News and announcements
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News and announcements
Pact to lead effort to strengthen Ukraine’s health resilience and protect citizen health in wake of war
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News and announcements
Pact receives grant to combat child labor in mica mining in Madagascar
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News and announcements
Pact launches new three-year strategy
Veteran international development leader Carlos Carrazana joins Pact as interim CEO
Pact is pleased to announce that Carlos Carrazana, a highly respected leader in international development with more than 25 years of global management experience, has joined our team as interim CEO. Most recently, Carrazana served as the Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice...
Pact provides investment in Tala to increase access to financial services for underserved groups
Pact, an international NGO, has closed a subordinated debt investment in Tala, a global fintech. This investment will support Tala’s lending efforts in Kenya, one of several countries where they provide rapid, flexible, small loans to first-time borrowers. Pact selected Tala for its...
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New Pact-USAID project in DRC will stem child labor, violence and other illegal activity at mine sites
Pact has received a new award from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to help counter illegal activities including child labor, violence and other human abuses in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
Pact welcomes new CFO Samantha Barbee
Pact is excited to announce the addition of a new Chief Financial Officer, Samantha Barbee, to its Washington, D.C., office. Barbee brings to Pact significant experience in both finance and operations. She has spent nearly 20 years in senior leadership positions, both as a chief financial...
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Pact-led consortium, USAID partner to reach HIV/AIDS epidemic control in pregnant and breastfeeding women, children and adolescents
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has awarded Pact and a consortium of leading global HIV/AIDS partners a five-year, $195 million grant, Adolescents and Children HIV Incidence Reduction, Empowerment and Virus Elimination (ACHIEVE). ACHIEVE will focus on priority PEPFAR...
Pact invests in LeapFrog fund to broaden access to healthcare and financial services for emerging consumers
Pact, an international NGO, has completed an investment as a limited partner in LeapFrog Emerging Consumer Fund III—the only NGO to invest in the Fund. LeapFrog Investments is a global private equity firm focused on impact investing, using its “Profit with Purpose” investment strategy to...
New market analysis shows high potential for sustainable, successful mini-grid solutions for electrifying Myanmar
As part of ongoing efforts to bring electricity to every household and business in Myanmar, Smart Power Myanmar, a national platform with a mandate to advance a modern energy ecosystem in country, today released a comprehensive Market Assessment that for the first time sheds light on the...
World Bank and Pact launch first ‘state of the sector’ report for artisanal and small-scale mining
Over 40 million people globally work in artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) 10 million people living in 40 countries in sub-Saharan Africa are directly engaged in ASM Accurate, reliable data on artisanal and small-scale mining is an essential first step to understanding the sector,...
Pact joins Alliance 8.7, further committing to ending child labor
Pact is proud to announce its membership in Alliance 8.7, an inclusive global partnership committed to achieving Target 8.7 of the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals, a target of Goal 8 – decent work and economic growth – focused on the eradication of child labor and modern slavery.
Pact launches new USAID program to strengthen access to justice and legal aid provision in Somaliland
Today, a new expanding access to justice program funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) was launched, in a ceremony observed by the Somaliland Minister of Justice, H.E. Abdiqani Mahmoud Ateye.
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