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SUCCESS STORY Increasing Women’s Participation in Nigeria’s Renewable Energy Sector
One of the main objectives of the USAID‐funded Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Program (REEEP) isto provide vocational training and create awareness of the benefits of renewable energy and energy efficiency – for both men and women.
SUCCESS STORY Building a Cadre of Women Solar Entrepreneurs, Engineers, and Technicians Among Nigeria’s Youth
One of the main objectives of the USAID-funded Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Program (REEEP) is to provide vocational training and create awareness of the benefits of renewable energy and energy efficiency – for both men and women. To help accomplish this, REEEP is collaborating with the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) by training a […]
Creating A Legal Basis for Community Co- Management of Wetlands
In Bangladesh, freshwater wetlands provide fish, an important source of protein, to millions of people. These “haor” ecosystems are threatened by over-harvesting of fish and destruction of wetlands for other land uses.
Pioneering Mangrove Valuation Research (Under USAID CREL Project in Bangladesh) (2015-2018)
More than 3.5 million people in Bangladesh depend on the Sundarbans mangrove forest for their livelihoods. Located in southwest Bangladesh on the border with India, the 140,000 hectare UNESCO World Heritage site is the largest mangrove forest in the world. Winrock’s USAID-funded ClimateResilient Ecosystems and Livelihoods (CREL) project has supported a first-ofits kind, on-the-ground assessment […]
Counter Trafficking Newsletter, Issue No. 3
National Conference on “National Plan of Action for Combating Human Trafficking 2015-2017: From Adoption to Implementation” National Convention of Peer Leaders and ANIRBAN World Day against Trafficking-in-Persons Training on Winrock Survivor Standards and GOB Shelter Standards Reducing unsafe migration
USAID LEAF Final Report
Over a five-year implementation period from 2011-2016, the USAID LEAF program delivered significant results against its overall objective of strengthening the capacity of target countries to achieve meaningful and sustained reductions in greenhouse gas emissions from the forestry-land use sector. USAID LEAF was implemented during a period of rapid evolution in the way governments, donors, […]
Partnering For Results
This paper identifies areas of cooperation that will help companies achieve their sustainability goals and support countries’ need to lower emissions from land use. The last five years have seen an encouraging surge in corporate commitments to deforestation-free supply chains. Adopting sustainability commitments is a lot easier, however, than achieving them. Many are finding that […]
Room to Learn South Sudan Teacher’s Key Information Cards Basic Literacy Skills Trainers’ Manual
This manual is made possible by the generous support of the American people through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The contents are the responsibility of Winrock International and do not necessarily reflect the views of USAID or the United States Government.