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As Ukraine works to deinstitutionalize children, Pact provides essential data tool
In Ukraine, more than 100,000 children are living in residential care institutions, but only 8 percent of those children are orphans. Children are placed in institutions for various reasons, including a lack of available community-based and social support services for families facing extreme poverty, high rates of unemployment, low access to day...
Celebrating 20 years of WORTH
In 1998 in a village in the lowlands of Terai, Nepal, just south of the Himalayas, a group of 25 women came together to form a WORTH savings-led microbanking group. Building on a familiar tradition of women saving together in rotating saving and credit associations, this new WORTH program intended to be more than a village savings and loan group....
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It’s best to test: A message for World AIDS Day in 2018
By Hope and Abigail Nsokolo As the world celebrates World AIDS Day on Dec. 1, with the theme “Know your status,” we are proud to know our HIV status, especially because two years ago, we would never have considered going for an HIV test. Many of our peers have never been tested for HIV. That is why, this World AIDS Day, we want to encourage other...
Looking beyond the symptoms of poverty, to systemic solutions
As a parent, I hear the word ‘why’ a lot. Many parents can relate. After being bombarded with ‘whys,’ our default response often becomes “because I said so.” But our kids are onto something. As the head of an international development organization, I get this question a lot at work, too. Here, we encourage it. We challenge our staff to ask...
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ASM18: Placing the voices and visions of women artisanal miners at the heart of policy discussions
Set against the backdrop of the Victoria Falls, the voices and visions of small-scale miners were placed center-stage at the ASM18 conference in Livingstone, Zambia.
A lesson from Turkana in the true impact of peacebuilding
Turkana is a county in the northwest of Kenya that touches the borders of Uganda, South Sudan and Ethiopia. It is both a stunningly beautiful and forsaken place where mountains and steep red canyons rise high above an arid plain that transitions into the Sahara further north and temperatures often soar beyond 40 degrees centigrade. The pastoral...
In historic milestone, Malawi fishing communities take true ownership over local natural resource management
The notion of participatory fisheries management isn’t new in Malawi. It was first introduced 25 years ago as a means to address collapsing fish species populations in the country’s lakes, which have been a vital source of income and nutrition here for generations. The idea, essentially, was that management of these critical resources should be...
Ending energy poverty: An interview with Pact's Matthew Cullinen
For years, Pact has worked with rural communities in Myanmar to improve their lives. With its partners, the organization has helped villages make dramatic change in areas including health, water and sanitation, agriculture, livelihoods and access to credit. But a major need was going unmet: electrification. With little grid access, progress in...
Why customer insight is crucial in the fight against HIV: What I shared at AIDS 2018
The global development community has long referred to the people and institutions we serve as our beneficiaries. In truth, they’re also our partners and customers. That last word might sound a bit odd, but as the head of Pact’s innovation team, I see it as a critically important distinction. Although my innovation colleagues and I are embedded in...
Changing business as usual: How sustainable investment promotes sustainable land use
By Natcha Tulyasuwan, Sustainable Landscapes Finance Specialist, USAID Green Invest Asia & Jim Jarve, Strategic Advisor, USAID Green Invest Asia Summary Sustainable investments make good business sense. Investing in sustainable production reduces the risk of supply chain disruptions. Incorporating environmental, social and governance (ESG)...
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