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  Groundswell/Oxfam partnership addresses roots of Mali food crisis

  Posted February 15th, 2012 in Agroecological Farming, Mali, Natural Resources Management & Resilience to Climate Change

  

  As we feared when Groundswell first decided to launch the three-year Saving for Change Plus Agriculture (SfC Plus Ag) program in partnership with Oxfam America, every month the rapidly growing food and nutrition crisis in the Sahelian countries of West...

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  Interview with Cantave Jean-Baptiste about PDL’s work in Haiti

  Posted January 31st, 2012 in Haiti, Haiti Earthquake

  

  Q.  More analysts are recognizing that the foundation for Haiti’s future development needs to be built on support to family farmers and rural communities to improve agriculture and food production and decentralize development. But from your perspective, how do you...

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  Sahel food crisis reaches tipping point, demands different response

  Posted January 24th, 2012 in Agroecological Farming, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Mali, Natural Resources Management & Resilience to Climate Change

  

  Without a massive coordinated response from the international community, the rapidly growing food and nutrition crisis in the Sahelian countries of West Africa is likely to turn into a full blown famine. In recent weeks Oxfam, Tear Fund, and other...

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  Two years after Haiti’s earthquake, rural communities rebuild the future

  Posted January 11th, 2012 in Haiti, Haiti Earthquake

  

  January 12th marks the second anniversary of Haiti’s devastating earthquake.  “This is an important moment for us to work with others to build a new rural Haiti,” says Cantave Jean-Baptiste, Director of Partenariat pour le Développement Local (PDL) and co-founder...

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  Momentum… keep it going in 2012

  Posted December 21st, 2011 in Burkina Faso, Community Health & Nutrition, Ecuador, Equity & Women's Empowerment, Haiti

  

  Dear Friends, Like Cilianna Mars in La Victoire, Haiti, who leads work in her community to improve health through disease prevention and the production of natural medicines, we are happy with our progress and greatly appreciate your support. We have...

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