Making New Year’s (and New Projects’) Resolutions Stick
Last year, I made four (four!) major New Year’s resolutions: Be more productive. Run a marathon. Be less stressed. Exercise …
Data 101 Part 2: Quality
If you missed the first post in the Data Digest series, I recommend you start here, with the beginning of …
ViM Project Introduces Rice to Fight Hunger in Burkina Faso
Fati Kiéma, a mother of six children, lives in the village of Goenega in Burkina Faso. Like many women in …
Data 101 Part 1: Management
Data management can be tough, especially for those who are less numbers-oriented. I’ve been working with data for 15 years, …
ACDI/VOCA’s Data Platform Streamlines Project Management
Data science is changing business around the world. Can it also transform development? ACDI/VOCA is developing a technology stack, or …
Feed the Future and ACDI/VOCA to Boost Kenyan Livestock Sector and Resilience
PRESS RELEASE CONTACT Carrie McCloud Communications Technical Manager ACDI/VOCA T: +1 202 469 6054 cmccloud@acdivoca.org WASHINGTON, D.C., October 23, 2017 …
Talking Resilience and Nutrition through Market Systems at SEEP Network Annual Conference
On October 2-4, the Small Enterprise Education and Promotion (SEEP) Network’s 2017 Annual Conference brought together over 425 leading practitioners, …
Budgeting for an Equitable, Nutritious Future
When I was a child, before the advent of Quicken or finance software, my dad would pull out the handwritten …
Put Your Feet (Not Your Head) in the Sand
I sat in a beach chair at dawn, watching the sun rise over the Indian Ocean. Our organization was holding …
Celebrating Small Wins Toward Reconciliation in Colombia
Earlier this year, on June 27, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) turned in 7,000 firearms to the United …
