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Views from the Forest
July 11, 2017|post
Sao Sam Art was born in 1980 in Thalaborivath District, Stung Treng Province. He became chief of the Phnom Prasat Community Forest Management Committee (CFMC) in 2009, and is also deputy-chief of Anlong Svay Village and a secretary of the Stung Treng Provincial Community Forestry Network. Through the USAID Supporting Forests and Biodiversity Project (SFB), […]
“The Best Reward as a Volunteer”
July 11, 2017|volunteer
This week’s blog features, Dr. Cheng-Sheng Lee, Executive Director of the Center for Tropical and Subtropical Aquaculture, an organization jointly administered by the Oceanic Institute and the University of Hawaii. He recently returned from a volunteer assignment in Myanmar where he provided training to catfish farmers and breeders at the Myanmar Fisheries Federation office and […]
One Man’s Fight for Girls’ Education
July 7, 2017|post
South Sudan gained independence on July 9, 2011, but the nation still struggles. More than 3.5 million people have been displaced, 5.5 million are severely food insecure and more than 1 million are acutely malnourished, according to the U.N.’s May 2017 Development Report. In honor of the world’s newest nation, we revisit a project that […]
RSPO call for members to share experiences on BMPs
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RSPO Emission Reduction Working Group (ERWG) recently appointed Winrock International (Consultant) in assisting the WG compiling Best Management Practices resulting in reducing emissions from palm oil production. The objective of this compilation of BMPs is to provide members with existing or emerging and innovative practices, leading to reducing or minimising GHG emissions within the industry. […]
What is the Water Security Improvement Process?
July 5, 2017|post
Improving water security means empowering everyone — water managers and users, businesses, and citizens — to regularly assess and address water risks. By collaborating with communities, we can negotiate project activities which will best reduce negative effects of a particular area’s primary water risks. The Sustainable Water Partnership’s Water Security Improvement (WSI) process relies heavily […]
The essence of our liberty
July 3, 2017|volunteer
Happy 4th of July! As we celebrate Independence Day in the US, Winrock’s Volunteer Programs team is thinking about one of the freedoms that we enjoy as Americans: the freedom to give back. Volunteerism is not a requirement, yet many Americans actively choose to serve in their own communities, by tutoring local schoolchildren, participating in city clean-ups, mentoring […]
Enhancing Livelihoods of Rural Farmers in Nepal
June 28, 2017|post
Mr. Bhim Gurung, like many farmers in Surkhet, has significantly increased his farm income by building on the training and agricultural support he received from the District Agriculture Development Office and USAID’s Knowledge-based Integrated Sustainable Agriculture and Nutrition (KISAN) project. However, his farm was still nonproductive during the six months of the dry season, due […]
Helping Green Buildings Grow in Vietnam
June 28, 2017|post
On June 16, the USAID Vietnam Clean Energy Program, implemented by Winrock International, launched the first Green Growth Action Plan (GGAP) for the Vietnam construction sector. Developed jointly with the Vietnam Ministry of Construction and officially approved last month, GGAP aims to strengthen the foundation for low-emissions energy systems in Vietnam’s construction sector. GGAP makes […]
Restoring Warmth, Restoring Dignity
June 23, 2017|post
“For almost 25 years, our building had inadequate heat and hot water. We had to live in severe conditions. But things changed with this project.” Murman Khachapuridze, a retired journalist and resident of the Tbilisi Elders Boarding House Warm Elderly, a project of USAID’s Enhancing Capacity for Low Emission Development Strategies (EC-LEDS) Clean Energy Program, […]
MUSing on Water in Northern Ghana
June 20, 2017|post
By Gabriel Sidman, Winrock Spatial Analyst As an intense sun beat down on northern Ghana, a barefoot child scooped drinking water from a drying puddle, a field of corn struggled to grow at the edge of a eroding riverbank, and women journeyed across town with buckets of water on their heads. Northern Ghana receives 90 percent […]