Residents and John Deere Volunteers: Creating a Space for All to Enjoy
Creating a Space for All to Enjoy John Deere Volunteers and Community Residents Join Together to Beautify Colato Community Square in Horizontina, Brazil View our Exposure piece below or at the link here.
Read MoreVideo: John Deere Foundation and Global Communities Partnership
Video: John Deere Foundation and Global Communities Partnership Global Communities has been partnering with the John Deere Foundation since 2012 to implement community development projects in the vicinity of Deere’s operations in India, Brazil and the US. Our programs create long-lasting, community-led change by organizing multiple stakeholders in development decisions affecting their lives and their…
Read MoreRebuilding Lives and Livelihoods in the “Promised Land”
Rebuilding Lives and Livelihoods in the “Promised Land” Savings and lending associations helping residents in Canaan develop their own businesses Maggy Pierre and her daughters are rebuilding their lives in the community of Canaan, Haiti. Eight years after the Haiti earthquake, thousands of people are remaking their lives life in Canaan. The area is an…
Read MoreGlobal Communities and John Deere Foundation Expand Partnership in South America
Sowing Futures in Brazil and Argentina: Global Communities and John Deere Foundation Expand Partnership in South America Silver Spring, MD (April 13, 2018) – Global Communities today announced that it has partnered with the John Deere Foundation to expand its intervention with vulnerable populations to Argentina and additional areas in Brazil, building on its previous…
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VIP: Ali Blumenstock, ANDA Program in Colombia
VIP: Ali Blumenstock, Monteria, Colombia: Addressing Environmental Issues One Community At a Time May 30 to August 11, 2017 Global Communities’ ANDA Program is based in Monteria, Department of Cordoba, Colombia. In Spanish ANDA means ‘to go forward’ and it was established in 2013 with the aim of reducing poverty and improving the quality of…
Read MoreCommunity Leaders Making a Difference in Brazil
Community Leaders Making a Difference in Brazil The Global Communities Brasil Sowing Futures program is strengthening neighborhoods in Horizontina by identifying and building the capacity of community leaders. In these neighborhoods, residents trained by Sowing Futures have been successful in creating formal neighborhood associations capable of developing and sourcing funding for their own community development projects.
Read MoreBrazil Sowing Futures: Bathroom Remodeling Creates Awareness and Unity Within Community
Bathroom Remodeling Creates Awareness and Unity Within Community Rehabilitation Action took place at the Deolinda Maneira Severo School, in the Jardim Oliveira Camargo neighborhood, in Indaiatuba Glass, mirrors and broken vessel lids. Old paint and scrawled walls. No partitions between urinals or clean spaces for toilet paper. This bleak scenario describes the former state of…
Read MoreGlobal Communities and Unidos por Puerto Rico Team Up for Recovery Effort
Global Communities and Unidos por Puerto Rico Team Up for Recovery Effort Silver Spring, November 2, 2017 — Global Communities has partnered with Unidos por Puerto Rico to help repair homes near San Juan that were badly damaged by Hurricane Maria. Support to Maria Survivors will focus on providing roof repair and mold removal support…
Read MoreThe Soccer School that Teaches More than a Sport: Respect, Friendship and Unity
The Soccer School that Teaches More than a Sport: Respect, Friendship and Unity Lusinir Martins Chaves, 25 years old, has moved neighborhood, city and state many times. He always carried in his suitcase and in his heart the dream of becoming a soccer player. He tried once, twice – actually more than 10 times! –…
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 MoreHurricane Response: Supporting Vulnerable Communities in Puerto Rico
Hurricane Response: Supporting Vulnerable Communities in Puerto Rico Hurricane Maria made landfall in Puerto Rico as a Category 4 hurricane, striking the Caribbean island with devastating levels of rain and winds up to 155 miles per hour. Other islands throughout the Caribbean have been hit repeatedly by enormously destructive hurricanes this season, causing homelessness, loss…
Read MoreReclaiming their Voices: One Community’s Struggle to Overcome Fear and Build Peace in Rural Colombia
Reclaiming their Voices: One Community’s Struggle to Overcome Fear and Build Peace in Rural Colombia Alfonso spent most of his youth living in fear. Twenty years ago when he was just an infant, 16 community leaders in his small village of Pijiguay were massacred by a paramilitary group that publicly crushed their skulls with rocks…
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 MoreGlobal Communities Moline: Floreciente Association Emerges
Global Communities Moline: Floreciente Association Emerges Floreciente is a largely Hispanic, lower-income neighborhood in Moline, IL. The close-knit area has a history of organizing around cultural issues and standing up to gangs. But as the community has aged, no young leaders have emerged to take their place. Their weakened organization became apparent in 2015, when the…
Read MoreCampo Alegre: Towards the Future – The Marching Band
Campo Alegre: Towards the Future The Marching Band Campo Alegre is a community in the Municipality of La Apartada in the Department of Cordoba; however, it is closer to Caucasia, a Municipality of the Department of Antioquia. It is a borderland of culture, and the town has seen difficulties in the appropriation of its territory…
Read MoreGlobal Communities and USAID Partner to Combat the Zika Virus in Honduras
Global Communities and USAID Partner to Combat the Zika Virus in Honduras This press release first appeared on Reuters Alertnet. Silver Spring, MD, April 5, 2017 – The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has awarded Global Communities a $4.9 million grant to help communities in Honduras prevent the spread of the Zika virus.…
Read MoreHonduran Farmers Prize Rainwater as Most Precious Harvest
Honduran Farmers Prize Rainwater as Most Precious Harvest Improving prospects for farmers who struggle to produce food through years of drought may also help stem the flow of Honduran migrants By Sophie Hares | This artilce originally appeared on Thomas Reuters Foundation News. Farm workers cultivate watermelons and bananas, irrigated by a water harvesting project…
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