Podcasts and PPE: Adapting to COVID-19 in Colombia
Below are updates from our programs in Colombia as they adapt to the unfolding COVID-19 situation. Podcasts Keep Border Town …
Beekeeping Protects Biodiversity & Offers Alternative Livelihoods for Liberian Women
Harvesting honey is a job traditionally associated with men because they are more able to work the late hours required …
Colombia PAR Receives Extension to Continue Reconciliation Efforts
ACDI/VOCA received a cost extension to continue our work in Colombia under the USAID-funded Program of Alliances for Reconciliation (PAR) …
Addressing the Disproportionate Impact of COVID-19 on Women and Girls
Because women and girls are already socioeconomically marginalized in many societies, they are especially vulnerable in emergencies. As a result …
Gender & Social Inclusion and COVID-19 Report
Our “Gender & Social Inclusion and COVID-19: Impacts and Recommendations for Agriculture and Market Systems Project Implementation” report, released April …
Youth Gain Job & Life Skills Through Audiovisual Training in Colombia
Though limited employment opportunities impede reconciliation in rural Colombia, our USAID Colombia Program of Alliances for Reconciliation (PAR) is doing …
Coffee Production Advances Reconciliation in Colombia
In Colombia, rural farmers play an important role helping to repair social structures broken by decades of armed conflict. In …
In Kenya, Feed the Future Activity Equips Young Women Entrepreneurs to Start Business & Thrive
At the bustling and vibrant Moyale Market, located on the border of Kenya and Ethiopia, 18-year-old Fatuma Guyo sits patiently …
Program Improves Health & Sanitation While Promoting Unity in Colombian Border Settlements
Jesús Uzcátegui is a 25-year-old migrant from Venezuela who came to Colombia in 2015 with his wife and two-year-old son. …
Program of Alliances for Reconciliation Helps Unify Post-Conflict Colombia Through Tourism
Tourism is a growing industry in Colombia, where the end of a decades-long armed conflict is opening up places previously …
Women’s Group Boosts Incomes & Resilience in Kenya
In Kenya’s Northern Frontier, at the edge of Marsabit National Park, rests Karare town. Nondescript to passersby, Karare serves as …
