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Rural Placemaking Initiative Challenge (RPIC): Delta Communities Connected through Placemaking
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The Delta Communities Connected through Placemaking and Innovation (DCCPI) project seeks to facilitate locally driven efforts to improve quality of life, rural economy, and e-connectivity in the Mid-Delta region of Arkansas. DCCPI leverages the strong cultural identity and current placemaking efforts of Lonoke, England, Stuttgart, and Helena-West Helena with innovative state initiatives focused on enhancing […]
USAID Climate Resilient Agriculture in the Mekong Delta (CRM)
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The Mekong Delta in the south of Vietnam, a region of 40,000 square kilometers and approximately 18 million people, is among the world’s most vulnerable regions to the impacts of climate change. It is an agricultural powerhouse that produces roughly half of Vietnam’s total rice harvest and nearly three-quarters of its fruit, aquaculture, and fisheries […]
Rural Placemaking Initiative Challenge: Arkansas Delta Rhythm and Bayous
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Winrock International is implementing the Arkansas Delta Rhythm and Bayous Placemaking Initiative project with local and multi-jurisdictional efforts to improve the quality of life, rural economies, and e-connectivity in four Delta communities. The Delta Rhythm and Bayous Highway is the Arkansas-Louisiana-Mississippi corridor along U.S. Route 65 South and Bayou Bartholomew that connects seven rural, Delta […]
Delta communities collaborate with Winrock to shape a prosperous future
February 5, 2024|post
On an unseasonably warm mid-November day in Arkansas, five members of Winrock International’s Board of Directors accompanied a group of U.S.-based senior executives and Winrock program staff on an excursion to a unique destination: the Arkansas Delta. Arkansans know “the Delta” as it’s referred to regionally, but the patchwork of mostly flat, open-field farms and […]
Delta UPSOAR Project Evaluation Report
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Funded by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Delta Health Care Service Grant, Winrock International and its consortium, Ozarka College and the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, implemented a two-year project that delivered opioid and substance abuse training, education, and awareness to Baxter, Fulton, Izard, Sharp, and Stone counties in north-central and northeast […]
Winrock awarded five-year USAID Climate Resilient Agriculture in the Mekong Delta project in Vietnam
September 11, 2023|post
The U.S. Agency for International Development has selected Winrock International to implement a new, $48 million project that will showcase USAID’s support for transformative development in the Mekong Delta. The project aims to support the Government of Vietnam’s commitments to achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, and to promote increased climate resilience of […]
Winrock International awarded grant to advance broadband and tourism along the Delta Rhythm & Bayous highway
November 28, 2022|post
NORTH LITTLE ROCK, ARK. ─ Nov. 28, 2022 ─ Winrock International has been awarded a grant by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development to advance rural connectivity and improve tourism infrastructure in four Arkansas Delta communities under the Rural Placemaking Innovation Challenge. Winrock and local partners will implement the Arkansas Delta Rhythm & Bayous […]
Winrock-Led USDA Project to Improve Worker Health in Delta Communities
January 31, 2022|post
North Little Rock, Ark. ─ Jan. 31, 2022 — The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing $974,978 to improve the health and wellness of the rural workforce in four Arkansas counties that currently experience higher rates of chronic diseases, health risk factors and other health disparities. The USDA Supporting Health Advances for Rural Employees […]
Understanding and Preventing Substance and Opioid Abuse in Rurality (Delta UPSOAR) | PatientsLearn (uams.edu)
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Delta UPSOAR is an innovative and local response specifically designed to serve youth and adults who have not received opioid and substance abuse awareness education and resources. While specifically designed for those living in Baxter, Fulton, Izard, Sharp, and Stone counties, this information is available for all Arkansans.
USAID Marks Earth Day with Completion of its Vietnam Forests and Deltas Project
May 4, 2021|post
Ho Chi Minh City, April 22, 2021 — Today, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) hosted an Earth Day event in Da Lat city to mark the completion of the USAID Vietnam Forests and Deltas project and launch the new USAID Sustainable Forest Management project and […]