August 2022
Using research to inform advocacy plans in Timor-Leste
The eight partners of the USAID/Timor-Leste NGO Advocacy for Good Governance Activity presented their research findings as part of an initiative to support the role …
July 2022
Celebrating 20 Years of the McGovern-Dole Program
The year 2022 marks the 20 anniversary of the USDA McGovern-Dole Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program, which has provided 5.5 billion school meals …
July 2020
School Feeding at Home: Keeping 47,000 Senegalese Students Food Secure During COVID-19
The spread of COVID-19 in Senegal is increasingly deteriorating livelihoods and inducing a food crisis across the country and in the Saint-Louis region, Counterpart’s target …
McGovern-Dole Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program in Mauritania
CHALLENGE While 75% of the population in Mauritania depends on subsistence agriculture and pastoralism, the country has been facing drought exacerbated by climate change which …
2018 — 2021
Local and Regional Food Aid Procurement Project in Senegal
CHALLENGE In Senegal, the agricultural sector employs approximately 70% of the working population, yet in 2017 its contribution to total GDP was just over 16%. …
2018 — 2022
McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Project in Senegal
CHALLENGE A large portion of Senegalese citizens rely on agriculture and pastoralism for their livelihood. Unfortunately, a persistent drought in 2017 severely impacted crop …
Moroccan civil society wins tax relief for its new role
People with handicaps limiting their mobility face challenges in countries that don’t produce many accessibility devices. In Morocco, people who try to buy assistive devices …
Public Health Partnerships Improve Lives in Malawi
In the Traditional Authority of Masula in Lilongwe district – the capital city of Malawi, a small landlocked country in southern Africa – diarrhea and …
Rohingya Refugees and Mental Health: An Urgent Challenge
This blog is part of our series developed in collaboration with the Reiff Center for Human Rights and Conflict Resolution at Christopher Newport University. Cox’s Bazar, a town located …