Countries
Benin
Winrock’s history in Benin goes back roughly 25 years. While women in the West African nation have made great strides in recent decades, many are still disadvantaged by insufficient and inequitable access to educational, financial, health, or social resources. Winrock’s work in Benin has been particularly focused in this area — providing scholarships, training and…
Indonesia
The sprawling Indonesian archipelago is blessed with a remarkable array of natural resources. Winrock’s extensive work in the island country dates back to the 1980s and has been largely targeted at providing the training, tools and expertise needed to help the country sustainably manage those resources to benefit its people and the planet. Winrock has…
Guyana
With more than 80 percent of its land covered by forests, Guyana has the potential to play a critical role in mitigating climate change. Winrock has been a close partner with the Guyana Forestry Commission as it has developed and implemented Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) strategies. Our work has involved assisting…
Guinea
Guinea is a nation rich in natural resources. Helping to build the skills to manage those resources in ways that protect biodiversity and provide economic opportunity has been the central goal of Winrock’s activities in this West African nation. Besides assisting communities with the knowledge and tools they need to collaboratively manage their water and…
Ghana
Winrock’s partnership with Ghana is as long as it is varied. Since the 1990s, we have collaborated with the West African nation’s farmers, educators, private companies and government officials to expand educational opportunities, boost the incomes of small farmers and improve the management of water resources. More recently, our programs have focused on reducing the…
Ethiopia
Driving systematic change to improve the performance of Ethiopia’s agriculture sector has been at the heart of Winrock’s programs in this East African nation. Starting in the early 1990s, that has meant working with the Sasakawa Africa Fund for Extension Education (SAFE) and African universities to improve the training of agricultural extension staffers who provide…
Egypt
The Nile River has been central to Egypt’s economy and culture since ancient times for a simple reason: water is essential to the well-being of people. For the past two decades, Winrock has collaborated with Egyptian leaders and citizens to develop more effective infrastructure and practices to manage and distribute this most critical resource. Our…
Democratic Republic of Congo
Effective cultivation of rice by small farmers is essential to the economy and food security of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Winrock currently provides training to help farmers increase their yields and improve their post-harvest processing. Past projects have also sought to develop better farming practices and market access and also provided scholarships to enable…
Colombia
Extending the many benefits of reliable and clean energy to rural areas of Colombia, and helping the country prepare its Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) strategy are at the core of Winrock’s current activities in this South American nation. These efforts build on previous programs that also focused on delivering energy access…