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Vicki Walker, Lead Technical Adviser, to Retire from Winrock After 26 Years
December 22, 2016|post
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 […]
Bangladesh Counter Trafficking-in-Persons Booklet
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Labor migration offers many benefits for citizens, families and communities of Bangladesh. Sadly, sometimes unscrupulous people and criminal networks abuse these good citizens, preying on their hopes and dreams. The good news is that there are ways to find protection an migrate safely. Look inside to learn more about how the citizens, communities, and Government […]
Faces of the Value Chain
December 14, 2016|post
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 […]
Arkansas Regional Innovation Hub
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We have worked hard to create an accessible space that is open to anyone who wants to Learn and Build with us. We believe that the challenges of the 21st-century economy require us to do everything we can to develop, retain, and attract talent — which has always been our state’s greatest asset. That demands […]
Kids and Cookstoves
November 30, 2016|post
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 […]
Supporting Energy Entrepreneurs
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Through the Empowered Entrepreneur Training Program Women play a critical role in the cookstove value chain because of their central responsibility for managing household energy. As primary users of household energy products, such as cleaner cookstoves, women can catalyze the market as micro-entrepreneurs and small-sized enterprise owners through the distribution and delivery of clean energy […]
2015 Annual Report: Impact and Innovation
November 15, 2016|post
A LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT Two years ago, we launched an ambitious reimagining of Winrock’s approach to international development. The aim was to combine our organization’s long history of innovation and achievement with new strategies and approaches to position us for success in a rapidly evolving development environment. The past year has provided plenty of evidence […]
Tapping a New Source of Light & Income
October 28, 2016|post
When Thy Vichet wants to light up the night, he often uses a resin torch. Torches come in handy when cooking or reading in the dark, when he wants to check his house or is on night forest patrol, says Vichet, 28, the father of two daughters who lives in the Sandan district, Kampong Thom […]
Improved Business Skills to Complement Technical Skills
October 27, 2016|volunteer
In June, I had the honor and pleasure of traveling to St. Louis, Senegal to work with CONCEPT. I worked with CONCEPT’s dedicated training staff to develop a training program for artisans and agricultural processors. In Senegal, per capita income is only $1,000 (less than 2% of that of the United States) and life expectancy […]
Translating Events Into Action
October 26, 2016|post
Winrock’s very existence can be traced back to a big idea: that delivering knowledge, training and opportunity to the world’s most disadvantaged people is key to improving lives. New ideas and innovation continue to propel our day-to-day work and guide our efforts to make an even greater impact. The need to generate and share bold […]