In This Issue

PUSHING THROUGH THE STORM
Innovate Arkansas Guides Businesses Through COVID-19
Created in response to the 2008 financial crisis, Innovate Arkansas is responding quickly to the current economic situation. “You just have to keep moving forward. And that takes a lot of strength and a lot of courage,” says one CEO who is working closely with Innovate Arkansas and appreciates the advice and peer support he receives from this Winrock subsidiary.
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FROM VIETNAM, A FILM ABOUT FORESTS
We celebrate Earth Day with this video about the USAID Vietnam Forests and Deltas project — and the power of forests to shape lives.
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A MORE JUST VISION
“If there was ever a time to expand the fundamental goals of our food system to include resiliency and equity, this is it,” writes the Wallace Center’s John Fisk.
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PLAYING FOR KEEPS IN BANGLADESH
Here’s how biodiversity and livelihood gains remain after a project has ended — and how making toys protects a community.
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HONORING THOSE WHO HELP OTHERS
From Nigeria, a stirring tale for National Volunteer Week: a mother, a baby, a civil war — and a doctor who risked all to save her patients.
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WINROCK IN THE NEWS
– Climatelinks: Payment for Forest Environmental Services pays off in Vietnam
– PBS.org: Documentary on former Winrock Board member, Nobel Prize winner Norman Borlaug
– Nyasa Times: Winrock partner Panos says media covering COVID must be protected, including radio stations in Zambia
– CNBC Africa: Op-ed calls for more COVID-19 coverage, cites blog written by Winrock’s Jennifer Holthaus