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PULASKI COUNTY AWARDS $289,000 TO INNOVATION HUB, EXPANDING ACCESS TO STEAM LEARNING
January 18, 2022
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Pulaski County announced today that it awarded $289,000 to the Arkansas Regional Innovation Hub at Winrock International to bring STEAM (science, technology, engineering and math) hands-on field trips to students. “We are excited about what this grant can do to expose so many youths to STEAM and will continue to fund […]
The United States and Bangladesh Combat Human Trafficking
January 13, 2022
Dhaka, January 12, 2022 – Ambassador Miller and Minister of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs, Anisul Huq, M.P., inaugurated a counter-human trafficking workshop for tribunal judges in Dhaka. The event was jointly organized by Judicial Administration Training Institute (JATI) and the Fight Slavery and Trafficking In-Persons (FSTIP) project and funded by the United States Agency […]
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 […]
Mopti: Schools Bring Hope
October 6, 2021
Beginning 18 years ago, the first children to receive a basic education in Irély-Bolo had to travel more than 11 kilometers each day to get to school. In 2012, when insecurity erupted in Mopti region it became very difficult to travel and children were forced to drop out of school. Community members consistently raised the inability […]
Launch of USAID Cambodia Counter Trafficking in Persons (CTIP) Program
August 26, 2021
PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA, August 26, 2021 — The United States launched a new, five-year USAID-funded Cambodia Counter Trafficking in Persons (CTIP) activity that will address the root causes of human trafficking, protect vulnerable populations from trafficking, and assist the Cambodian government to combat trafficking and support victims more effectively. The activity, launched on August 26 […]
Winrock’s AWBC Wins Grant from U.S. Small Business Administration to Support Women-Owned Businesses Impacted by COVID
August 23, 2021
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. ── August 23, 2021 ── The Arkansas Women’s Business Center (AWBC) has been awarded a Resilience and Recovery Demonstration Grant from the U.S. Small Business Administration’s (SBA’s) Office of Women’s Business Ownership program. The AWBC is one of 14 women’s business centers in 13 states to receive the SBA awards, which aim […]
Survivors Become Champions and Leaders of New Counter-Trafficking Movement
July 28, 2021
With support from Winrock and an expanding range of engaged governments and private partners, trafficking survivors globally are creating and leading a new generation of community-based networks, connecting, and drawing strength from their own bitter experiences to help protect vulnerable people in their communities and counter the malign influence of human traffickers. Survivors are becoming […]
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 […]
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 […]