Africa
Guinea Bissau
Winrock International has been actively engaged in Guinea-Bissau through initiatives aimed at enhancing agricultural productivity, promoting economic development and supporting environmental sustainability. Partnerships include the Women’s Economic Empowerment through Cashew Processing project, which focuses on unlocking inclusive economic opportunities for young women and men across the cashew value chain.
Ivory Coast
Winrock International’s work in Côte d’Ivoire has spanned initiatives in agriculture, education, environment and rural development. Winrock has implemented projects to improve access to education for girls, support sustainable agricultural practices and promote economic opportunities for communities. Additionally, Winrock has been involved in projects focused on forest conservation, climate change mitigation and rural livelihood development. Winrock’s African […]
Sierra Leone
Winrock’s work with community-based partners, government and other stakeholders to support sustainable development in Sierra Leone stretches back more than two decades. Winrock has helped manage human rights projects aimed at reducing the number of children working in harmful conditions by increasing educational alternatives and promoting replicable strategies to combat child labor. In agriculture ─…
Niger
Since launching our work in Niger in the 1990s, Winrock has sought to improve the quality of life, income and well-being of the country’s citizens. Winrock projects have worked to increase access to education for girls and improve information and communications technology infrastructure. Programs to improve agronomic practices and technologies have increased crop yields and…
Zambia
Zambia has experienced strong economic growth in the past decade, making it one of the fastest growing economies in the word. Despite this, more than half the Southern African country lives below the poverty line. Since the 1990s, Winrock has worked with the Zambian people to develop sustainable energy solutions for agricultural development, open new…
Uganda
Uganda has experienced conflict for most of its post-independence period, uprooting and displacing millions of people. War has created significant setbacks in education, democratic participation and other sectors fundamental to economic, political and social development. As such, Winrock has worked to create income-generating job opportunities, increase government services, and lay the foundations for long-term development…
Tanzania
Winrock has nearly 40 years of experience working in Tanzania. Our programs work with Tanzanian partners on sustainable energy solutions for agricultural development; support community-based planning and decision making to improve water security; increase access to water supply, sanitation and hygiene services; and connect youth with educational and employment opportunities. Our programs prioritize collaboration with…
South Sudan
South Sudan is the world’s newest country and Winrock knows firsthand the growing pains its people have suffered, having worked in what was then southern Sudan, prior to independence in 2011. Remnants of a 20-year civil war still ravage the land and its people: 2 million displaced from their homes, rampant food insecurity, and a…
Senegal
Senegal has made tremendous strides politically and economically in the past decade. However, many challenges to growth remain, including poor infrastructure, an underdeveloped agriculture sector and limited access to education and health care. Winrock’s work in the West African nation since the 1980s has included working with smallholder farmers to improve nutrition and incomes, increasing…