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Arkansas Woman Jumpstarts Her Business With Help of AWBC
February 26, 2019
When a large chicken processing plant in El Dorado, Arkansas, closed in 2008, roughly 1,500 employees and 160 contract growers found themselves out of work. Amid the bleak economic downturn, however, LaQuita Rainey saw an opportunity. Rainey had spent 28 years in the nursing field and operated her own business, Elder House Adult Daycare, which […]
Tuning in to Rural Communities with Radio in Zambia
February 12, 2019
Shortly after midnight on August 1, 1981, MTV broadcast its first music video, the Buggles’ “Video Killed the Radio Star.” The choice of the song was a statement of purpose – television is ascendant, radio’s old news – in the same way the internet and social media later brashly elbowed their way into public consciousness. […]
From Myanmar to Music City
February 12, 2019
It’s wintertime in Nashville, and coffee roasters at some of the top specialty coffee shops in the U.S. are reacting to their first experience with a newcomer to the international market: beans from the Shan State of Myanmar. “It blew my mind because it’s really complex,” said Will Shurtz, roaster and green coffee buyer at […]
Bolstering WASH, Building Resilience
February 11, 2019
Clean water keeps us alive by keeping us hydrated and clean. Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) projects aim to improve public health by allieviating poverty and boosting economic development. They do this by building or rehabilitating water and wastewater systems, and by promoting healthier sanitation and hygiene practices. While WASH programs continue to save lives, […]
Learning from Neighbors
February 8, 2019
Representatives of three Cambodian villages recently came away determined to improve their local sanitation after visiting a nearby community that had successfully addressed similar problems. Many of the villagers are part of a working group formed in October to address inadequate access to safe water supply and sanitation (WASH) in central Cambodia’s Stung Chinit watershed. […]
Winrock Launches Updated Code of Conduct
February 8, 2019
Winrock International’s Code of Conduct, launched in 2019, is a collection of guiding principles that extend and amplify the Winrock mission. The Code dictates guiding principles for workplace conduct and provides resources to help Winrock employees make informed decisions and act on those decisions with integrity. The Code covers everything from gender equality to personal data […]
Modeling Better Water Management
February 4, 2019
The Sustainable Water Partnership (SWP) has trained 15 Cambodian representatives from national and provincial departments, research institutes, technical organizations and universities on an innovative new water modeling tool. In September, SWP and consortium partner Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) provided technical training on the Water Evaluation and Planning (WEAP) system, a software tool developed by SEI for integrated water […]
Letter from Malawi
January 28, 2019
To reach Chituku Village in the Ntcheu district of Malawi we drive down a red dirt road along a broad plain where craggy peaks ring the horizon and young tobacco plants gleam in the morning sun. We switchback through mountain passes where the majestic Rift Valley spreads out below us and the waters of Lake […]
Working for Water in Nepal
January 22, 2019
Suman Basnet is sore. He spent his weekend running the Annapurna 100, a 50-kilometer trail race in western Nepal. The race is a demanding one, climbing all the way up to 3,500 meters and back down again, all at the base of the Himalayas. “I’m very proud, very satisfied, but very sore at the moment,” […]
Empowering Micro Hydro Plants in Nepal
January 3, 2019
“For a person who had never touched a computer throughout his life, trainings from Winrock opened unprecedented opportunities of learning. Soon after the trainings, I completed data entry for all customers and started a computer billing system with transparent accounting,” says Mohan Shrees, manager of the Chachalghat Micro Hydro Plant (MHP) in the Baglung District […]