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This article was originally published by USAID. Zambia’s development holds much promise but faces much peril. Urban economic growth has boomed, however rural areas have stagnated in poverty. Most rural households are engaged in subsistence-level farming on small plots that are not economically viable and often turn to unsustainable livelihoods that degrade natural resources to…
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The WASH for Health (W4H) project has been promoting handwashing as a key hygiene behaviour among Ghanaian households and basic school students since its inception in 2015. Increasingly, handwashing has become the new normal lifestyle in Ghana and beyond, primarily as a result of efforts to protect against the COVID-19 pandemic. The World Health Organization…
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Press Release from the US Embassy in Zambia LUSAKA, ZAMBIA – Ten thousand emerging farmers across Zambia will receive support to increase their productivity, incomes, and sustainable farming practices under a new project spearheaded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Corteva Agriscience, Global Communities, and John Deere. The Zambia Emerging Farmers Partnership…
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This Human Rights Day, Global Communities is actively working to help protect vulnerable populations around the world, particularly in Syria, where after six long years, individuals are still displaced by the millions. The resulting refugee crisis is the largest in history, and Global Communities is responding to the needs of refugees and the displaced across…
Read MoreSilver Spring, MD – Global Communities and PCI, a Global Communities Partner, are quickly mobilizing for an integrated regional response to Hurricane Eta, which brought life-threatening storm surges, damaging winds, flash floods, and landslides to Central America last week. Global Communities and PCI have decades of experience in Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua, as well as…
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Corteva Agriscience, John Deere, Global Communities & USAID Launch Project in Zambia to Enrich Lives
This press release was originally published on the Corteva website. Wilmington, Del. – October 22, 2020 – Corteva Agriscience, John Deere, Global Communities, and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) announced today the Zambia Emerging Farmers Partnership, a project designed to help increase the productivity, incomes and sustainable farming practices of 10,000 emerging farmers with…
Read MoreVirtual event will celebrate changemakers and support efforts to end poverty worldwide SAN DIEGO—Project Concern International (PCI), a Global Communities Partner, will host its first-ever Hands Across Borders: Celebrating Changemakers virtual event on Wednesday, Sept. 16. This year, to ensure all guests stay healthy and safe during this uncertain time, PCI has transitioned its traditional…
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Read original article on USAID website As a long-time youth activist, Drita jumped at the chance to join the Emergency Response (ER) Team in her community. She has been actively involved in USAID’s Up to Youth activity as a Youth Advisory Board member, and understands how vital it is to volunteer in her community. Thus,…
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By Kristin Wilcox Feldman, Chief of Party, USAID CLEAR Program Link to article on Medium.com The impacts of Covid-19 are weighing heavily on so many of us right now. As reality sinks in it becomes evident that Covid-19’s weight has hit some of us more dramatically than others. As governments globally struggle to implement measures…
Read MoreFor all that has come to a screeching halt in the time of COVID-19, life still goes on. In hospitals, homes and clinics across the country—regardless of social distancing measures and lockdown policies—over 10,000 babies will be born today. And that’s in the United States alone. Even under normal circumstances, giving birth can be an…
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Educating those suffering from obesity to transform their lives According to the latest Global Nutrition Report, 28.2% of women and 43.1% of men in Jordan are obese. This is an extremely alarming matter, especially that obesity is directly linked with increased health problems, such as heart disease and type 2 diabetes. The risk of obesity…
Read MoreTanzania Phones as Farm Hands: Fighting Fall Armyworm with Tech Story by Maureen SimpsonPhotos by Amy Ostrander & Jennifer Waugaman Smallholder farmers and those who support them are adding smartphones to the arsenal of tools they use to protect their fields. PCI – in partnership with Dimagi – utilized human-centered design techniques to develop AfriFARM,…
Read MoreGuatemala Homegrown school meals benefit students and farmers in Guatemala Story/photos by Maureen Simpson Every morning, Maria Jacinto walks a narrow path on a steep hillside in Guatemala’s Western Highlands to work a plot of land she can finally call her own. The route is tricky, even treacherous at times, but it’s nothing compared to…
Read MoreNotable Numbers Enhance Health 3.7M community members who participated in peer/self-help groups to improve health and nutrition behaviors 7,967 women/adolescent girls reached with cervical cancer prevention, screening and/or treatment 27,168 individuals tested for HIV to identify and link HIV+ individuals to treatment 8,124 HIV+ individuals supported with HIV treatment 14,066 orphans and vulnerable children provided…
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Earlier today, two of the USAID WASH for Health project’s Behaviour Change Communication experts (Edward Thompson and Martha Tia-Adjei) were engaged on TV3 and 3Fm’s morning shows (both under Media General, a leading Ghanaian private media house) to educate Ghanaians on the importance of handwashing, as today marks the Global Handwashing Day. Global Communities, in…
Read MoreWashington, D.C. – Rick Steves’ Europe announced Project Concern International (PCI) among the first recipients of the company’s Million-Dollar Climate Smart Commitment Grants. With this generous funding, PCI and local communities in the Western Highlands of Guatemala will tackle significant challenges to health, safety and environmental sustainability. Through the grant, PCI and local women leaders…
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The 2019 Water and Health Conference: Where Science Meets Policy, organized by the Water Institute at UNC explores drinking water supply, sanitation, hygiene and water resources in both the developing and developed worlds with a strong public health emphasis. The conference will take place in Chapel Hill, North Carolina on October 7-11, 2019. Click here…
Read MoreWASHINGTON – Together with more than 90 leading humanitarian and development organizations, Project Concern International (PCI) releases the following joint statement in response to the Administration’s recent steps to freeze funds for U.S. foreign assistance programs: “As organizations committed to addressing poverty and alleviating human suffering around the world, we stand together against any freezing of…
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