Pact - building local promise

  • An ACHIEVE home visitor in Rwanda.
    An ACHIEVE home visitor in Rwanda.

    World AIDS Day

    With testing, treatment and prevention, Pact is working to end the AIDS epidemic.
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  • A Pact-supported entrepreneur in Ukraine.
    A Pact-supported entrepreneur in Tanzania.

    Thriving entrepreneurs

    Around the world, Pact supports women to start and grow businesses of their own.
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  • DREAMS participants in Zambia.
    A DREAMS participant in Zambia.

    Building DREAMS

    In seven years of DREAMS programming in Zambia, Pact and our partners have learned key lessons for helping girls and young women to be HIV-free.
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  • An ASM miner in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
    An ASM miner in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

    Ending modern slavery in DRC cobalt

    Pact experts explain the moral and business reasons for industry to act now.
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  • A community member in Rwanda.
    A community member in Rwanda.

    Building local promise

    Pact's vision is thriving, resilient and engaged communities leading their own development.
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An international development organization at work in nearly 40 countries, Pact builds solutions for human development that are evidence-based, data-driven and owned by the communities we serve.

Latest News & Highlights

 
November 30, 2022
5 lessons for achieving equity to end HIV
This Word AIDS Day, we rally around UNAIDS’ theme of Equalize and PEPFAR’s challenge to put ourselves to the test and achieve equity to end HIV. We’ve seen... read more
 
November 10, 2022
Pact, IREX and CSM-STAND consortium launch project to tackle technology-facilitated gender-based violence globally
In September, the Civil Society and Media - Strengthened Together and Advancing in New Directions (CSM-STAND) program, implem
 
November 9, 2022
COP27 and brokering equity for Indigenous peoples and local communities
COP27—occurring right now in Sharm El Sheik, Egypt—provides an opportunity to hold governments, donors and world leaders accountable to their pledge of $1.7... read more

PROMISES KEPT

Working hand in hand with local communities,
Pact is improving lives around the globe with sustainable impact.

Sustainable communities for the next generation

Strong local organizations around the world

Stopping HIV in Zambia with community-based testing

Electricity empowers entrepreneurs in Myanmar

Sustainable land use in Southeast Asia

Pact's cornerstone is community engagement – building solutions in true partnership with those we serve .

Pact's cornerstone is community engagement – building solutions in true partnership with those we serve .

Reduced child labor in Colombian mining communities

Women gemstone miners earn fair pay

Last year, nearly 2 million people gained improved access to health and social services because of Pact.

 

Last year, nearly 2 million people gained improved access to health and social services because of Pact.

 

Peaceful communities in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Inspiring 'change agents' to build peace in Kenya

Women entrepreneurs thrive in Cambodia

In 2021, nearly 1.4 million people raised their income with Pact’s support – the vast majority of them women.

In 2021, nearly 1.4 million people raised their income with Pact’s support – the vast majority of them women.

Empowering women across Tanzania through WORTH

Achieving HIV epidemic control in communities around the world