The Americas
Lessons from FIFA: What the World Cup Reveals About Who We Are
By Lisa Bain, Senior Director, U.S. Programs This year, the FIFA World Cup is in the United States and, for a nation that does not have a deeply rooted soccer culture, it is highlighting a simple but powerful truth: Across teams, languages, and cultures, people find joy...
Helping Brazil’s Youngest Children Go Beyond the Page
Every child knows the feeling of being swept into a story. With the turn of the first page, a classroom suddenly gives way to a make-believe kingdom. Alongside friends, children become explorers, heroes, and creators,...
Bridging Law, Collaboration and Practice: A Longitudinal Analysis of Human Trafficking Prevention Education Initiatives in San Diego County 2018–2024
This report represents the culmination of several years of sustained, multi-agency collaboration to advance human trafficking prevention education throughout San Diego County from 2018 to 2024 and features outcomes from Global Communities' Project ROOTS. Access...
Walking Together Toward Healthier Beginnings
How Healthy Steps, Happy Families Builds Community for New and Expecting Parents On a spring morning in Southern California, strollers roll slowly along a neighborhood path. Parents walk side by side, some meeting for the...
From Carts to a Cooperative: A Home for Montenegro’s Essential Workers
In 2022, the story of Projeto Reciclar sounded like the rhythmic "clack-clack" of cart wheels on pavement before dawn. We walked those streets with Eloi and Florentina Tavares, and their son, Daniel, watching them navigate the shadows of Montenegro to find what the rest...
The Language of Home: How UNIDOS Supports Classroom Success in Guatemala
Teaching someone how to read is rarely simple. Helping them want to read takes something even more. At the Yulchén JV elementary school in Guatemala’s Western Highlands, Marta noticed that her first- and second-grade students...
