The Dirty Secret of Volunteering: You Get More than You Give
Thank you, Peace Corps. In 1975, serendipity led me to you via an anonymous want ad touting “Teaching Positions Overseas.” An application and …
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Volunteering through Generations: How a Wisconsin Family Supports Armenian Farmers
After first hearing about the Farmer-to-Farmer Program in 1994, John Bobbe eagerly signed up to volunteer in Poland. The program, …
ACDI/VOCA Returns to Cooperative Roots to Usher in Professional Farmer Organization Guidelines
Global hunger is on the rise for the third year in a row due to extreme climate events, an ever-expanding …
AV Ventures Partners Locally to Bring Impact Investing to the Kyrgyz Republic’s Missing Middle
In the Kyrgyz Republic, as in many emerging or developing countries, large firms attract investors with deep pockets, while smaller …
Cassava Farmers Join in Red Stripe Beer’s Jamaican Pride & Profits
Charmaine Blair-Stewart has been managing her 11.5-acre farm in the St. Thomas Parish of Jamaica since her husband died suddenly …
Engaging Jamaican Youth in Agriculture through Farming as a Business
Oliver Creightney, 29, arrived at a church in Morant Bay in Jamaica’s St. Thomas Parish to mark his graduation from …
