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Winrock International Welcomes New Board Members
November 27, 2018|post
WASHINGTON, D.C. — November 27, 2018 — Winrock International, the U.S.-based national and international economic development organization, today announces the appointments of Paloma Adams-Allen, Lawrence S. Coben and Saud Siddique to its board of directors. Adams-Allen is president and chief executive officer of the Inter-American Foundation (IAF), an independent U.S. government agency that encourages partnerships […]
Getting ‘CLEAR’ About Child Labor
November 13, 2018|post
For the past four years, the CLEAR II team, represented by Winrock and its partners Verité and Lawyers Without Borders, has been working steadily to fight child labor. CLEAR II, which stands for Country Level Engagement and Assistance to Reduce Child Labor, aims to increase the capacity of host governments to reduce child labor. As […]
Winrock Leaders Join the Conversation at Concordia 2018
October 17, 2018|post
Winrock President and CEO Rodney Ferguson and several other Winrock leaders joined thousands of delegates at the 2018 Concordia Summit September 24 and 25. Concordia brings together decision-makers from the public, private and nonprofit sectors working on some of the most pressing challenges facing the world today. Winrock was thrilled to participate and lead several […]
‘I was one of the lucky ones’
October 9, 2018|post
Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh: More than a million and a half Bangladeshis are thought to be living in modern-day slavery. Winrock’s Bangladesh Counter Trafficking in Persons (BCTIP) project, funded by USAID, has provided services to more than 2,000 trafficking survivors, helping them heal and start a new life. BCTIP has helped more than 18,200 migrants learn […]
Being a Winrocker and F2F family member; one of the best choices, ever, in my life
September 27, 2018|volunteer
August 17, 2018. It was a rainy day in Yangon. Winrock’s F2F staff, from the head office and Asia region, and volunteers hugged each other and said ‘bye’ from their hearts in the Yangon airport lobby. I remembered the day I finished my final examination in University; all the friends were happy as we had […]
Thinking Like a Water Model
September 19, 2018|post
In the Stung Chinit basin of Cambodia, rice farmers and fishermen depend on the same water. More rice means more water diverted from the river – and if too much water is diverted, unhealthy river flows lead to fewer fish. But that doesn’t mean the two sectors must be at odds. Last month, my colleagues […]
Three Steps to $3 Million
September 13, 2018|post
Could algae address the coming food crisis and provide additional income for women? A European investment firm answered that question with a resounding ‘Yes!’ with their $3 million stake into EnerGaia, a spirulina cultivation technology firm based in Thailand and actively supported by USAID’s Feed the Future Asia Innovative Farmers Activity. To bring this critical […]
Improved Breeding Bull Management and Dairy Cattle Rearing
September 6, 2018|volunteer
It was my pleasure to serve as Farmer-to-Farmer volunteer in Bangladesh from January 26 to February 11, 2018. The assignment was coordinated by Winrock International with sponsorship by USAID, United States Agency for International Aid. The host recipient, BRAC Artificial Insemination (AI) Enterprise,is one part of Bangladesh Rehabilitation Assistance Committee (BRAC), the largest NGO in […]
Pollen Production Brings New Benefits to Bangladesh Beekeepers
August 28, 2018|volunteer
Bangladesh Field Team reflects on the successful impacts F2F has had on the Bangladesh Association for Social Advancement (BASA). “F2F assistance helped with specialty knowledge related to beekeeping including honey, pollen and royal jelly production. It has been immensely beneficial. The benefits continue as the trained people have trained others.” – AKM Shirajul Islam, Executive […]
Local Investment, Lasting Impact
August 14, 2018|post
In Cambodia’s Stung Chinit watershed, 40 leaders from civil society and the private sector have pledged to actively participate in the Sustainable Water Partnership’s Water Security Improvement (WSI) process. As part of the WSI process’s initial assessment phase, SWP identified local water user groups and organizations in the Stung Chinit watershed. The project engaged representatives from local farmer […]