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By Kelly Fish Detrimental effects of climate change are increasing in visibility and frequency throughout the world, but do not affect all equally. Women disproportionately bear the burden of the impacts of climate change, which are often exacerbated in situations of political instability and conflict. I remember when the connection between climate change and conflict…

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BOSTON – Classy, the world’s first social impact platform with the goal of helping organizations solve social problems more effectively and efficiently, announced that Project Concern International’s (PCI) Satellite Assisted Pastoral Resource Management (SAPARM) program has been selected as a winner in the 6th Annual Classy Awards. The event took place on Thursday, June 16,…

Every day, millions of children around the world don’t go to school. There are many barriers that keep them from learning in the classroom. Parents and grandparents often don’t send their children to school because it’s too expensive. Covering the cost for school supplies, textbooks, uniforms and transportation can be a heavy burden for families…

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By Christa Davis and Dr. Maria Lourdes F. Reyes We’ve all experienced the discomfort of a hygiene “incident”: running out of soap before showering, forgetting to brush our teeth, or needing to change our baby’s diaper only to realize we’ve used the last diaper in the pack! These occurrences are annoying, but also manageable. But…

Secondary students around the Home Counties join forces with PCI (Project Concern International) to promote global water awareness LONDON–PCI held its third annual London Walk for Water on Sunday, May 15, 2016, with more than 100 Londoners walking to raise awareness and funds for clean water and poverty eradication programs around the world. The 5-kilometer…

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Helping Mothers, Babies and Families in India Have a Healthy Start Together By Liliana Cervantes A woman’s health during pregnancy is of vital importance to both her baby’s development and her own ability to stay healthy. However, mothers in some parts of the world struggle to keep themselves and their babies healthy during this critical…

Nothing compares to the power of a mother’s strength. From women in Zambia who are empowered to be screened for HIV and cervical cancer; to mothers and their preemies in Guatemala; to women saving money, starting businesses and empowering each other and their children to achieve their dreams through our Women Empowered initiative, PCI is…

By Judith Robb-McCord, Every Preemie Director; and Elimase Kamanga, Every Preemie Technical Advisor, PCI Today, as we celebrate International Day of the Midwife, thousands of families in Malawi recognize and applaud the important contributions midwives have made for improved maternal, newborn and child health. Over the past 15 years and as part of the UN…

Hundreds of San Diegans came together to experience the journey millions of women and children around the world make every day in search of clean water SAN DIEGO, CA – PCI (Project Concern International) brought the global water crisis home to San Diego by hosting its annual Walk for Water 5K at Tecolote Shores on…

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Explore our 2015 Annual Report online. 2015 was the most successful year in PCI’s history as we helped transform the lives of more than 19 million people around the world and expanded our program reach. Over the past year, we were a leader in the Ebola response in Liberia; kicked off our largest program ever…

Story and Photo By Gesler Castillo Women are effective agents of change in their communities and families, and through our Women Empowered (WE) Initiative we’ve seen firsthand how important economic development and social capital is to breaking the cycle of poverty. Since 2012, PCI has implemented our WE program in Guatemala, an integrated economic and…

World Health Day is celebrated every year on April 7, and this year’s theme is around diabetes awareness, prevention and scaling up treatment of the disease that affects 422 million people worldwide. More than 50 years ago, PCI was founded in the U.S./Mexico border region. Since 2004, our US & Border Program (US&BP) has helped…