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Rippling Outward
March 8, 2018|volunteer
In the summer of 2017, Awakening Nigeria for Agricultural and Agro-Allied International (ANAAI) participated in training held by Winrock volunteer Anna Snider, working with Farmer to Farmer’s Agricultural Education and Training Program (AET). The training focused on homestead vegetable gardening using sacks and containers to help farmers, and others currently not engaged in farming, to embrace […]
A Change of Chores, a Change of Heart
March 7, 2018|post
“Men usually don’t clean the cow shed, but now I clean it. And if my wife is late in cooking I will help her chop vegetables.” These are not words you typically hear from a Bangladeshi man, but Ashok Mandal has had a change of heart. His wife, Kanika Rani Mandal, recently participated in USAID’s […]
Safeguarding Sustainability
March 7, 2018|post
In the Maasai language, “Mara” means “spotted,” and as you look out over the plains of the Mara River Basin, you can see how the region got its name. The savanna is dotted with plants and animals alike: thorn trees and shrubs, lions, giraffes, migrating wildebeests. One of the most biodiverse regions in the world, […]
SUCCESS STORY: Creating a professional renewable energy industry in Nigeria through training
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The Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Project (REEEP), funded by USAID and Power Africa, seeks to improve access to renewable energy (RE) technologies, improve access to finance for RE technologies and use RE technologies to improve various sectors such as health and agriculture. One of the most important achievements of the project is its collaboration […]
Celebrating the Leadership of Survivors
February 27, 2018|post
Evelyn Chumbow was only 9 years old when her uncle sold her into slavery for $2,000. Her mother thought she was coming to the U.S. from Cameroon for an education. Chumbow, who grew up with American television shows like “Fresh Prince of Bel Air,” hoped she was coming to the U.S. to meet American movie […]
Why the Mara River Basin?
February 23, 2018|post
Originating from the Mau Escarpment in Kenya’s Rift valley, the Mara River Basin covers nearly 14,000 square kilometers, providing a vital source of life in Kenya and Tanzania. The river traverses the towering Mau Forest, wanders through tea plantations and growing settlements in the upper Basin, and watering the rangelands of Maasai pastoral communities. The […]
REEP Resources Book
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REEEP created this book in order to provide valuable resources to all stakeholders in the renewable energy and energy efficiency (RE/EE) sector in Nigeria. Our Recommended Vendor List and Pipeline of Projects will be useful to investors interested in this sector or companies looking to hire RE/EE companies for a project. Nigerian businesses will find […]
U.S. Officials Visit Bangladesh CTIP Shelter
February 8, 2018|post
“My local broker promised to manage a job in the destination country with 50 to 70 thousand taka (about $600 to $830 U.S.) monthly, but I was sold as a sex worker there and never get the money. Over a long struggle, I came back to my country but rejected by the society and even […]
NAMA Decision Support Tool (Spanish)
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This tool allows visualization of the potential CO2e captures of NAMA activities in Colombia in 2018-2050, by creating scenarios based on specific NAMA activities that possible in each region of the country, project areas, and time frames. The present report summarizes the NAMA activities included in the tool and how their potential CO2e captures are […]
Innovation@Winrock
February 6, 2018|post
A year ago, Winrock International lost one of its valuable and visionary voices. Senior Scientist Dr. Sandra Brown, who died February 13, 2017, developed innovative methods to evaluate the environmental benefits of improved land management. She came to Winrock because she wanted to see the results of her research applied to benefit people around the […]