A new cashew processing facility will build up local workers and farmers
Cécile has been working her whole life. She never finished high school, dropping out to help her mother. When her mother died, she worked to take care of her siblings and then her own child. But she says she never wants to stand still. She got a job with EcoCajou and now she helps supervise other women in their factory. ...Read More
Guatemalan communities see gains in advocacy coordination & economic empowerment as USAID/OTI program concludes
A program strengthening resilience across Guatemala recognized and celebrated local organizations that advocated for marginalized communities that resulted in political and economic change. ...Read More
Q&A with Zyck Baggett, Senior Technical Advisor, Governance
By Daniel Bernard
April 11, 2024 | 0 comments
I have spent the past decade of my career supporting governance projects, with a primary focus on improving systems at the central and local levels. I spent most of that time in the field serving as Deputy Chief of Party on projects in Liberia and Mali....Read More
Blanca Violeta López Samayoa: Forging a clear path to conflict transformation
Blanca Violeta López Samayoa has learned how to command the attention of a room. She has a lot to say and talks fast. Holding a conflict mediator role as a woman in spaces normally dominated by men in rural Huehuetenango, Guatemala, has not been easy, but it has shaped the way she speaks and carries herself. ...Read More
Youth Polling Youth
Hondurans aged 12 to 29 make up one of the largest groups of irregular migrants. But why are so many Honduran youth leaving their communities? To determine some of the factors behind many young people’s intent to migrate, USAID’s Sembrando Esperanza in Honduras spearheaded a survey program that brings young people together....Read More
Ernesto Jacinto Mejía: Mediating for a Chiantla in peace
Residents of Chiantla in Huehuetenango, Guatemala were fed up with a local rock-crushing company. The company’s large trucks drove up and down the community’s roads at high speeds around 50 times per day, deteriorating roads and creating an unsafe environment for children walking to school and other pedestrians. The community knew who to go to for help. ...Read More
