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‘Forests are Gold’
March 20, 2020|post
Vietnam’s Payment for Forest Environmental Services (PFES) system, implemented by Winrock’s USAID Vietnam Forests and Deltas project, provides around $130 million a year to over 500,000 households for their work protecting the forest. It’s money that flows from hydroelectric plant owners and other downstream users of environmental services into the hands of people like K […]
SWP Leader Discusses Water Data on Podcast
March 20, 2020|post
Dr. Rodolfo Camacho, the project director/chief of party for the USAID-funded Sustainable Water Partnership (SWP), spoke recently on the Wilson Center’s Water Stories podcast about using data to enhance water security. Implemented by Winrock International, SWP provides technical services and program implementation to advance USAID global water security thought leadership and innovation. The discussion covered several subjects, […]
Lower Mara River Basin Future Scenarios
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Effective water planning requires an understanding of current water demands and supplies, as well as a recognition of the uncertainties around both in the future. For example, on the supply side, climate change can affect both the wet and dry seasons, the frequency and duration of extreme events, and the water requirements with higher temperatures. […]
Coming Through Loud and Clear
March 13, 2020|post
In a hospital bed at Great River Medical Center in Blytheville, a farming community in rural northeast Arkansas, a patient tells Dr. Darren Sommer that her stomach hurts. A nurse named Emily applies a stethoscope. “That sounds good,” Sommer says. “I’m going to let Emily push on your belly. Please let me know if you […]
COVID-19 precautions
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As we prepare for the Conference, we have been reviewing and monitoring information on COVID-19 developments from the The Word Health Organization (WHO) & the Center for Disease Control (CDC), and state and local officials in Louisiana. The risk to the general public remains low with several recommended precautions. We are putting precautions in place […]
Building the Future
March 5, 2020|volunteer
In 1961, President John F. Kennedy established the Peace Corps, and 59 years later we take this week to celebrate all the ways Peace Corps has made a difference at home and abroad. Since 1961, more than 240,000 Americans have served our country and the global community as Peace Corps Volunteers, living and working alongside […]
Application Privacy Policy
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Personal Information We Collect Information You ProvideWe collect information from you in connection with your application: Information we collect includes: As discussed in the “Diversity” section below, in certain cases we will ask questions about race/ethnic origin, gender, and disability of our applicants, for monitoring equal opportunity. We can also inquire about criminal records. We […]
Boosting Women in Bangladesh
March 4, 2020|post
At Winrock, a cross-cutting theme throughout our projects is promoting the role of women through education and leadership development. This is a story of how leadership training transformed one woman and — and through her, the village and region she represents. It was originally published in May, 2018. Photos by Misty Keasler “I have helped […]
2019 SWP Annual Report
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The Sustainable Water Partnership (SWP) is pleased to present its 2019 annual report, which describes SWP’s achievements and lessons learned in Year 3. While the water security, socio-economic, geographic and political contexts vary widely in SWP’s activities in Tanzania, Kenya, South Africa, Burkina Faso, Niger, Nepal, and Cambodia, some shared themes emerge, including 1) the importance […]
Winrock International at COP25
February 28, 2020|post
Winrock International has long been a leading voice at the annual United Nations Climate Change Conferences. Former Winrock board member Christiana Figueres brokered the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement, and Winrock President and CEO Rodney Ferguson has publicly pledged to continue upholding its goals. At the most recent climate meeting, COP 25, held in Madrid last […]