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SILVER SPRING, MD. (June 28, 2021) – Global Communities CEO David Weiss was proud to participate in a virtual signing ceremony launching a new partnership between Global Communities subsidiary Bell Finance and the American University of Iraq, Sulaimani. The partnership will deliver an innovative new Private Sector Development Finance Seminar to business students as they…
Read MoreBack Share HEALTH Supporting San Diego’s Pandemic Response, One Call at a Time From the start, the coronavirus pandemic has reminded the world that our health depends on each other. Recognizing this undeniable connection, governments across the globe have turned to contact tracing as a critical way to break the chain of COVID-19 transmission at…
Read MoreBack Share HEALTH Expecting during the Unexpected: Pregnancy and Birth in the Time of COVID-19 For 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 are…
Read MoreBack Share Advancing Sustainability during the Pandemic In 2020, Global Communities and PCI, a Global Communities Partner, came together with a shared commitment to stand with communities currently facing the dramatic effects of a changing climate. Climate change affects multiple dimensions of food security – food availability, food accessibility and food systems stability. The disruptions…
Read MoreBack Share Global Communities and PCI Respond to COVID-19 For communities around the world, the arrival of COVID-19 changed life overnight. Everyday life ground to a halt, and lifesaving programs were forced to adapt. Global Communities and PCI, a Global Communities Partner, brought to the crisis decades of experience combating epidemics and communicable diseases, from Ebola…
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Read MoreBack Share Humanitarian Assistance Meets the Challenges of the Coronavirus Pandemic Syria As 2020 drew to a close, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) reported that COVID-19 cases among the 6.6 million Syrians displaced by a protracted conflict continued to rise. The U.N. said that estimates of 19,200 cases in the northwest and nearly…
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Black women are three times more likely to experience a pregnancy-related death than white women. Many of these deaths are preventable, and research indicates their causes are rooted in systemic inequities and implicit bias. To build awareness around this issue and ultimately change the state of Black maternal health in the United States, PCI, a…
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Paula Rudnicka, Sr. Technical advisor for Gender Integration, PCI, A Global Communities Partner It has been over a year since COVID-19 brought much of the world to a halt and exacerbated the most pressing development challenges, including inadequate and unsustainable access to water. According to pre-pandemic estimates, more than 2 billion people around the globe…
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In 2018, USDA funded a Local and Regional Food Aid Procurement (LRP) program, called Nuestra Cosecha (meaning “Our Harvest”), to complement the three existing McGovern-Dole programs in Guatemala. In coordination with the Ministry of Education (MINEDUC) and Ministry of Agriculture (MAGA), Project Concern International, a Global Communities Partner (PCI) leads the implementation of Nuestra Cosecha…
Read MoreE3 Alliance calls on San Diego workforce to help put illicit industry out of business SAN DIEGO — Until now, one sector was largely missing from human trafficking prevention efforts in San Diego. With the launch of E3 Alliance: Employers Ending Exploitation, Project Concern International (PCI), a Global Communities Partner, plans to mobilize businesses across…
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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…
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