Kenyan Men Join the Fight Against Gender-Based Violence
Kenyan Men Join the Fight Against Gender-Based Violence In the slums of Nairobi, male ‘agents of change’ are teaching men and boys how to prevent violence against women and girls in their communities. They tell News Deeply that the fight begins with challenging their own entrenched attitudes about gender. By Justus Wanzala | This article originally appeared…
Read MoreDemand-driven Training for Youth Employment Toolkit
Global Communities Featured in Demand-driven Training for Youth Employment Toolkit Global Communities was highlighted as one of the Demand Driven Training partners in the Making Cents International Demand-driven Training for Youth Employment Toolkit. Please view the full DDT Toolkit home page here. The Goal of the Demand-Driven Training for Youth Employment is to accelerate the…
Read MoreGlobal Communities Partners with Power Africa
Community-engagement NGO focusing on ensuring effective take-up and sustainability of power projects in Africa Silver Spring (November 17, 2017) – Global Communities today announced that it has joined Power Africa, the groundbreaking USAID partnership focused on increasing the number of people in Africa with access to power. Power Africa brings together technical and legal experts, the…
Read MoreGhana WASH Behavior Change Communication Package
Ghana WASH Behavior Change Communication Package Under the USAID WASH for Health program, Global Communities worked with government officials and WASH sector stakeholders to research, analyze and design a comprehensive behavior change communication (BCC) package that contains a broad range of materials from instruction manuals to games and radio dramas that educate people on the importance…
Read More“Hetsomi” Means Dignity: Sanitation Innovation Giving Dignity to Ghana’s Poorest
“Hetsomi” Means Dignity Sanitation Innovation Giving Dignity to Ghana’s Poorest Stella Adzonyo with her granddaughter. She says the Digni-Loo has changed her life. Stella Adzonyo faces physical challenges on a daily basis. Unable to walk, she struggles living in a place where accommodations for people with disabilities do not exist. Stella lives in Hwakpo, a small…
Read MoreInnovative Ghanaian Latrine Makes Sanitation Aspirational
Innovative Ghanaian Latrine Makes Sanitation Aspirational By USAID Water Team | This article originally appeared on Medium. Children at Ibrahim Memorial School gather with their teacher, Zainat Boye, in front of the school’s new Digni-Loo. The Digni-Loo was invented by Global Communities as part of the USAID WASH for Health program which is working to accelerate sustainable improvement…
Read MoreQuiet Heroes in the Fight against Ebola
Quiet Heroes in the Fight against Ebola WASH entrepreneurs provided a vital service during the peak of the Ebola crisis, fixing hand pumps and restoring water systems so clinics and communities could continue safe hygiene practices. While the Ebola crisis was at its peak, a small group of WASH entrepreneurs helped in a significant way…
Read MoreSaving Lives with a Little Soap and Water
Saving Lives with a Little Soap and Water New Behavior Change Communication Package Promotes Healthy Hygiene Practices Imagine saving 5,000 lives. This is one of many things that the Government of Ghana and its non-profit and private-sector partners hope to accomplish by promoting improved water, sanitation and hygiene behaviors, like handwashing. According to UNICEF, more…
Read MoreBamboo Capital Partners Exits its Investment from Vitas
Bamboo Capital Partners Exits its Investment from Vitas After six years of investment, Bamboo Capital Partners (“Bamboo”), a leading impact investing private equity firm delivering social and financial value, has profitably exited from its investment in Vitas Group. The transaction was achieved through a repurchase of shares by Vitas financed through existing internal funds. Bamboo…
Read MoreEnterprising Africa: Where Strong Systems Boost Business
Enterprising Africa: Where Strong Systems Boost Business By David A. Weiss, President and CEO of Global Communities | This article originally appeared in the Huffington Post. This year in Tanzania, a business-to-business forum brought together nine buyers and processors, 15 sellers of non-refined sunflower oil and oil seeds, and 14 representatives from two agricultural cooperatives.…
Read MoreImproving Sanitation in Ghana: A Functional Latrine in One Week
Improving Sanitation in Ghana: A Functional Latrine in One Week Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) has drastically improved sanitation and hygiene in Ghana’s Zangu-Vuga community. Prior to the USAID-funded WASH for Health Project, basic sanitation was a formidable challenge, as there were no household or communal latrines in the area. Community members typically practiced open defecation…
Read MoreWarriors for Peace: Preventing Post-Election Violence in Kenya
Warriors for Peace: Preventing Post-Election Violence in Kenya In the wake of Kenya’s contested 2007 election, ethnic violence ripped through the country, killing over 1,000 and displacing as many as 600,000. Now Kenya is gripped by another disputed election, as the Supreme Court has annulled the recent Presidential election due to voting irregularities, with a…
Read MoreBuilding Small Agribusinesses in East Africa
Building Small Agribusinesses in East Africa Agribusiness Investment for Market Stimulation (AIMS) is a five-year initiative of Global Communities to bolster trade in key agricultural sectors, grains, pulses, dairy, and horticulture in Kenya, Tanzania and Malawi by increasing access to financing and markets for small and medium-sized agribusinesses. AIMS is funded by the U.S. Department…
Read MoreImproving Community Sanitation and Preventing the Spread of Ebola in Liberia
Improving Community Sanitation and Preventing the Spread of Ebola in Liberia Report highlights the link between improved sanitation practices and the spread of Ebola Read the full report online | Download the full pdf report An assessment demonstrating the correlation between Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) and Ebola prevention in Liberia was published in the Journal of…
Read MoreInnovation at Work: Plastic Latrine Slabs Address Ghana’s Sanitation Challenges
Innovation at Work: Plastic Latrine Slabs Address Ghana’s Sanitation Challenges USAID WASH for Health Project Providing Improved Sanitation to Households with Disabilities Anani Abeena, a 54-year-old farmer with five children, never knew owning a household latrine could be so easy. Like the most of the other 643 people of Taviefe Dzefe, a community located about…
Read MoreGlobal Communities 2016 Annual Report is available!
Global Communities 2016 Annual Report is available! This year’s annual report contains: Global Communities’ unique approach to a region in crisis – read about our resilience and community-based response to the Syrian refugee crisis impacting the whole Middle Eastern region, in Syria and with refugee and host communities in the surrounding countries, as well as the humanitarian…
Read MoreBuilding on South Sudan’s Remaining Social Capital
Building on South Sudan’s Remaining Social Capital By Joanna Springer, Senior Research and Evaluation Specialist at Global Communities | This article originally appeared in Global Observatory. The outlook for peace and security in South Sudan has darkened considerably since fighting between forces of the Sudan People’s Liberation Army and the Sudan People’s Liberation Army-In Opposition resumed…
Read MoreAIMS Program: Developing the Horticulture Sector in Malawi
AIMS Program: Developing the Horticulture Sector in Malawi By Deborah Kafanikhale The USDA-funded Agribusiness Investment for Market Stimulation (AIMS) program, implemented by Global Communities (GC) since September 2014 in Kenya, Tanzania and Malawi, facilitates agribusinesses to access markets and finance as a way of bolstering domestic, regional and international trade of agricultural products. In Malawi,…
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