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Devex Features Winrock Work Protecting Cambodian Forests
January 11, 2017
They arrive on foot wearing tall rubber boots and faded army fatigues. Others appear on motorbikes, baseball hats pulled low against northern Cambodia’s steamy afternoon haze. They trickle in until 11 men and three women stand around a heavy wooden table or sit on rough-cut stump stools. They’re the community forest patrol of Kunpheap, a […]
Winrock to Implement Landmark Asia Counter Trafficking Effort
January 11, 2017
WASHINGTON – January 11, 2017 – Today, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) announced a new regional program to combat human trafficking in Asia. USAID’s Regional Development Mission for Asia awarded the five-year, $21.5 million USAID Asia Counter Trafficking in Persons (USAID Asia CTIP) program to Winrock International, a U.S.-based development organization. “This new […]
A Conversation with Vicki Walker
December 22, 2016
As the lead for Winrock’s Child Labor Prevention and Protection portfolio, Vicki Walker’s experience includes implementing and advising on past projects CIRCLE 1 and 2 in more than 30 countries, CLASSE and ECHOES in Ghana and Côte d’ Ivoire, TEACH in Tanzania, CHES in Cambodia and REACH in Rwanda in addition to ongoing projects: ARCH […]
Vicki Walker, Lead Technical Adviser, to Retire from Winrock After 26 Years
December 22, 2016
LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS – DEC. 22, 2016 – Winrock International announces the retirement of Vicki Walker, lead technical adviser, child labor and social inclusion. Since joining Winrock in 1990, Walker has built a multi-faceted career fostering social science research networks, empowering women, pioneering public-private partnerships, and preventing and eradicating child labor around the world. “Winrock […]
Winrock’s Canto-Lugo Named Farmer-to-Farmer Volunteer of the Year
December 20, 2016
On December 5, Winrock nominee Neelam Canto-Lugo was named the Farmer-to-Farmer (F2F) Volunteer of the Year at VEGA Alliance’s International Volunteer Day Forum and Awards Celebration in Washington, D.C. Canto-Lugo completed her first assignment with Winrock’s USAID-funded F2F program in rural Nepal in May 2016, working with the Women’s Development Advocacy Center (WDAC). There she […]
USAID Mission Director Praises Energy Simulation Measures for New Hanoi Training Center
December 15, 2016
USAID Mission Director for Vietnam, Mr. Michael Greene, applauded the implementation of energy simulation measures and the efforts toward energy saving during his visit to the Energy Manager Training Center (ETC) construction site in Hanoi on December 8, 2016. “I’m glad to be here to see the energy-saving solutions implemented in this building,” he said. […]
Faces of the Value Chain
December 14, 2016
When Kumar Thapa was a young boy growing up in the green, rolling hills of midwestern Nepal, he knew exactly how he wanted to occupy his days. “I wanted to study,” says Thapa, now 24, as he sits amidst rows of ripening tomato and chili plants that cover the hillside plot of land where he […]
Royal Recognition: Special Honor for Cambodia Project
December 8, 2016
Winrock International has been awarded the Royal Order of Sahametrei, the highest honor the country bestows upon foreigners. This honor, signed by Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Hun Sen, recognizes outstanding service to the king and people of Cambodia in the fields of external relations or diplomatic services. In Khmer, the official language of Cambodia, “Sahametrei” […]
Kids and Cookstoves
November 30, 2016
By Lindsay Dworman Last year, when members of Winrock’s child labor team in Malawi attended a workshop on fuel-efficient cookstoves organized by Winrock’s clean energy team, what their two projects had in common wasn’t necessarily obvious. What soon became clear, however, was that advancing one project’s goals helped achieve the other’s, and together they are […]
Building a Better Mousetrap
November 18, 2016
By Ben Amick, Senior Adviser, Winrock’s Business Development and External Affairs Group Editor’s Note: Winrock is empowering Asian farmers through mentorship and support. You never quite know where that innovation will lead. When I first met the Rat Hunter Team in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, it had some cardboard cutouts and an idea — a contraption […]