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Project Concern International (PCI) has been taking a community-based approach to promoting health in Zambia since 1996. We recently celebrated the 20 year anniversary of PCI Zambia and reminisced on the transformational changes we’ve seen. PCI Interim CEO Mark O’Donnell went there to join the festivities. There, he was reunited with former PCI beneficiary Tobias…
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Global Communities in Lebanon: Agriculture Lebanon Apple Production Agriculture is Lebanon’s third most important sector, employing about 15% of the active population. Global Communities has been instrumental in supporting and expanding agricultural businesses in Lebanon by working closely with the USDA-funded Lebanon Apple Production Improvement Program (LAPI), which introduced a mechanism for quality control and…
Read MoreBeyond the Basics: Holistic Humanitarian Assistance for Syrians By Margo Berends | This article originally appeared in American Diplomacy. The Syrian conflict continues to tear apart communities, families, lives and livelihoods. Millions have been displaced by the violence, either within Syria or across its borders, and the refugee crisis reverberates across the Middle East, Europe and…
Read MoreHere at PCI, we envision an AIDS-free generation and an end to the AIDS epidemic. And this World AIDS Day, we’re celebrating the significant progress made to end HIV/AIDS worldwide – and specifically highlighting our impact in Zambia. Since the early 1990s, we’ve been active in the HIV/AIDS response and our work spans the range…
Read MoreUSAID-RING Feed the Future Project Thrives in Northern Region This article first appeared on Citifmonline | By Abdul Karim Naatogmah Over 2,000 female beneficiaries of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Resiliency in Northern Ghana (RING) Feed the Future mission, have started harvesting 100 acres of orange-fleshed sweet potato cultivated in 70 communities of 17 districts in…
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Read MoreInterAction Announces $1.2 Billion Refugee And Humanitarian Assistance Pledge Group of 31 international NGOs commit over $1 billion in private resources to help address global refugee crisis over the next three years. WASHINGTON – InterAction – the largest U.S. alliance of international nongovernmental organizations—announced a commitment today by 31 of its members* to collectively invest over…
Read MoreAllowing 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. The approaching UN General Assembly summit on refugees and migrants promises to bring attention to humane and coordinated approaches to addressing the needs of the millions of displaced individuals around…
Read More“I did not know I was being radicalized”: understanding violent extremism Preventing violent extremism must be led by local voices. The solutions cannot from the outside, but from the same people who would become the extremists This article originally appeared in Thomson Reuters Foundation News.Written by Selline Korir, Global Communities Those words were spoken to…
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Read MoreBy Christa Davis and Dr. Maria Lourdes F. Reyes We’ve all experienced the discomfort of a hygiene “incident”: running out of soap before showering, forgetting to brush our teeth, or needing to change our baby’s diaper only to realize we’ve used the last diaper in the pack! These occurrences are annoying, but also manageable. But…
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Read MoreNancy E. Roman Joins Global Communities’ Board of Trustees Silver Spring, Maryland – Global Communities today announced the appointment of Nancy E. Roman, President and CEO of the Capital Area Food Bank, to its Board of Trustees. “We are so pleased to welcome Ms. Roman to the Board of Global Communities,” said Robert A. Mosbacher,…
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Read MoreDid you know that Peace Corps Volunteers (PCVs) currently serve in 63 countries around the world? In Tanzania and Botswana, PCVs have volunteered on several PCI projects. There’s been an effective synergy in this collaboration and the partnership has lead to more meaningful results and greater impact. This week, PCI joins the Peace Corps community…
Read MoreWhat aid workers are saying about Yemen This article originally appeared in Devex By Anna Patricia Valerio The violation of what was supposed to be a weeklong cease-fire, the abduction of two aid workers from the International Committee of the Red Cross, and a cyclone that has complicated relief operations are just some of the…
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