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Matching Innovation to Need
December 12, 2019|post
Luis took a break from the virtual welding station and approached a man holding a pen and a reporter’s notebook. Luis, 50, drives a forklift on an early-morning shift, he explained, and welding could be a path to a brighter and more lucrative future. “It’s a good option for when I need a new job,” […]
Rural Placemaking Initiative Challenge (RPIC): Delta Communities Connected through Placemaking
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The Delta Communities Connected through Placemaking and Innovation (DCCPI) project seeks to facilitate locally driven efforts to improve quality of life, rural economy, and e-connectivity in the Mid-Delta region of Arkansas. DCCPI leverages the strong cultural identity and current placemaking efforts of Lonoke, England, Stuttgart, and Helena-West Helena with innovative state initiatives focused on enhancing […]
Give of Yourself a Spirit of Service – Highlighting Winrock International Recruiters Darla Embry and Dr. Olivia Caillouet
April 6, 2023|volunteer
As a proud implementer of volunteer programs around the world, Winrock International is always happy to participate in celebrating and recognizing service. Each year at this time, we join many other organizations nationwide to reflect on volunteerism–particularly around these three questions: “What’s your story?”, “What does service mean to you?” and “Why do you volunteer?” […]
“Welcome What Will Change You as You Change the World!” – Interview with Winrock International Farmer-to-Farmer Volunteer Champion Dr. Onesimus Otieno
February 25, 2023|volunteer
As an organization committed to sustainable and equitable agriculture and rural development, the Winrock International Farmer-to-Farmer Program would like to take this opportunity to acknowledge and honor the significant contributions and impact that the Black Diaspora has had on the agriculture industry in the United States. For centuries, Black farmers, ranchers, and agricultural workers have […]
Baking for Empowerment
March 14, 2022|volunteer
In January 2022, Adama Pouye from Senegal and Nancy Scott from the United States, came together to help the women of Cooperation of the Networks of Users of the Consular Agricultural Training and Transformation Unit (RUUFTAC) create new and improved products to sell in their communities. In Senegal, there is a market for bakery products […]
Winrock Receives Visa Foundation Funding to Help Southern Small Businesses Recover and Grow
November 11, 2021|post
Little Rock, Ark. – November 11, 2021 – Winrock International has received a $500,000 grant from the Visa Foundation to promote economic growth in the U.S. South and Southeast by helping small businesses access loan assistance from the Southern Opportunity and Resilience (SOAR) Fund. Through the Visa Foundation-funded SOAR Technical Assistance Project, Winrock and partners […]
Power of Place: Winrock Fosters Revitalization and Innovation in Rural Arkansas
June 7, 2021|post
In the rear of an empty city lot in downtown Stuttgart, Arkansas, population 9,195, five school-aged kids sit down and quietly erect a giant Jenga tower. It’s just there, waiting to be built on a Saturday morning, so they do. Over on the side, a young couple plops into a pair of chairs facing an […]
Southern Small Businesses and Nonprofits Impacted by Covid Can Now Apply for Support from Multi-Million Dollar Fund
April 28, 2021|post
April 27, 2021 – Small business owners and nonprofits across the South can begin applying today for very low interest loans of up to $100,000 and free business support through the Southern Opportunity and Resilience (SOAR) Fund—a new program created by a diverse group of community lenders aimed at helping small businesses and nonprofits navigate and […]
National and Local Community Lenders Announce Multi-Million Dollar Fund to Support Small Business and Nonprofit Recovery Across the South
March 3, 2021|post
March 3, 2021 – A diverse group of community finance organizations today announced the Southern Opportunity and Resilience (SOAR) Fund, which aims to raise $150 million to provide affordable capital and free business support to small businesses and nonprofits in 15 southern and southeastern states to help them navigate and rebuild from the COVID-19 health […]
Celebrating 35 Years of Making the World Smaller… One Volunteer at a Time
December 16, 2020|post
Flash back to 1985: “Live Aid” concerts raise millions for famine relief in Ethiopia, Mikhail Gorbachev comes to power and Michael Jordan is named NBA’s Rookie of the Year. In the U.S. Congress, another Farm Bill quietly passes — this one with a tiny amount of funding for an obscure USAID program now officially titled […]