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Finding a job when unemployment is over 30%
Molatelo Boloka, 22, was unemployed, looking for work and sometimes picking up odd jobs at a nearby farm. Nolitha Sibeni, 20, was about to give up on her small business baking muffins and scones. And Ngoakwana Kgowa, 23, was at home, applying for jobs. “I was trying to find employment, but I was never lucky,”…
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A Ugandan mother’s fight against malnutrition
When baby Troy was 8 months old, he was so malnourished that he was on the brink of death. His mother took him to a local health clinic, where he was seen by a USAID MCHN nutritionist. The intervention reset his chances for a long and healthy life. Learn more about how USAID MCHN’s nutrition…
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Male engagement groups help create a new cycle of positive domestic practices
When Paulino Martinho Assane first heard activists in his community of Mutcave, in Mozambique’s Nampula province, talk about male engagement in family life, he was captivated. The session covered the importance of preventing domestic violence, men contributing to domestic activities and child care, and supporting wives throughout pregnancy and delivery. The activists who delivered the…
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Celebrating literacy for first and second graders in Nigeria
It’s a hot, dry morning in Jigawa state in northern Nigeria. Teachers and learners are preparing for end-of-year examinations. But before students sit down to take their exams, they will participate in a community learning festival, celebrating the accomplishments they’ve made in grades one and two. Community learning festivals are one way to address Nigeria’s…
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Female peacebuilders protect civil rights and human dignity
Growing up in Cambodia in the 1990s, Visal always wondered why her family’s holiday celebrations included so few relatives. It wasn’t until right before her father, a former soldier, died that she pressed him to tell her what had happened to his nine brothers. Each of them had been killed fighting on different sides during…
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How to save mothers and newborns from preventable deaths
All people deserve equal access to high-quality, person-centered maternal and newborn health services. But mothers and newborns are dying from preventable causes every day in countries around the world. FHI 360 operates at all levels of health systems, in collaboration with local partners and ministries of health, to create lasting changes that will help mothers…
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In Mozambique, FHI 360 puts maternal and newborn health care within reach
In Mozambique, maternal and newborn mortality are high. The safety of women and babies depends on health care workers’ ability to carefully monitor them, detect problems quickly and intervene properly. And women and babies must be able to access quality health care in the months and years after birth, too. FHI 360’s Alcançar: Achieving Quality…
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Meet the women driving electric public transit vehicles in Kathmandu
In Kathmandu, Nepal, air pollution levels are more than 10 times higher than what is recommended by the World Health Organization, putting the city’s more than 1.4 million residents at risk for severe health complications. In response, through the USAID Clean Air activity, the U.S. Agency for International Development and FHI 360, in partnership with…
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Partnering with the private sector to vaccinate for COVID-19 along work commutes
Imagine this: It’s a weekday morning. You head to the train station to get to work. But before you board the train, you come across a team of health care workers offering COVID-19 vaccinations right there in the station. COVID-19 cases are rising, and getting vaccinated here at the station means you won’t need to…