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Upgraded Website Will Help Kyrgyz Migrants Stay Safe
July 27, 2021
July 13, 2021 – The Information-Consultation Center of the Department of External Migration under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic (ICC) launched their newly re-designed website www.migrant.kg(link is external). The website was upgraded to include new features with support from USAID’s Safe Migration project. Representatives of the media, government bodies, and civil society […]
SWP Water Resources Profile Series Launch
July 20, 2021
Water resources around the world are increasingly stressed. Over-abstraction of surface and groundwater is impacting economic activity, harming biodiversity, and leaving communities without access to reliable and adequate water supplies to meet their basic needs. Meanwhile, agricultural runoff, industrial effluent, and municipal waste degrade water resources with pathogenic and chemical contaminants that pose environmental and […]
Winrock Publishes Detailed Guide to Payment For Forest Environmental Services System
July 15, 2021
The USAID Vietnam Forests and Deltas (VFD) climate change activity wrapped up in May 2021 after nine years of evolutionary work supporting the Government of Vietnam’s efforts to protect and preserve one of the country’s most important natural resources: its forests. Implemented by Winrock, the project’s legacy is well established, and was lauded in a […]
Bedrock Colleague and Winrock Stalwart John Kadyszewski Retires from Winrock
July 14, 2021
After 32 years of dedicated service, our long-time bedrock colleague and Winrock stalwart John Kadyszewski has retired from Winrock. John started with Winrock in September 1989, and worked closely with former Winrock CEO Frank Tugwell in setting up and advancing our renewable energy and environmental programming. He believed the science behind climate change was clear […]
New scholarship honors the past and prepares for the future
June 24, 2021
A Winrock Legacy Story It was the early 1990s, and biologist Sitan Traore had a dream, one that seems eerily prescient given the world we live in: she wanted to help study and control illness in her home country, Mali. “In Africa there are so many diseases — in humans and animals — that are […]
Jude Kearney Elected Winrock International Board Chair
June 14, 2021
LITTLE ROCK, AR – June 14, 2021 – Winrock International, the U.S.-based national and international economic development organization, is proud to announce the election of Jude Kearney as Chair of the Winrock International Board of Directors. Kearney is the managing partner of the Washington, D.C., office of ASAFO & Co. LLP and has served on […]
The Climate Q&A…
June 10, 2021
Can you each tell us a little about yourselves and how you became interested in child labor issues? Julie: Growing up, I always had an interest in places, cultures, languages, and people beyond the confines of my neighborhood, school, and community. I sought out opportunities to understand others’ life circumstances, which helped broaden my perspective. […]
Power of Place: Winrock Fosters Revitalization and Innovation in Rural Arkansas
June 7, 2021
In the rear of an empty city lot in downtown Stuttgart, Arkansas, population 9,195, five school-aged kids sit down and quietly erect a giant Jenga tower. It’s just there, waiting to be built on a Saturday morning, so they do. Over on the side, a young couple plops into a pair of chairs facing an […]
A Mentor Girls Can Trust
June 3, 2021
Arabe Touré has built trust with girls in communities around Mali’s large Sadiola Gold Mine. Most of the girls have little knowledge of menstrual hygiene practices. In traditional Malian society, parents do not discuss such sensitive topics with their children, especially with girls. Menstrual hygiene remains very sensitive in Mali, with many girls dropping out […]
ACR Becomes First Crediting Program Approved by ICAO for post-2020 Credits
June 2, 2021
June 2, 2021 – American Carbon Registry (ACR), a nonprofit enterprise of Winrock International, is pleased to announce the recent decision of the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) to extend the eligibility of ACR offset credits for compliance under the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA), to include units […]