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Food Systems

Conflict, climate shocks, and economic instability are straining the world's food systems, or the networks that communities use to grow, process, and deliver food. When these systems falter, hunger and malnutrition rise, farmers lose income,...
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Celebrating 10 Years of Positive Impact in Brazil

In 2014, Global Communities arrived in Brazil in partnership with the John Deere Foundation to implement the Sowing Futures program in Horizontina (RS). Since then, we have expanded our operations to promote sustainable development in...
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Sowing Futures and Lots of Hope in Argentina

By: Sergio Scheffer and Natalia Lopez-Thismon Translated by: Samuel Lau In the peripheral neighborhoods of cities in Argentina, it is not uncommon to find large empty lots gathering junk. Giuliana (Yuli) and her four children,...
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Reflections on Programming Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic

 The COVID-19 pandemic has continued to impact communities beyond what many thought would be a few weeks of quarantine. As we recognize the second anniversary of the pandemic, we reflect on Global Communities’ country teams...
BREWERVILLE, LIBERIA: Aug. 22, 2017 - Wislyne S. Yarh Sieh is a registered nurse and Officer in Charge (OIC) at Kpallah Community Clinic in Brewerville. Wisylne worked as a healthcare worker during the Ebola outbreak in 2014-2015. Healthcare workers like Wislyne were left isolated and alone to fight this mysterious disease from the heart of the jungle. But, she, along with many others, continued to fight. "Being a nurse is like being a soldier. You cannot take your uniform off when there is battle. Then you are not a soldier. So I went on the frontline because I wanted to save lives," she remembers. 
The Ministry of Health did not have a centralized system to communicate vital information to healthcare workers across the country at the same time. UNICEF and USAID worked together to create a platform that utilized mobile phones to facilitate a two way communications system between healthcare workers and the centralized ministry. 
Because of this new technology, healthcare workers across the country can receive text messages with important information about health emergencies. They are also able to use their phones to inform the Ministry of Health about the status of stocks in the clinic. 
Since Ebola, Wislyne has started using the new platform and now feels more connected and informed. She says, "If this program just stopped without things being in place, it would carry our work backward. It would make my work longer and delay treatment of the patients." Photo by Sarah Grile. 

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Global Health

Health is shaped far beyond the walls of hospitals and clinics. It's defined by the environments people live in, the food they eat, the safety they feel and the power they hold to influence decisions...
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Financial Inclusion

Financial inclusion means making sure people have access to the financial tools they need to save, borrow, invest, and grow. But many people-especially women, youth, and those working in informal markets-are left out of traditional...
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Learning to Collaborate Through Sowing Futures in Argentina

“While Manuel has always been the type of student to speak up in front of his peers, his class is not very diverse in terms of ideas and those who speak up in public generally...
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Pandemic response in Granadero Baigorria Leads to Strong Bonds and Cooperative Efforts

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought growing challenges to communities around the world. Many vulnerable communities and citizens are stuck in a state of social isolation and economic crisis. Even though that is the reality in...
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United for a Dream: Community Members Build a Much-needed Sports Field at High School in Granadero Baigorria

Ricardo Donoso is the deputy director of the No. 422 High School in Granadero Baigorria. For more than 10 years, he has been working side-by-side with the school’s principal, Rossana Inveninato, and where, in reality,...