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Illegal farming is harming Madagascar's biodiversity. Here’s what USAID Hay Tao is doing to stop it.
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Pact’s REFRESH project uses data, new collection app to help restore Lake Malawi
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For Tanzanian children living with HIV, simple stickers help ensure they remain on treatment
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In Eswatini, two local Pact partners make a huge leap forward as they ‘graduate’ to direct USAID funding
Pact’s health and social systems strengthening creates lasting change
Dr. Nandera Ernest Mhando has a big job. As Tanzania’s Commissioner for Social Welfare, she oversees efforts to protect and improve the lives of the country’s most vulnerable children. Her purview includes Tanzania’s foster care and adoption systems, juvenile justice and complex issues...
With support from Pact, communities along the Kenya-Ethiopia border work together to end raids, build peace
It was a dangerous situation that could have ended very differently for communities along the Kenya-Ethiopia border that have long been at odds. In the spring, a group of Dassenach youth stole a herd of camels, goats and sheep belonging to the Gabra communities of Buluk. Reliable...
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Amid Myanmar’s political unrest and blackouts, solar energy is a lifeline
In Myanmar, the idea of having electricity all day, every day is a dream for nearly everyone. As the most energy poor country in Asia, Myanmar has long suffered from an unreliable power grid, and large swathes of the country remain unconnected. However, since a political crisis in 2021,...
“We have to put in the money now”: An innovative fund in Madagascar rallies sustainable support for biodiversity
Madagascar is home to around 5% of the world’s biodiversity, but as one of the world’s poorest countries, biodiversity is under severe threat. Complex forces are at play: famine in the country’s south; deforestation and poaching; corruption and more. The Foundation for Protected Areas and...
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Paving a stronger future with Tanzania's youth-led civil society organizations
Youth and Women Emancipation, or YAWE, has big goals. Founded in 2017 with a national mandate, the Tanzanian civil society organization works to build civic engagement and accountability in Tanzania, end violence against women and children, promote climate justice and improve health and...
In remote Suriname, an indigenous village fights to preserve its past, improve its future
In the far south of Suriname, in the middle of the country's virgin Amazon rainforest, is the small village of Pëlëlu Tëpu, where only 500 people belonging to the Trío indigenous people live. Among them, they usually refer to themselves as tarëno, which means “the people from here.” Like...
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After Russia’s invasion, Pact and partners provide humanitarian assistance for Ukrainians affected by war
When Russia attacked Ukraine on Feb. 24, Iryna Trokhym and her colleagues were holding a three-day training in Lviv for women’s rights organizations from across the country’s western regions. Sixteen participants had just arrived in Lviv when the shelling began.
In Malawi, building gender equality in the fish sector is key to community wellbeing
Margret Aaron Phiri understands well the hardships of gender inequality in Malawi. As a widow, she struggled to take care of her children without a man to bring in income. Business and work outside of the home are usually men’s purview, including in the fish sector, the dominant...
'Technology has no gender': Cambodian entrepreneur contributes to sustainable farming
A recent global study by UNESCO found that 35 percent of female students choose to pursue STEM-related fields in their higher education. Every year, more and more women are breaking down the dated stereotype that technology is meant for men, bringing important innovations and leadership...
The power of agroecology: Women harvest autonomy in the fight for their rights
AMOY is a women’s organization that works for food sovereignty, environmental protection and the prevention of violence against women in the municipality of Yolombó, in Antioquia, Colombia. Vamos Tejiendo joins them to become replicators of their knowledge for women who are part of the...
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