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U.S. Department of State Commits Additional Funds to the United States – Jamaica Child Protection Compact (CPC) Partnership
November 5, 2021
As the Child Protection Compact (CPC) Partnership between the United States and Jamaican governments enters its final year, the U.S. Department of State’s Trafficking in Persons Office announced it provided an additional $597,000 USD (approximately JMD $89.6M) in financial support to its civil society partners – Warnath Group and Winrock International – to expand on […]
Winrock CEO Appointed to EXIM Bank’s Council on Climate
November 5, 2021
November 5, 2021 – In conjunction with COP26, the Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM) today announced the appointment of Winrock President and CEO Rodney Ferguson to its newly established Chair’s Council on Climate, a subcommittee of EXIM’s Advisory Committee. EXIM named Climate Finance Advisors CEO Stacy Swann as chair of the new council. “I’m […]
Unavoidable Consumption: Escaping “The Bad Place” – While We Still Can
November 1, 2021
A storyline in the NBC sitcom “The Good Place” results in all humanity being damned to “The Bad Place” because the nature of modern life ─ not least our seemingly innate, hyper-consumptive human nature ─ means we cannot avoid negative impacts on the planet and all others who live here. Is this the reality of […]
Prioritizing Decarbonization Pathways to Curb Climate Change
October 29, 2021
In a few days, nations across the globe will convene at the 26th U.N. Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow to accelerate actions to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement and keep global warming below 2 degrees Celsius, and preferably below 1.5 ⁰C. The outcomes of COP26 will be critical, especially […]
Beating the Opioid Crisis: Transforming Stigma into Support for Prevention and Awareness
October 27, 2021
Arkansas has the second-highest opioid prescription rate in the nation, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). It’s an alarming statistic: For every 100 people in The Natural State, physicians issued an average of 93.5 prescriptions of the highly-addictive, pain-relieving drugs in 2018, the latest year for which CDC data are available. […]
Winrock International Relocating Headquarters to its Arkansas Regional Innovation Hub
October 26, 2021
October 26, 2021 – Winrock International, the Arkansas-based national and international economic development organization, today announced it will relocate its headquarters in 2022 within its Arkansas Regional Innovation Hub, located in North Little Rock’s Argenta Arts District. The Arkansas Regional Innovation Hub has been part of Winrock International since 2016. Winrock will upgrade the Hub […]
Aaron Sundsmo named Winrock’s Senior Director of Agriculture, Resilience & Water
October 25, 2021
Winrock International is pleased to announce that Aaron Sundsmo has been named senior director of its Agriculture, Resilience & Water (ARW) group. Aaron has 20 years of experience providing organizational and portfolio leadership within both for-profit and non-profit international development organizations, including 15 years in Africa and Asia. In his new position as ARW’s senior […]
Building a Food-Secure, Climate-Resilient Future
October 20, 2021
It’s late August in Senegal: the weather has turned hot and wet. Even along the country’s Atlantic coast, daily highs hover around 90 degrees. Some of the national parks are closed. Tourists, along with migratory birds including Eurasian spoonbills, royal terns and greater flamingos have gone in search of milder weather further from the Equator. […]
Winrock to Lead $1.25 Million USDA Project to Advance Organic Agriculture in the U.S. Mid-South
October 20, 2021
Little Rock, Ark. – Winrock International has been awarded a grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) to address barriers experienced by farmers in the mid-South when considering organic crop production. The $1.25 million grant will fund research, education, and extension work to create pathways for success […]
Paloma Adams-Allen Confirmed as USAID’s Deputy Administrator for Management and Resources
October 8, 2021
On Oct. 5, 2021, the U.S. Senate voted to confirm Paloma Adams-Allen as the U.S. Agency for International Development’s (USAID) new Deputy Administrator for Management and Resources. Adams-Allen previously worked as president and chief executive officer at the Inter-American Foundation (IAF), a U.S. agency that supports community-led development in Latin America and the Caribbean. Prior […]