeared on FrongPageAfrica. Clothing designer Geneva Garr supervises several men crouched over sewing machines surrounded by beautifully tailored dresses hanging for customers to see. Starting up with just one sewing machine on her porch, Garr, 37, now makes…

Dirt for Money: Liberians to Earn Cash as Waste Recycling Center Opens in Monrovia By  Gboko John Stewart This article originally appeared on FrontPageAfrica. Monrovia—On a hot sunny Friday, Ousman Kromah, a scavenger, walks into the in the Green Center at Nancy Doe Jorkpen Town Market with two bags of scrap materials. Dressed in a white…

The Mortgage Market Development Program (MMDP) is has the goal of supporting the development of a long-term mortgage market to spur economic development and community stability within the Palestinian territories. The MMDP will accomplish this goal by meeting the following objectives: Piloting mortgage education for the public; Strengthening bank capacity in mortgage underwriting; Strengthening condominium…

Shelter Projects Report Highlights CHF’s Work in Haiti By the end of 2010, over 43 million people worldwide had been forcibly displaced due to conflict and persecution. In addition, during 2010, over 400 natural disasters were reported killing over 300,000 people and affecting more than 300 million people. This made it the second worst year…

USAID Supports Joint Promotion Of Tara And Durmitor Regions in Montenegro USAID’s Economic Growth Project is supporting four northern Montenegro local tourism organizations to jointly promote their region at the Belgrade International Tourism Fair PODGORICA  – The USAID Economic Growth Project is helping to support local tourism organizations (LTOs) from Pluzine, Zabljak, Pljevlja and Savnik to…

In Memory of Harry McPherson We are saddened to report that Harry McPherson, CHF Trustee, died on February 16, 2012. Harry McPherson served as counsel and special counsel to President Lyndon B. Johnson from 1965-69, and was President Johnson’s speechwriter from 1966-69. He was instrumental in drafting the Civil Rights Act of 1957 and was…

VIP Profile: Gordon E. Lindquist Rwanda, January 2012 Developing Governance and Capacity of Local Cooperatives Cooperatives in Rwanda were formed as recently as 2007 based on legal provisions which transformed associations of people living with AIDS into cooperative businesses. Some support to facilitate this kind of broad transformation was made available but still much more…

Rwanda: U.S. $12.5 Million to Lift Hundreds Out of Poverty By Dias Nyesiga Thsi article originally appeared on allAfrica.com. Rwanda Integrated Improved Livelihoods Program (IILP) will soon inject US$ 12.5 to boost access to finance among the rural poor. Amy Davis, chief of party of the Rwanda Integrated Improved Livelihoods Programsaid the project locally known…

Liberia: President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Addresses Goldman Sachs/CHF 10,000 Women Graduation The the 10,000 Women Program, funded by Glodman Sachs and implemented by CHF, trains female small business owners in better business practices, helping them increase their revenue and improve their lives. President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was the keynote speaker; you can read her remarks…

Social Responsibility and a New World Order By David Weiss, CHF President and CEO This article orginially appeared in the Washington Post. Just before the New Year, the London-based Center for Economics and Business Research announced that Brazil had overtaken the United Kingdom as the world’s sixth largest economy. Furthermore, it predicted that by 2020,…

Gold – the Color of Impending Starvation By David A. Weiss, President and CEO of CHF International This article originally appeared in the Huffington Post. As you drive through Kitui and Mwingi provinces in southern Kenya, you notice the fields of golden corn around you on all sides. Only gradually do you realize that this…

D-RASATI Program Helps Increase Parents’ Confidence in Lebanese Public Schools Physical repairs, provision of equipment, and establishment of computer and science laboratories are part of a $75 million five-year “Developing Rehabilitation Assistance to Schools and Teacher Improvement” (D-RASATI) project funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). D-RASATI aims to improve the learning…

CHF’s Director of Humanitarian Assistance on Drought Relief in the Horn of Africa This article originally appeared in the Examiner. CHF International is a Silver Spring based international development organization founded in 1952 that works in conflict-affected and developing countries. They partner with communities around the world to help them to direct the improvement of…