A Look Back at 60 Years of ACDI/VOCA Milestones
ACDI/VOCA is proud to celebrate 60 years of operating in global development. Since our founding on July 12, 1963, we’ve been mobilizing volunteers, promoting farming cooperatives, strengthening market systems, mitigating climate change, supporting food …
ACDI/VOCA Volunteers Honored with 2022 Charles Cox Awards
Volunteers have a remarkable impact on the communities they serve. That’s why ACDI/VOCA is recognizing six of our outstanding Volunteer Programs participants with the 2022 Charles Cox Excellence in Volunteerism Awards. These awards serve as a tribute to …
Gelsey Bennett
Gelsey Bennett is a senior director who provides operational and technical oversight to projects around the world and supports new business development. Prior to joining ACDI/VOCA in 2022, Gelsey led the implementation of a global Feed the Future activity …
This World Tourism Day, Volunteer Shares Experience Supporting Kyrgyzstan’s Budding Tourism Industry
Volunteer Rich Harrill in Kyrgyzstan, with the Jety-Oguz Mountains as backdrop. Rich Harrill is a tourism and hospitality expert from South Carolina with more than 30 years of experience. He recently volunteered with ACDI/VOCA through the USAID-funded …
ACDI/VOCA Awarded the Market Driven Rural Development Activity by USAID
The US Agency for International Development (USAID) awarded ACDI/VOCA an associate award under the Farmer-to-Farmer cooperative agreement to lead the five-year Market Driven Rural Development Activity in Tajikistan. This Activity will accelerate Tajikista …
Q&A with Veteran Volunteer on Latest Remote Assignment with a Georgian Fishery
Joe Sullivan is an aquaculture expert and fish pathologist who has completed more than 35 volunteer assignments in 17 countries. He began his career as a professor at Humboldt State University and later worked for the Alaska Department of Fish and Game ma …
Remote Volunteer Helps Students with Entrepreneurial Dreams in the Kyrgyz Republic
Paul Fisher Paul Fisher has consulted for small businesses, served on negotiating committees representing both management and union interest, and taught accounting courses for more than 30 years. He holds a BA in philosophy from St. Patrick’s Collage …
Honoring Exceptional Volunteers as ACDI/VOCA Celebrates 50 Years of Global Volunteer Programs
This year marks 50 years of ACDI/VOCA mobilizing volunteers from the United States and around the world to support global development efforts in agriculture, business, and more. As part of our celebration, we are honoring five participants of our Voluntee …
Volunteers Support Eco-Friendly Agritourism
What is tourism going to look like in the future? That is the question on many people’s minds as vaccine distribution offers a glimmer of hope for the eventual easing of travel restrictions. Until then, rural tourism has the potential to offer a safer a …
April 18-24 is National Volunteer Week
National Volunteer Week was established in 1974 to recognize the lasting impact of volunteer service on our communities, local and global. As a leader in volunteer programs for more than 50 years, ACDI/VOCA is proud to celebrate the achievements and dedic …
