Governance

Advocating for Improved Health in Bangladesh

This story from our Promoting Rights and Advocacy project shows how we are working to improve public health in Dhaka by supporting citizen engagement.
Food Systems

Brakna Community Celebrates the Power of School Meals

Counterpart’s USDA McGovern-Dole project in Mauritania brought government and local stakeholders together to emphasize the role school meals play in enabling children to reach their full potential.
Food Systems

Showcasing School Feeding in Mozambique

Our USDA McGovern-Dole program aims to reduce hunger and improve literacy through school feeding, which serves as an important incentive to families to keep their children in school longer, improving access to education and ensuring a brighter future for the next generation.
Women's Empowerment

Putting Women Forward: President and CEO Hudock on the Power of Inclusion

The theme of the 2024 International Women’s Day is “Inspire Inclusion.” Women’s inclusion is a core part of our programming and a critical part of our operations. President and CEO Dr. Ann Hudock explains how Counterpart invests in both programs and policies to support women.
Focus Areas

Standing alongside our partners for positive, lasting change

For more than 55 years and in more than 65 countries around the world, Counterpart has partnered with leaders, organizations, and networks to build inclusive, sustainable communities in which people thrive.

Our Stories

Bringing together experts and activists

We’re touching lives in communities around the world. Read our stories to find out how.

Counterpart’s Legacy in the Kyrgyz Republic: Giving a Voice to Civil Society

Counterpart’s Legacy in the Kyrgyz Republic: Giving a Voice to Civil Society

Erkinbek Kasybekov is a former Counterpart staff member who worked with our team in the Kyrgyz Republic in the 1990s. We recently sat down with him to learn firsthand about...
Sustainably Scaling Community Governance Structures

Sustainably Scaling Community Governance Structures

Counterpart works around the world in localized, highly participatory ways with individuals, leaders, organizations, and government. We elevate the voices of those who have been excluded from the political process...
Advocating for Improved Health in Bangladesh

Advocating for Improved Health in Bangladesh

Health is an important component of all of Counterpart’s projects around the world. We advocate for better government policies around public health provisions, we support improved nutrition and access to...
Youth Are the Future of Democracy

Youth Are the Future of Democracy

This is part of a series of occasional dispatches by staff on issues related to our work. Byrn Norrie is a program assistant at Counterpart. She recently traveled with our...
Our Impact

Alongside our partners we achieve outstanding results

40K

farmers improved their technical skills through our Food for Progress training in Guatemala

3M

textbooks in French and Arabic written and distributed in Mauritania

150K

children fed through our USDA programs in Africa each school day

5

governance councils established in Dominican Republic and Haiti to preserve biodiversity

Partnering with Counterpart

Standing alongside our counterparts for lasting change

We partner with leaders, organizations, and networks striving for more open government, resilient food systems, natural resource protection, and improved livelihoods.

“Counterpart... has provided us a greenhouse for tomato production, and now the quality and the quantity of tomatoes have improved and enabled us to sell our produce at a much better price.”
Marcos Ordóñez Andrés
CADER Promoter, Guatemala
“I would never have thought that hyenas and dogs would find themselves [feasting] on the same corpse without experiencing any arguments... But here we are today in discussion with those we feared without complacency and without fear of reprisal.”
Youth representative
Niger
“We appreciate Counterpart because you are working in silence with impactful results.”
Mohamed Melainine Ould Eyih
Former Minister of Education, Mauritania
“We have never seen this multistakeholders’ unity/coordination mechanism ever, which was possible by Shushilan consortium under this project. We thank you… for your support to make us coordinated to respond to citizen needs.”
Sheikh Mohammad Ali
Councilor, Khulna City Corporation, Bangladesh