May 2012
Mauritania: Village Development Committees Increasing Food Security and Resiliency
For the 53 members of the Bouté women’s cooperative in Mauritania’s Guidimakha region, a simple grain mill was all it took to transform their community.
May 2012
Mauritania: Microfinance for Resiliency – But Will It Last?
When we think of responses to malnutrition and ways to help communities survive crises like food shortages and drought, many people’s minds often turn to visions of warehouses full of food for distribution to communities unable to pull themselves out of poverty.
May 2012
Mauritania: Bringing Health Services to Rural Communities
Maté Mint Sidi Ali says she never envisioned being a leader in health. But when Counterpart International came to her village in Mauritania’s Guidimakha region recruiting volunteers to serve as Community Health Workers, she jumped at the chance.
May 2012
Mauritania: Malnutrition in the Crisis
It’s easy to see the fear in parents’ eyes when they talk about their children’s health during the current drought and food crisis in Mauritania.
May 2012
Mauritania: Lowering the Casualty Toll of Drought
By Alisha Rodriquez, Senior Program Development Officer On a drive across drought-stricken regions of Mauritania, the desert is punctuated by slowly decaying animal carcasses among …
April 2012
Taking Coffee, Talking HIV in Ethiopia
Sheikh Hammad Hadji Muhammad is treating the spread of HIV and AIDS in his Ethiopian village with coffee. And the treatment is working.
February 2012
Assistance reaches drought-stricken Somalia
Xaliimo Cabdilahi Mohamed considers herself to be a lucky person, even though she is a refugee living in the Hiiraan camp in Garowe, Somalia.
February 2012
Finding an upside to the “end-of-the-world” hype in Guatemala
While some predict that the world will catastrophically end on December 21, 2012, Guatemala’s tourism industry is hoping the date provides a different type of explosion – a boom of visitors enjoying the Mayan ruins and soaking up the country’s rich culture.
January 2012
Festive concerts raise awareness about endangered Guatemalan Pinabete tree
More than 10,000 people turned out for a series of holiday concerts in Guatemala City and Quetzaltenango to raise awareness about the Pinabete (Abies guatemalensis), an endangered Guatemalan fir tree species.
September 2011
This Week in Guatemala: New World Crafts Trade Fair
An eclectic mix of textures, materials and surfaces will be on display this week at the 4th Annual New World Crafts Trade Fair! The Trade Fair be held at Casa Santo Domingo in Antigua Guatemala on September 21st and 22nd, 2011.