Resilience
USAID SCORE in Sri Lanka Promotes Beekeeping as an Innovative Way to Mitigate Human-elephant Conflict and Improve Local Livelihoods
Following the community resettlement in 2010, frequent incidents of elephants raiding crops in the Paddikudiyeruppu GN division in Vavuniya North in Sri Lanka have resulted …
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Growing Healthy Food, Connections through School Gardens
When Peter Masaju started a school garden at Suguti A Primary School in Musoma District, Tanzania, he planted the seeds for more than just healthy, …
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When Shared Knowledge Inspires People and Develops Communities
Community leaders formed through the Sowing Futures PACE program share experiences and help students from the new class of leaders grow As she tells her …
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Community Volunteers Lead the Way to Zika Prevention in Honduras
Zika, the mosquito-borne virus that can cause birth defects was rampant in Honduras three years ago, with about 36,000 cases, and a fear that the …
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Phones as Farm Hands: Fighting Fall Armyworm with Tech
Mary Alick first saw a picture of the culprit while standing in her field among damaged crops of pigeon peas and maize. Joseph Fayilosi, an …
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Global Communities’ Digni-loo Project Wins USAID’s Private Sector Engagement Award
Liz Calvey Zeller, Senior Director of Strategic Partnerships, represented Global Communities at an invitation-only workshop that USAID convened to solicit feedback from development implementers on …
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Creating a Sense of Pride in Communities in Brazil through Community Engagement
The Sowing Futures program in Brazil is the product of a partnership between the international development organization, Global Communities, and the John Deere Foundation, and was …
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Cooperatives Going Further Together in Mongolia
Since 2002, Global Communities has been working in the peri-urban communities or “ger” areas surrounding Mongolia’s largest cities. Ger areas are usually made up of …
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Meet Tanzania’s Safe Water Superhero
Yvonne Mwakisyala understands firsthand how access to clean water and sanitation is critical to keeping girls healthy, safe and on track with their education. “My …
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US-funded Projects Ease Drought for Farmers in Honduras’ Dry South
For Honduras, a reliable water supply in the impoverished, dry south is the key to prosperity that keeps families together, stabilizes impoverished communities and gives …
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Sarah’s Season of Growth: Forging a Path Out of Poverty
As a farmer, Sarah Ben understands there is a season for everything. Even so, she has known more than her fair share of loss—from the …
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Foreign Assistance Helps Give Hondurans Hope
By David Weiss, President & CEO, Global Communities Global Communities has been working in Honduras for more than 30 years. We help Hondurans develop sustainable …
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How Global Development Leaders Think Their Field is Changing
Originally from the Brookings website. By George Ingram and Kristin M. Lord A survey of 93 leaders, representing a wide range of organizations working to …
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It Takes a Village: Community Support Vital to School Feeding in Tanzania
What’s in a name? When it comes to Chakula Chetu, the answer is everything. The program, which means “Our Food” in Swahili, takes an innovative …
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Parents and Teachers Work Together to Improve Learning Environment at the Carlos Gomes School in Horizontina
Principal Leonice Aurélio Rohden cannot hide how proud she is of the goals accomplished by the parent – teacher association (PTA) of the Carlos Gomes …
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Taking Concrete Actions to Leave No One Behind: Government of Ghana Pro-Poor Policies and Sanitation Guidelines for Targeting the Poor and Vulnerable
By Alberto Wilde, Ghana Country Director and Eddy Perez, Technical Director for WASH and Health, Global Communities Despite Ghana’s progress in recent years — it is the …
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Mobilizing Youth and Volunteers to Transform a Local High School
Mobilizing Youth and Volunteers to Transform a Local High School Students and John Deere volunteers work together to improve educational environment at A.J. Renner school …
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Mobilizing Youth and Volunteers to Transform a Local High School
Mobilizing Youth and Volunteers to Transform a Local High School Students and John Deere volunteers work together to improve educational environment at A.J. Renner school …
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