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Building a House — and a Future — in Malawi
January 11, 2021|post
When he joined the Model Farm School as part of the Achieving Reduction of Child Labor in Support of Education (ARISE) program in Malawi at age 17, Besta Fesitala had no idea that it would change his future, that he would apply what he learned in such a direct and tangible way. ARISE, funded by […]
Thoughts on January 6th
January 7, 2021|post
President and CEO Rodney Ferguson recently addressed Winrock staff about the events of January 6, 2021. Here are his remarks: Yesterday was one of the darkest, most troubling days in American history. To see what is perhaps the most iconic symbol of American democracy desecrated, and public servants terrorized, and a vital moment in the […]
Celebrating 35 Years of Making the World Smaller… One Volunteer at a Time
December 16, 2020|post
Flash back to 1985: “Live Aid” concerts raise millions for famine relief in Ethiopia, Mikhail Gorbachev comes to power and Michael Jordan is named NBA’s Rookie of the Year. In the U.S. Congress, another Farm Bill quietly passes — this one with a tiny amount of funding for an obscure USAID program now officially titled […]
How Winrock and Microsoft Worked Together to Manage Data in Vietnam
December 14, 2020|post
In 2018, under the USAID-funded Vietnam Forests and Deltas Project, Microsoft and Winrock began an exciting partnership. The goal: to harness data across environmental and social indicators to help the Government of Vietnam better understand the impact of its innovative Payments for Forest Environmental Services (PFES) system. PFES pays upstream forest owners to maintain healthy […]
Protecting Peatland Forest Through a Social Forestry Scheme in Siak, Indonesia
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The draining of carbon-rich peatlands in Indonesia for agriculture has led in recent decades to increasingly large fires and greenhouse gas emissions. Winrock is working with local communities to develop a set of peatland Social Forestry schemes in Indonesia’s Siak District to overcome the barriers to sustainable peatland forest management and promote the protection of […]
Making Forest Conservation Pay
December 4, 2020|post
By Chris Warren As a boy growing up on the outskirts of Vietnam’s Cat Tien National Park, Koren Gren spent his days surrounded by the natural world. Today, he still does. Gren is the leader of a group responsible for ensuring that a 30-hectare swath of trees remains healthy and intact. From Friday through Sunday […]
Resilient Together: Farmer-to-Farmer in Mali
December 3, 2020|post
Yacouba Diarra, an émigré from Côte d’Ivoire to Mali, has lived and worked in the small southern community of Bougouni since 2005. Diarra is a member of the 70 member Bougouni Farmers’ Cooperative (BFC), and they organize fishermen and animal breeders to mutually support one another to increase production, improve nutrition, and raise incomes throughout […]
Financing Smallholder Cocoa Rehabilitation in Ghana
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In Ghana, the Private Investment for Enhanced Resilience (PIER) project and cocoa trading company ECOM Agroindustrial Corporation (ECOM) are collaborating on developing a sustainable service delivery model for cocoa farm rehabilitation services. These services aim to rehabilitate old and diseased cocoa farms to more resilient agroforestry systems that deliver multiple benefits. Results from our efforts […]
Appreciating Our Volunteers
November 26, 2020|volunteer
My journey as a Farmer-to-Farmer volunteer recruiter with Winrock began about four years ago. I had discovered a knack and affinity for this kind of work when I ran a volunteer program for a veteran service organization. Essentially, my job is bridging the gap between highly qualified individuals and opportunities for them to use these […]
How to Build Cross-Sectoral Collaboration to Protect Workers in the Age of COVID-19
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The coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) has had profound effects on the world economy and global supply chains — damaging companies, creating significant instability and uncertainty for suppliers, and imperiling vulnerable workers worldwide. Among the devastating impacts of COVID-19 is increased vulnerability to trafficking in persons (TIP) and forced labor for job-seekers, migrant workers and at-risk communities.