Category Archives: Organizational Capacity Building

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    Updates from the Groundswell Board

    Written on Mar 19, 2013 7:52 pm, by

    The following post is written by our Community Outreach Coordinator, Cristina Hall.  This past Saturday I attended my first Groundswell International Board meeting since I joined the team in September of 2012. While I was intellectually aware of how international...
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    David Lopez

    Written on Feb 5, 2013 11:45 am, by

    The village of San Antonio of Las Guarumas, in Honduras, has not always been a united community. Honduras is one of the poorest countries in Latin America and much of the poverty is concentrated in rural communities like San Antonio....
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    Haiti’s rural communities lead the way toward national renewal

    Written on Jan 11, 2013 4:19 pm, by

    Three years have passed since the January 12, 2010 earthquake, and Haiti still waits for the implementation of a comprehensive earthquake reconstruction plan. Many thousands of families still live under tents or in makeshift homes without any basic services and...
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    Improving agricultural production and food security in Ghana

    Written on Nov 20, 2012 8:49 pm, by

    Since 2010, Groundswell International and the Center for Indigenous Knowledge and Organizational Development (CIKOD) have worked together to spread agro-ecological farming to improve food security among the rural population of the Lawra District in the Upper West region of Ghana. ...
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    Elena Tenelema

    Written on Nov 15, 2012 9:20 am, by

    “I dreamed of being a leader in my community since I was 16 years old,” said Elena Tenelema. She lives in the tiny village of Tzimbuto located in the central Ecuadorian highlands about 10 miles from the city of Riobamba....
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    Building resilient communities in Haiti

    Written on Aug 29, 2012 2:11 pm, by

    Hurricane Isaac hit Haiti on August 24th.  While it could have been far worse, the country is extremely vulnerable to disasters and the storm still caused severe flooding, loss of houses, crops and livestock and new outbreaks of cholera. The...
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    Community-managed seed banks strengthen food security and food sovereignty in Haiti

    Written on Jun 19, 2012 5:15 pm, by

    In Haiti and around the world, the loss of local seed production is undermining small-scale agriculture and the food security and food sovereignty of rural people. Environmental stresses, natural disasters and corporate interests have conspired in recent years to dramatically...
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    People helping themselves. Your support is critical.

    Written on Jun 12, 2012 1:15 pm, by

    We are proud to share Groundswell’s 2011 annual report with you. Groundswell’s partners made incredible progress last year, and it was your generosity that made it all possible. Together we are supporting marginalized rural women and men around the world to regenerate their...
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    Groundswell supporting El Salvador’s Ministry of Environment in scaling sustainable agriculture

    Written on Apr 10, 2012 12:48 pm, by

    El Salvador, like much of the developing world, was hit hard by the 2008 global food crisis. In recent decades the country has largely deemphasized the domestic agricultural sector, in particular for food production, and depended on importing staples, such...
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    Paris Saintilma

    Written on Mar 8, 2012 3:15 pm, by

    We often share stories about Groundswell’s efforts to scale up sustainable agriculture, address technical issues, and strengthen local food systems. While all of this work is critical, it is important to remember that it depends on establishing relationships and building...