Global Communities Archives

The Superwomen Rebuilding Haiti This story originally appreared in USAID Frontlines. By Joanna Stavropoulos, CHF-Haiti Communications Manager PHOTO: Judette Leurbours, a heavy machinery operator, clears rubble from the earthquake that struck Haiti last year. She is one of 30 women who went through training at the Haytrac Center, a CHF International training facility funded by USAID. (Credit:…

CHF-Haiti Helping Improve Sanitation for Earthquake-affected Households “I like my new toilet because it is close to my house and I like the color of the plastic that is around it,” says 7-year old Linsky Diderot Plaisir, one of the beneficiaries of the latrine-building program that CHF International is implementing with USAID funds in earthquake…

CHF Assists the University of Haiti in it’s Rebuilding Efforts With funding from the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund, CHF International is assisting the University of Haiti’s Faculty of Science and Engineering to construct a new administrative and classroom building. The design envisions an energy efficient, low maintenance building, which will serve as classroom and administrative space. The structure is being designed to be…

CHF-Haiti Rubble Removal Photos Highlighted on USAID’s Flickr Stream With funding from USAID, CHF has been implementing a large-scale rubble removal program in Port-au-Prince and other earthquake-affected areas. CHF and USAID have also begun an innovative rubble recycling initiative that takes debris and converts it into sand and gravel that can be used for laying new…

CHF International Celebrates International Women’s Day Meet the women who are changing the world     International Women’s Day is a global day to celebrate the economic, political and social achievements of women worldwide. Though great improvements have been made, women still suffer from reduced access to healthcare and education, and are exposed to more…

Rwanda: Healing the Scars of Genocide By David Weiss, President and CEO of CHF International Read the original article on the Huffington Post. When I told friends that I was going to Rwanda their reaction was an almost uniform: “How horrible!” Of course, their view of Rwanda was based on the terrible genocide of 1994…

CHF International is a leading facilitator of inclusive and market-based approaches that lift vulnerable populations out of poverty, including People Living with HIV (PLHIV) and orphans and vulnerable children (OVCs), and their families. Since 1952, CHF International has served communities and institutions in more than 100 countries worldwide, with current operations in more than 25…

VIP Profile: Thorhildur (“Toto”) Olafsdottir Yemen, January 2011 Bringing Their Stories to Light and Helping Young People Get Back to School In this poorest country of the Middle-East, only seven out of every ten school-aged children are actually enrolled in or attend school. All too many children drop out before they finish their basic education.…

USAID Deputy Administrator Visits Katye Project in Haiti Donald Steinberg, USAID Deputy Administrator, visited CHF’s Katye (neighborhood) project in Ravine Pintade, Haiti on Thursday. Ravine Pintade lost about 75 percent of its structures in the January 12, 2010 earthquake and CHF is working to comprehensively rehabilitate the area using an integrated, community-based approach. By rebuilding…

Pažnja! Korisne informacije o procesu prijavljivanja prijedloga projekata, objavljene 02. marta 2011. godine možete naći na dnu ove strane Projekat ekonomskog razvoja objavio tri poziva za podnošenje prijedloga projekata USAID-ov Projekat ekonomskog razvoja ima za cilj da unaprijedi ekonomski potencijal sjevera Crne Gore. Kroz aktivnosti u 13 opština sjevera (Andrijevica, Berane, Bijelo Polje, Danilovgrad, Kolašin,…

By David Weiss, President and CEO of CHF International Read the original article on the Huffington Post. These last two weeks, the headlines have been dominated by political turmoil in the Middle East, particularly in Egypt, the most populous and precarious of the countries currently experiencing popular demonstrations against their leadership. Whatever the outcome in…

CHF International’s President Visits Rwanda’s Local Leaders, Communities CHF International President David Weiss visits the CHF/Rwanda country program as part of his global leadership tour of CHF offices around the world From January 26-30, 2011, CHF International’s President David A. Weiss visited the CHF office and programs in Rwanda. Mr. Weiss was accompanied by a…

CHF’s Work in Darfur – Update CHF International would like to express our thanks again to everyone who donated money towards programs in Darfur. As you may know, CHF was one of thirteen major humanitarian assistance organizations that were ordered to leave Darfur in March 2009 by the Sudanese government. For more details, please click…

Beekeeping- A Sustainable Trade for Families in Montes de Maria By Maria Garcia, Communications Coordinator, Sincelejo, Colombia Beekeeping is an important trade for Manuel Arrieta Diaz, who has spent ten of his 47 years practicing this craft. For Manuel, who is Vice President of the Honey Producers Cooperative of El Carmen de Bolivar, Coapomiel, “The…

President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf’s Keynote Remarks Liberia’s President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf delivered the keynote address at CHF International’s Goldman Sachs-funded 10,000 Women Program graduation on December 3rd, 2010. You can read her remarks here.

Child Workers in Yemen Given Back their Childhood This article originally appeared on CNN By Mark Tutton Every day, 12-year-old Abed El-Elah and his 10-year-old brother leave school at one in the afternoon and head to work — selling balloons in the park. They work until sunset, earning 1,000 Yemeni Rials (about $4.60) a day…

A New Challenge for a New Country: Southern Sudan and Returnee Communities David Weiss, President and CEO, blogs on the Huffington Post about the challenges facing southern Sudan As I write I am in Nairobi, Kenya, for the CHF International Africa regional conference. But the highest profile events in the continent just now are taking…

CHF International is the principal recipient of the Global Fund to Prevent HIV/AIDS and Malaria in Honduras. Together with many local partner organizations, we implement a large-scale grants and capacity building program throughout the country to strengthen their ability of Hondurans to help communities living with serious health challenges. Traces of Life is a compilation…