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Youth Month Activities Bring People Together in Colombia
In Colombia, the USAID-funded Youth Resilience Activity (YRA) celebrated International Youth Day on August 12 with a series of events …
Food Systems Series: ACDI/VOCA Transforms Food Systems for Sustainability
ACTION TRACK #2: SHIFT TO SUSTAINABLE CONSUMPTION PATTERNS The Current Food System Is Unsustainable Food is a vital component of …
Fundación ACDI/VOCA Latin America Marks Third Anniversary
Fundación ACDI/VOCA LA (FAVLA), a nonprofit affiliate of ACDI/VOCA registered in Bogotá, Colombia, celebrates three years in operation. Since its …
Food Systems Series: ACDI/VOCA Transforms Food Systems for Nutrition
Action Track #1: Ensure Access to Safe and Nutritious Food for All Background In 2020, roughly 10 percent of the …
Kyrgyzstan’s Kupuev Academy Raises $700,000 from ACDI/VOCA Impact Investing Subsidiaries AV Ventures & AV Frontiers
Kupuev Academy, a private, progressive school located in Osh, Kyrgyzstan, announced that it has raised $700,000 in financing. The investment …
Systems Leadership to Build Entrepreneurial Ecosystems in Honduras
Globally, we have seen the importance of entrepreneurial ecosystems in supporting entrepreneurs to access human and financial capital and in …
Food Systems Series: ACDI/VOCA’s Conceptualization of and Approach to Transforming Food Systems
The Importance of a Food Systems Approach The development community has recently recognized that we are not on track to …
Enabling Cyber Access for Youth in Northern Kenya
In 2015, 26-year old Mohammed Ore Ahmed identified a business opportunity in his hometown of Griftu in Wajir County in …
Colombia Youth Resilience Activity Celebrates Youth Day
In Colombia, young people who may be disengaged child soldiers, former youth offenders, migrants, survivors of violence, or those living …
The ViMPlus Activity in Burkina Faso Trains Farmers in Conservation Agriculture
The USAID-funded Victory Against Malnutrition Plus (ViMPlus) Activity recently held a multiple-phase training on the different production techniques for cowpea and sorghum …
ACDI/VOCA Names Experts in Sustainable Development Policy and Practice to Board of Directors
ACDI/VOCA is pleased to announce the appointment of two new members to its board of directors: Asif M. Shaikh and …
From Project to Sustainable Progress: Tanager and ACDI/VOCA Help Local NGO NAFAKA Kilimo Impact Tanzanian Agriculture
Tanager, ACDI/VOCA, and AV Ventures share a mission to improve economic and social conditions for vulnerable populations around the world. …
