May 8, 2020
By Chris Macoloo When the outbreak of the coronavirus was reported in December 2019 in Wuhan, China, it is arguable whether African governments took the threat […]
April 13, 2020
By Kate Hodal and Samuel Okiror Just seven weeks after Africa recorded its first case of Covid-19 – an Italian national in Algeria – the virus is creeping […]
March 5, 2020
By Larisa Epatko The global picture for girls is improving with more girls attending school than ever before and countries outlawing child marriage, said U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres […]
March 5, 2020
By Rob Fletcher A programme that encourages the adoption of pond-based fish farming in Kenya is raising household incomes and halting the spread of sexually transmitted […]
March 5, 2020
WASHINGTON — Fuel shortages, violence, and protest-blocked roads are threatening NGO operations in natural disaster-prone Haiti. Intermittent protests have roiled the country since the government announced […]
February 7, 2020
In November 2019 Kate and a team from around the US visited our program sites in Guatemala. While there, Mike Barber shot this beautiful video! Check […]
October 28, 2019
On October 12, 2019, World Neighbors CEO, Kate Schecter was interviewed on Voice of America’s program Nightline Africa. Listen to the interview here:
August 9, 2019
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDbxSapoMYF0hUNTTpCY3Dw Click here or visit the Videos tab to watch a video by USAID on our disaster preparedness work.
June 17, 2019
In 2013, much of Mali was controlled by armed insurgents. With French military and American intelligence and other support, Mali’s government reestablished formal control of the […]
May 16, 2019
Check out this interview with Kate Schecter, our President and CEO on the Arizona NPR station KJZZ. https://theshow.kjzz.org/content/943416/world-neighbors-globalization-isnt-something-fear
March 1, 2019
The Starbucks Foundation and World Neighbors Work to Empower Women in Huehuetenango, Guatemala Thanks to a generous grant from The Starbucks Foundation, a year ago, World […]
February 5, 2019
Amid all the plastic-bashing of single-use water bottles, the benefits that many people enjoy from innovative uses of these bottles have been lost in the shouting. […]