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Voting Now Open in Annual ACDI/VOCA Photo Contest
ACDI/VOCA’s Communications & Outreach (C&O) division is excited to announce voting has begun in its annual photo contest. C&O …
“Facilitating Behavior Change” Virtual Conference Delves into Social Behavior Change and Market Systems
Changing behaviors—especially multiple behaviors across market actors—can be challenging. Predictably, this means complex market systems are also difficult to transform. …
Private Sector Employees Volunteer to Restore Community with Colombia Program of Alliances for Reconciliation (PAR)
The Bahía Solano neighborhood of Quibdó, Colombia, the capital city of the Chocó department, is located just across the Atrato …
All Africa Postharvest Technologies and Innovation Challenge
Out of hundreds of applicants, the EasyDry M500– a portable grain dryer developed through ACDI/VOCA and ASI’s AflaSTOP project– won …
RWANU Supports Sustainable Water Management in Uganda
Promoting Sustainable Water Management for Improved Nutrition and Health in Uganda Traditionally, people living in southern Karamoja in arid northeastern …
Making Movies Helps Children Find Peace in Colombia
Children in Cartagena, Colombia, are using short videos to raise awareness of obstacles to peace in their neighborhoods. Through an …
Floating Gardens Reduce Flooding Risks in Eastern Paraguay
In recent years, when the rainy season came to eastern Paraguay’s San Pedro region, Maria Isabel Benítez would watch helplessly …
ACDI/VOCA Supports Launch of Minimum Standards for Mainstreaming Gender Equality
Today ACDI/VOCA will join 10 other international development and humanitarian organizations in launching a set of minimum standards for mainstreaming gender …
ACDI/VOCA Volunteer Travels to the DRC to Help Local Farmers Improve Pasture Management and Livestock Production
When one thinks of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), one immediately thinks of the conflict and genocide that took …
ACDI/VOCA Celebrates International Women’s Day 2017
ACDI/VOCA is excited to celebrate International Women’s Day on Wednesday, March 8. This year’s theme—#BeBoldForChange—is a call to action to …
Cycling for Peace Mobilizes 2,000 Youth in Colombia
Since the late 1980s, Colombia’s Urabá region has been the site of territorial disputes between different armed groups, including guerillas, …
U.S. Ambassador Visits RWANU Project Participants in Southern Karamoja
On January 31, U.S. Ambassador to Uganda Deborah Malac and USAID/Uganda Mission Director Mark Meassick visited southern Karamoja to meet …
