ACDI/VOCA to Lead the Feed the Future Ethiopia Alliance to Accelerate Agricultural Growth Activity
ACDI/VOCA is pleased to announce USAID has selected the organization to lead the Feed the Future Ethiopia Alliance to Accelerate …
How Development Programs Can Help Prevent Gender-Based Violence
Gender-based violence is often associated with the disproportionate risk that women face globally. In the United States, one in four …
USAID Laos Microenterprise Training Helps Family Double Their Income
Bounyord Hakpanya (above) is a construction worker from Ban Sarm, a village located in the Kham District in the Xiengkhoung …
Q&A with Bangladesh-Based Volunteer Supporting Entrepreneurs in Zambia
Ahmed Towsif is an entrepreneur based in Dhaka, Bangladesh, and a first-time volunteer with ACDI/VOCA. We talked to Ahmed about …
Are We Too Focused on Access to Credit? Agent Banks Boost Resiliency during COVID-19 Pandemic
In early 2020, the Feed the Future Bangladesh Rice and Diversified Crops Activity began an assessment to understand how the …
ACDI/VOCA to Lead the USAID-Funded Food Security, Agriculture and Resilient Market Systems (FARMS) Activity in Honduras
ACDI/VOCA is pleased to announce USAID has selected the organization to lead the Food Security, Agriculture and Resilient Market Systems …
Q&A With U.S.-Based, Remote Volunteer Supporting Zambian Business Owners
Zhuoting Xie is a recent graduate of the Brandeis University International Business School, where she earned a master’s degree in …
Dairy Facility Adapts and Grows to Feed Families in Kyrgyzstan’s Issyk-Kul Region
Ak-Jalga was founded in 1964. Today, it is the largest dairy processing facility in the Issyk-Kul Region, processing up to …
Q&A with U.S.-Based Volunteer Supporting Impact Investing in West Africa
Camille Accad is a financial expert who works with several subsidiaries and assists with capital markets transactions. Read about Camille’s …
Female-Owned Apparel Factory Creates 70+ Jobs in Southern Kyrgyzstan
Nazirbek Toktonazarov had only graduated high school when he decided to leave his parents and move to Russia. Like thousands …
Resilience Learning Activity Facilitates Dialogue on Resilience in the Horn of Africa
For the last seven years, USAID/Kenya and East Africa has held annual resilience events that converge stakeholders in the resilience …
