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Riva Brown is Winrock International’s 2024 Farmer-to-Farmer Volunteer of the Year
January 3, 2025
Riva Brown, a university professor and volunteer who conducted a highly successful assignment with a women-owned enterprise in Senegal, has been named Winrock International’s 2024 Farmer-to-Farmer Volunteer of the Year. Brown is an associate professor of public relations at the University of Central Arkansas and a global learning specialist with UCA’s Center for Global Learning […]
Celebrating the legacy of former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, friend of Winrock International
December 30, 2024
Winrock International maintained close and warm ties over many decades to former President Jimmy Carter. In addition to serving as the 39th president, Carter spent years working as a peanut farmer and businessman in a small town in Georgia. A former state governor and Nobel Prize winner, Carter would become a cherished friend and colleague […]
Forging global partnerships: A conversation with Winrock’s Nodira Saidkarimova
December 16, 2024
Nodira Saidkarimova, chief of party of the Safe Migration in Central Asia project, spent six weeks in Washington, D.C., as a part of the Rumsfeld Foundation and Central Asia-Caucasus Institute CAMCA Fellowship program. We asked her about her experiences raising awareness of USAID-funded counter-trafficking and safe migration work in Central Asia, expanding SMICA’s network of […]
Wallace Center issues first-of-its-kind report on emerging field of Farm to Food Assistance in U.S.
December 9, 2024
This content was originally published on the Wallace Center’s website, Wallacecenter.org Over the past several years, there has been a tremendous increase of programs across the U.S. that aim to strengthen small farm viability and food security by connecting local farms to food assistance distribution partners such as food banks, food pantries, and other grassroots […]
White House statement highlights role of ART-TREES standard in groundbreaking deal to protect Amazon rainforest
November 19, 2024
A statement issued by the White House during President Joe Biden’s recent trip to Brazil cites new initiatives aimed at combating climate change and protecting forests, including in the Amazon, and highlights the importance of the ART-TREES standard in the future verification of high-integrity forest carbon credits sought by the Brazilian state of Pará. Winrock […]
Reducing waste and supporting a circular economy in the Dominican Republic
November 14, 2024
To read the U.S. Embassy Santo Domingo’s announcement about the project launch, please click here. The USAID/Dominican Republic Solid Waste Reduction Program was launched at a dynamic event in Santo Domingo on Nov. 6, 2024, attended by the Dominican minister of environment and natural resources and the USAID/Dominican Republic mission director. Implemented by Winrock with […]
Decentralizing power in Nepal: Distributed generation strategy reduces new risks from climate breakdown
November 5, 2024
This column by Bikash Pandey was originally published in Nepali Times. Nepal’s national electricity grid is supplied with power from a remarkably decentralised array of 162 hydropower projects and 14 solar photovoltaic schemes spread across 43 districts, supplying power over the grid to 30 million people. Another 249 hydropower projects and 14 solar projects are […]
Platform for Peace and Humanity publishes interview with Winrock project leader
November 4, 2024
The Platform for Peace and Humanity, an international civic association specializing in humanitarian and international law, features an interview with Gulnaz Kelekeyeva, Winrock’s project leader for the Kazakhstan Actions Against Trafficking in Children project, in a recent issue of the Platform’s Peace & Security Monitor Central Asia. The report’s lead piece, authored by Lova Jansson, […]
Partnering with the private sector to transform water management in Liberia
October 30, 2024
“The installation of pumps in our homes and the construction of the kiosk in Telboima Community by Peace & Development Outreach Volunteers (PDOV) with technical support from the government of Liberia through the Liberia Water and Sewer Corporation (LWSC) will go a long way in improving the social and economic well-being of the residents of […]
Pairing AgTech and Krayasart: a #thaiRAIN success story
October 29, 2024
Innovation forum paired with Thai tradition In Thailand and neighboring countries, the Festival of the 10th Lunar Month holds a special place in local traditions. It is a time when people pay homage to their ancestors with the season’s first harvest, a tradition that dates back hundreds of years. Among the foods prepared during this […]