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Floating Gardens Reduce Flooding Risks in Eastern Paraguay
In recent years, when the rainy season came to eastern Paraguay’s San Pedro region, Maria Isabel Benítez would watch helplessly …
ACDI/VOCA Supports Launch of Minimum Standards for Mainstreaming Gender Equality
Today ACDI/VOCA will join 10 other international development and humanitarian organizations in launching a set of minimum standards for mainstreaming gender …
ACDI/VOCA Volunteer Travels to the DRC to Help Local Farmers Improve Pasture Management and Livestock Production
When one thinks of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), one immediately thinks of the conflict and genocide that took …
ACDI/VOCA Celebrates International Women’s Day 2017
ACDI/VOCA is excited to celebrate International Women’s Day on Wednesday, March 8. This year’s theme—#BeBoldForChange—is a call to action to …
Cycling for Peace Mobilizes 2,000 Youth in Colombia
Since the late 1980s, Colombia’s Urabá region has been the site of territorial disputes between different armed groups, including guerillas, …
U.S. Ambassador Visits RWANU Project Participants in Southern Karamoja
On January 31, U.S. Ambassador to Uganda Deborah Malac and USAID/Uganda Mission Director Mark Meassick visited southern Karamoja to meet …
Egyptian Officials Visit AMAL Project Sites
Representatives from the Egyptian Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation (MOALR) visited our Egypt Advanced Marketing and Agribusiness Logistics (AMAL) …
Nestlé USA Publishes Thought Piece on ACDI/VOCA Embrace of Public – Private Partnership in Ghana
Nestlé USA recently published a thought piece on its Medium blog by ACDI/VOCA Chief Communications Officer Paul Guenette entitled “Eating …
Paraguay OFDA Project Donates Structure to Flood-Affected Region
Structure Serves as Living Space, Classroom, Emergency Command Center By Martin Román, Chief of Party ACDI/VOCA implements the U.S. Office …
Egyptian Officials Visit AMAL-Supported Horticultural Pack House at Luxor Airport
Perishable Terminal Integral to Project Efforts to Bolster Inclusive Value Chains in Upper Egypt On December 3, the Horticultural Export …
ACDI/VOCA Welcomes Sylvia Megret as COO
ACDI/VOCA welcomes Sylvia Megret as its chief operating officer (COO). Ms. Megret has worked in international development for over 20 …
Ghana ADVANCE II Signs MOU with Nestlé Ghana
On December 6, 2016, Dr. Emmanuel Dormon, Chief of Party of the ACDI/VOCA-implemented Agricultural Development and Value Chain Enhancement (ADVANCE …
