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USAID and Winrock Provide Training on Using Mobile Phones for Quicker, Safer, and More Transparent Forest Protection Payments
November 10, 2020|post
Mrs. Dieu Thi Trang, a Chau Ma ethnic minority, grew up in the Cat Tien region in Lam Dong Province of Vietnam’s Central Highlands. From her childhood, and now as a married mother of two, Mrs. Trang and her family have relied on the Cat Tien forest for their income. To lessen dependence on forests […]
Showing Resilience in Unprecedented Times
November 3, 2020|post
In January of 2020, Noah Asher was feeling good. Vascugenix, the Little Rock medical device startup where he serves as CEO, had completed its fundraising. It was on track to bring its first product — a medical device called the Speed Torque invented by Vascugenix co-founder Dr. Dwight Chrisman — to market by April. “We […]
USDA Rural Development and Winrock Launch Placemaking Project in Four Arkansas Communities
October 19, 2020|post
LITTLE ROCK, AR — October 19, 2020 — United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Deputy Under Secretary for Rural Development Bette Brand today announced that USDA has signed cooperative agreements with five organizations to support placemaking technical assistance throughout the United States, including in four Arkansas communities. Winrock International will use a $215,000 grant to […]
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Rooted in more than 65 years of innovative programming, we have decades of successful business collaborations and a rich history of engaging the private sector. We created an entrepreneurial ecosystem in Arkansas, catalyzed a specialty coffee sector in Myanmar and boosted productivity and incomes in Mozambique. We are proud of our longstanding history of developing […]
Winrock Helps Arkansas Small Businesses in Phillips County Seek Disaster Relief Aid
June 22, 2020|post
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — June 22, 2020 — Winrock International is providing small businesses in Phillips County, Arkansas, with one-on-one guidance on how to navigate funding available through recent federally-approved programs. With only a fraction of the more than 200,000 small businesses in Arkansas applying for funding offered through the Small Business Administration (SBA) and other federal agencies, […]
Forging Connections
May 21, 2020|post
By Chris Warren When Brian Bean was growing up in Maryland, he knew exactly what he wanted to do as an adult. And in many ways, his career aim was to basically re-create a boyhood spent climbing trees, looking under rocks for salamanders, and roaming the woods in and around Susquehanna State Park. Not surprisingly, […]
A Film About Forests
April 28, 2020|post
Vietnam’s Payment for Forest Environmental Services (PFES) system, implemented by Winrock’s USAID Vietnam Forests and Deltas project, provides around $130 million a year to over 500,000 households for their work protecting the forest. It supports the Government of Vietnam’s efforts to better manage natural resources through an innovative Payment for Forest Environmental Services (PFES) program, which […]
‘Forests are Gold’
March 20, 2020|post
Vietnam’s Payment for Forest Environmental Services (PFES) system, implemented by Winrock’s USAID Vietnam Forests and Deltas project, provides around $130 million a year to over 500,000 households for their work protecting the forest. It’s money that flows from hydroelectric plant owners and other downstream users of environmental services into the hands of people like K […]
Coming Through Loud and Clear
March 13, 2020|post
In a hospital bed at Great River Medical Center in Blytheville, a farming community in rural northeast Arkansas, a patient tells Dr. Darren Sommer that her stomach hurts. A nurse named Emily applies a stethoscope. “That sounds good,” Sommer says. “I’m going to let Emily push on your belly. Please let me know if you […]
Practical Imagination
February 14, 2020|post
A Winrock Legacy Story Winrock Chairman and CEO Rodney Ferguson was recently asked to reflect on Winrock International’s legacy and to give an overview of its current work. Here are his prepared remarks: Hello, and thank you for having me here. It’s an honor and a pleasure to talk with you today about Winrock International. […]