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Resuming education in the face of COVID-19: The Advance program in Guatemala, Honduras and Jamaica
In 2015, the Advance program, funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development and implemented by FHI 360, embarked on transforming higher education and technical training institutions in Guatemala, Honduras and Jamaica into relevant, responsive service providers for youth. Five years later, the Advance program has produced results: Nine universities have new technical degree programs…
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Sparking STEM2D at home during the COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has placed concentrated attention on health care workers, the importance of scientific discovery and the scientists working to find a cure. Without continuous scientific research, promising drugs and timely therapies might not be developed, and the world could be unprepared for the next global health challenge. Through the Women in STEM²D (WiSTEM²D)…
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The children behind the data
Minnesota has one of the largest education achievement gaps in the nation. According to a report from the Federal Reserve Bank of Minnesota, “Students’ educational disparities are deep, wide and persistent.” In 2017, the GHR Foundation partnered with FHI 360 to strengthen urban Catholic schools in Minnesota. They engaged in a process of analyzing student…
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Team mobilizes to restore health facilities after 2019 Mozambique cyclones
When twin cyclones struck Mozambique in March and April 2019, the destruction was unprecedented in the small, southern African nation. About 1.85 million people were affected and in need of assistance, including 146,000 internally displaced people. Rural areas were hit the hardest, with entire villages reduced to rubble. Many health facilities were nearly destroyed, leaving…
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FHI 360 delivers uninterrupted tuberculosis care during the COVID-19 pandemic
Safety measures to stop the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19), put in place by Chinese authorities beginning in January 2020, have threatened the ability of patients with tuberculosis and multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (TB/MDR-TB) in this region to receive and adhere to treatment. Staff and partners of the Control and Prevention of Tuberculosis (CAP-TB) project, funded by…
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After a major U.S. wildfire, training provides job opportunities for young adults
As the Woolsey Fire of 2018 threatened communities in Los Angeles County, California, burning uncontained for 14 days and destroying more than 96,000 acres, cleanup crews were essential to the rebuilding of property, homes and businesses. FHI 360’s Compass Rose Collaborative partner – the City of Los Angeles Economic and Workforce Development Department – stepped…
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Mentoring comes full circle for a Bridge to Employment program student
Jose Hernandez Morales was a sophomore at the New Brunswick Health Sciences Technology High School in New Jersey when he first met his mentor Oscar Morera. That was when Oscar, the former Head of Operations, Consumer Health and Wellness at Johnson & Johnson (J&J), shared his first life lesson with his new mentee: It is…
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Wireless technology boosts Senegal’s fishing industry
In Senegal, where 30 percent of rural households experience food insecurity, fish are a critical source of nutrition, and the fisheries industry provides jobs for more than 600,000 people. Artisanal fishermen catch 90 percent of the fish and sell to wholesale fish markets and small-scale fish processors, who are predominantly women. The industry’s overall economic…