Timeline

The impact of COVID-19 on the economies and well-being of people throughout the world has been profound. Our projects have …

We were awarded the five-year, USAID-funded Agriculture and Food Systems Activity in Myanmar in November 2019, marking our return to …

December 2018 saw the launch of Fundación ACDI/VOCA LA in Bogotá, Colombia. ACDI/VOCA’s new nonprofit regional entity will strengthen inclusive …

ACDI/VOCA’s Board of Directors appointed Charles “CJ” Hall President and Chief Executive Officer. “CJ possesses the full range of technical …

ACDI/VOCA launched AV Ventures to serve as a global investment management and advisory company. AV Ventures provides innovative, catalytic financing …

The ACIP program was honored with the Orden de la Democracia Simon Bolivar en el grado Cruz Comendador for institutional …

FEMALE FARMER MEETS U.S. PRESIDENT ON ETHIOPIA VISIT During his recent two-day visit to Ethiopia late last month, the first …

Renowned Colombian singer-songwriter Carlos Vives has long promoted the richness of Colombia’s cultural heritage and its ethnic minority groups. Now …

USAID selects ACDI/VOCA to implement Leveraging Economic Opportunities (LEO), a milestone project to support programming that fosters inclusive growth through …

In April, ACDI/VOCA marked its 11,000th volunteer assignment. Our volunteers have traveled to 130 countries bringing specialized talent in areas …

ACDI/VOCA receives a Best Practices and Innovations Award from InterAction and IFAD for Sell More For More™. Sam Worthington, president …

“I truly believe the only way forward is to change people’s ideas of how to work together.”

Special Thanks: This video was filmed and edited by Bayard Jean Bernard of Jacmel’s Ciné Institute, Haiti’s only professional film …

After rallying to emergency response, ACDI/VOCA redoubles agricultural development work in Haiti’s Southeast Department, one of the least food-secure regions …

“We were not used to selling directly to exporters, and the exporters did not have much experience working with small …

“I’ve been raising animals for 10 years now, but I have never before experienced the amount of milk, cheese and …

After three years of development, Shirkina dry-processed gourmet coffee, produced by ACDI/VOCA’s client Ferro Cooperative in Sidama, Ethiopia, was designated …

A tsunami devastates Indonesia. UNDP selects ACDI/VOCA to manage recovery efforts for micro, small and medium-sized businesses. ACDI/VOCA hosts an …

USAID Administrator Andrew Natsios calls ACDI/VOCA “the premier agricultural development NGO in the world.”

ACDI/VOCA leads the push to establish the Bai-Tushum Financial Foundation with the support of USAID, USDA and the Swiss development …

First private rural credit system serves farmers in Russia. We helped create a network of member-owned financial institutions and improve …

ACDI/VOCA helps the government of Bulgaria draft and pass new grain storage and trade laws and regulations, leading to a …

ACDI and VOCA come together to capitalize on each organization’s best qualities—ACDI’s business-oriented approach to sustainable development and VOCA’s people-to-people …

“Your volunteers work at the grassroots. They are the backbone of sustainable development.”

Under a USAID-funded project supporting privatization, popcorn was introduced to Hungary in a joint venture between a U.S. company and …

ACDI establishes Agribusiness Systems International (ASI), a flexible, entrepreneurial nonprofit subsidiary, to support its mission through innovative projects with non-U.S. …

VOCA launches a quick-start Farmer-to-Farmer program and becomes the first USAID grantee to work in the agricultural sectors of the …

VOCA receives the Presidential End Hunger Award from President George H. W. Bush for “vision, initiative and leadership in the …

VOCA is selected to implement the pilot USAID Farmer-to-Farmer program, assigning 30 volunteers to advise farmers’ associations, farmer cooperatives and …

ACDI computerizes HQ. Each desk has a microcomputer connected to a local area network.

Homer Darby, ACDI chairman, forecasts the company’s role addressing food security. He tells board members that food shortages are the …

VOCA’s first volunteers, W. Gordon Leith and Ruth M. Senior, carry out assignments in Jamaica and Chile, respectively.

“It is not just that you have so nobly carried out the intent of the Humphrey Amendment. You know how …

Inspired by the Humphrey Amendment, major U.S. farm cooperatives form the International Cooperative Development Association (ACDI’s parent organization) and register …