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South Sudan Tragedy
September 18, 2015
We send our deepest condolences to friends, colleagues and partners in South Sudan affected by the recent fuel tanker explosion near Maridi in Western Equatoria State. Tragically, Winrock staff members, working on a community-based education project, lost family in the incident. Our thoughts and prayers are with the victims, their families, and all those affected […]Pham Thuy Loan
September 5, 2015
This portrait is part of the Vietnam Clean Energy Program’s series on female leaders in the Vietnamese construction sector, featuring women who have made strides in this male-dominated field, coming from diverse backgrounds and with different interests, but bound together by the common themes of a strong work ethic, love of country, a strong belief […]Former Winrock Board Member ‘The Woman Who Could Stop Climate Change’
August 25, 2015
In the August 24, 2015, issue, The New Yorker posits that Christiana Figueres may be “the woman who could stop climate change.” In her role as the Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Figueres is tasked with persuading the leaders of 195 countries to reduce carbon emissions. “You know, […]Winrock Volunteer Shares Organic Farming, Certification Expertise in Cuba
July 30, 2015
Winrock volunteer and organic agriculture expert Charles Mitchell traveled to Cuba last month to participate in the country’s first ever National Conference on Organic Certification, where he shared his expertise as both an organic farmer and organic inspector in the United States and Canada. Building on the initial Winrock-sponsored exchange in March, the Asociacion Cubana […]Report Provides Guidance to Decision-Makers Seeking to Finance Sustainable Land Use Activities
July 21, 2015
As part of a U.S. Department of State-funded project, Winrock International has published a report – Financing Land Use Mitigation: A Practical Guide for Decision-Makers – that provides guidance to policy-makers to help them understand and facilitate the connection between emission reducing activities that require finance, instruments, and sources of funds. The report also targets […]Winrock CEO Helps Create New Advisory Organization, The Cuba Consortium
July 11, 2015
Winrock’s CEO, Rodney Ferguson, has joined an advisory board that will guide the newly created Cuba Consortium, a member-based group of companies, nonprofits, investors and entrepreneurs interested in U.S.-Cuba normalization. As relations between the two countries normalize, the Consortium, which is being launched by The Howard Baker Forum, will inform and prepare members for opportunities […]Winrock International names Joyjit Deb Roy Senior Director of Agriculture and Enterprise
July 10, 2015
Winrock International is pleased to announce that Joyjit Deb Roy has been named Senior Director of Winrock’s Agriculture and Enterprise Group, to support the organization’s work promoting economic opportunities for smallholder farmers, communities and agricultural enterprises. Prior to joining Winrock, Deb Roy was Managing Director for Project Management at ACDI/VOCA, where he supported global projects […]Winrock-implemented project celebrates successes in support of Balochistan farmers
June 29, 2015
When the Pakistan Agriculture and Cold Chain Development (PACCD) project officially closed out activities with a ceremony in May, project staff and beneficiaries alike had many reasons to celebrate the substantial gains the last four and a half years have brought to the horticulture sector of Balochistan. Chief of Party Farrukh Baig Mirza and U.S. […]Community-engagement activities help identify schooling gaps in South Sudan
June 29, 2015
At the start of the 2015 school year, the Room to Learn South Sudan (RtL) project began community activities for the first time in three states and four counties to empower community members improve school conditions and identify gaps that the project can help address. Using a participatory approach, RtL county teams work with community […]A Village Strongly Commits to Providing Availability of Rice to All
June 4, 2015
Thanks in part to a Winrock-implemented project in Cambodia, a rice bank is benefiting — and, indeed, helping to nourish — rural households in the Southeast Asian country at times when food is scarce. The Cambodian Center for the Protection of Children’s Rights (CCPCR), a local partner of the Counter Trafficking in Persons (CTIP) program, […]