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by Sydney Klein, Grow Food Where People Live Program Coordinator This time last year, we began to nurture our first Micro Farm at Ashley Meadows in Columbus, NC as part of the Grow Food Where People Live initiative launched in January 2015. Grow Food Where People Live aims to improve the health, food security, and […]
Dear Friends, We are excited to announce that Groundswell International’s 2015 Annual Report is now available! When we look back at all that we have accomplished together in 2015, we are inspired by the stories of farmers like Tani Lankoandé, a young woman in Burkina Faso who has revitalized her land and increased the production […]
My name is Tani Lankoandé, and I am a farmer from Sagadou, a region located in the east of Burkina Faso. In this part of the country, farming conditions are precarious because of the low and irregular rainfall pattern and the degraded soil. I wake up very early in the morning to go to my […]
Just over a year ago, a 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit Nepal. Dozens of aftershocks followed, including a second earthquake on May 12th. Over 9,000 people were killed and villages across the countryside were leveled. Much of the damage was in the district of Sindhupalchowk, an area Groundswell International has been working in since 2013. More […]
Dear Friends, Two weeks ago I had the opportunity to participate in the Skoll World Forum in Oxford, England, an event where big thinkers and doers discuss strategies to address poverty and injustice around the world. From Oxford, I traveled to Haiti to meet with Partenariat pour le Développement Local (PDL), our local partner, and […]
Update from Sydney Klein, Program Coordinator for Grow Food Where People Live This Earth Day, we are happy to celebrate the start of the growing season at Ashley Meadows, the first site of our Grow Food Where People Live program. Last night, residents attended the first hands-on class of the season and then planted their […]
Groundswell International in collaboration with Partenariat pour le Développement Local (PDL), our local partner organization in Haiti, are excited to announce the award of a $99,475 grant from the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR). Over the next 12 months, Groundswell and PDL will work with Haitian families, communities, and peasant organizations to train farmers […]
Last week the New Field Foundation Fund of Tides Foundation, approved a $200,000 grant to Association Nourrir Sans Détruire (ANSD), our local partner in Burkina Faso. Groundswell International and Centre for Indigenous Knowledge (CIKOD), our local partner in Ghana, will also take part in the grant, which will empower women to promote local seed systems of […]
In Asheville, North Carolina, the location of our US coordination office, spring is upon us. The days are getting longer, the chill is beginning to drop out of the air, and trees are starting to show soft, green blooms. Warm weather aside, we are excited about the coming of spring because it marks the kickoff season […]
The following post is written by Witness for Peace regarding the tragic murder of environmental and indigenous leader Berta Cáceres. Witness for Peace’s mission is to support peace, justice, and sustainable economies by changing the policies and practices which contribute to poverty and oppression in Latin America and the Caribbean. The article is also available in […]
The theme for International Women’s Day this year is “Planet 50-50 by 2030: Step It Up for Gender Equality”. In honor of promoting gender equality, we are pleased to share excerpts from an article written by Groundswell co-founder and former Board member Natalie Elwell, who is the senior gender advisor at the World Resources Institute (WRI). […]
Dear Friends, Groundswell International joins the shock, sadness and condemnation of the murder of respected indigenous, human rights and environmental leader Berta Cáceres in Honduras. We stand with our Honduran sisters and brothers and support the calls for full investigation to bring all of those involved to justice and ensure respect for human rights, life and democratic […]
