Sustainable Development
When One Door Closes, Another Opens: Syrian Entrepreneurs Creating New Economic Opportunities in Jordan
When One Door Closes, Another Opens: Syrian Entrepreneurs Creating New Economic Opportunities in Jordan The Alwis Brothers Co. was established in Syria in 1935 as …
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From Sex Worker to Car Washer: DREAMS Program Helping Young Women Live Empowered Lives
From Sex Worker to Car Washer: DREAMS Program Helping Young Women Live Empowered Lives This article first appeared on BBC Swahili |  By Idris Situma Twenty-three year …
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Social Entrepreneurship Conference in Moline
Video: Social Entrepreneurship Conference in Moline A new social entrepreneurship series by Western Illinois University took a closer look at the ongoing revitalization efforts in Moline’s …
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Accessing Higher-Value Local Markets: Lead Firm Collaboration is a Win-Win
Accessing Higher-Value Local Markets: Lead Firm Collaboration is a Win-Win By Tuul Tuvshinbayar, Program Manager, Global Communities’ EMIRGE program This article originally appeared on The SEEP …
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Using Evidence to Reduce Poverty in the World’s Poorest Places
Using Evidence to Reduce Poverty in the World’s Poorest Places By Milton Funes, Director of Program Impact and Learning at Global Communities This article was …
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MENA YES: Adapting and Sustaining Demand-Driven Training Programs
Adapting and Sustaining Demand-Driven Training Programs: A Case Study from the Middle East While the unprecedented transitions taking place in Middle East and North Africa …
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Allowing Refugees to Better Their Communities Results in Big Benefits
Allowing Refugees to Better Their Communities Results in Big Benefits By David Weiss, President and CEO, Global Communities This article originally appeared in the Huffington Post. …
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Building a Healthy, Prosperous and Bright Future in Rwanda
Building a Healthy, Prosperous and Bright Future in Rwanda Global Communities has been working with USAID and Feed The Future to help 125,000 Rwandans live …
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Sowing Futures Through Volunteerism in Horizontina, Brazil (video)
Sowing Futures Through Volunteerism in Horizontina, Brazil Global Communities is working with communities, youth and local institutions in Horizontina, Brazil through a participatory approach that …
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Improving Livelihoods Through Poultry Farming
Improving Livelihoods Through Poultry Farming For more than two years, 17 farmers and entrepreneurs of Association of Entrepreneur Women (OAMES) in the town of Marañonal …
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Multipurpose Cooperative Entities Challenge Cooperative Sector in Uganda
Multipurpose Cooperative Entities Challenge Cooperative Sector in Uganda By Richard Mujuni, Program Officer, DESIGN team, Uganda This article originally appeared on the Global Cooperative Learning Platform. One …
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If You Want to Solve World Hunger, First Understand Farmers
If You Want to Solve World Hunger, First Understand Farmers By David Weiss, President and CEO, Global Communities This story originally appeared in the Huffington …
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A Day in a Life of a Cooperative
A Day in a Life of a Cooperative Matt Feldman, Visiting International Professional in Rwanda and Uganda, August 2015 Worldwide, the rural poor face similar constraints …
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Developing a Strategy to Engage Private Sector in Rwanda
Developing a Strategy to Engage Private Sector in Rwanda Marcela Valverde, Visiting International Professional in Rwanda, June-July 2015 Working with vulnerable populations in Rwanda, Global Communities …
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Community Development in Moline, IL
Community Development in Moline, IL Global Communities is funded by the John Deere Foundation in Moline. The Floreciente neighborhood was chosen for this program because …
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Want to Eliminate Poverty? Check your Behavior.
Want to Eliminate Poverty? Check your Behavior. David Weiss, Global Communities President & CEO This article first appeared in the Huffington Post The UN’s first …
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Five Steps to Successful Community Engagement and Mobilization
Sowing Futures is using Global Communities’ community development model, Participatory Action for Community Enhancement (PACE), to engage target communities in Brazil and to begin developing …
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