Psychosocial Support Tool Reconciles Communities & Improves Employability
For populations that have experienced trauma or violence, healing is a crucial step toward social and economic stability. Many Colombians …
Cycling Events with Olympian Create New Narratives in Colombia’s Forgotten Regions
Imagine hundreds of cyclists riding through the streets as an Olympic gold medalist leads the pack. Years ago, this scene …
Farmer-to-Farmer Volunteer from Ohio Helps Design Free-Stall Barn in Armenia
Many Armenian farmers realize that new technologies and practices are necessary if they want to improve their productivity and compete …
Capacity Building Empowers Onion Producers in Burkina Faso to Protect Their Livelihoods
In 2017, as part of the USAID-funded Victory Against Malnutrition (ViM) Activity, a group of onion producers from the Sanmantenga …
Fundación ACDI/VOCA Latin America Marks First Year of Empowering Communities
Despite strides to reduce poverty in recent years, 29.6 percent of the population in Latin America and the Caribbean still …
Emergency Response in Arauca (ERA) II
Arauca is the main municipality of the northeastern Colombian Department of the same name. Located south of the Arauca River, …
ACDI/VOCA Announces $38 million Agriculture and Food Systems Activity in Myanmar
ACDI/VOCA is pleased to announce a new five-year, $38 million activity funded by the United States Agency for International Development …
Ivanka Trump & USAID Administrator Green Meet Women Entrepreneurs Empowered by ACDI/VOCA in Colombia
Four Colombian women had the opportunity to present their business ventures to Ivanka Trump, senior White House adviser and eldest …
ACDI/VOCA Experts Share Best Practices to Combat Fall Armyworm
ACDI/VOCA hosted a webinar last month about fall armyworm and its impact on crops throughout Africa. The invasive species, native …
One Year of Increasing Enterprise Competitiveness in the Kyrgyz Republic
This August, the USAID Enterprise Competitiveness Project celebrated its first-year anniversary since launching in 2018 in a high-profile event that …
Mabel’s Story: A Young Mother and Venezuelan Migrant’s Journey to Empowerment
As a young girl, Mabel Iriarte dreamed of becoming a dancer. She was a Venezuelan migrant living in Cartagena, Colombia, …
