Every day, FHI 360 staff around the globe are working to advance locally led solutions to some of the world’s biggest challenges. Together with individuals, governments, businesses and communities, we’re working toward a world where everyone, everywhere, has access to the opportunities they need to lead full and healthy lives.
Here are some of our favorite photos of this work in action in 2024. The stories behind them are ones of innovation, partnership and resilience. Together, they bring our work to life and show how we are achieving lasting change.
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The Challenge Grant supports a pilot project to train and transfer knowledge on sustainable farming practices to 100 potato and barley producers in Toca, Boyacá. The visit included a tour of a demonstration farm, which enables women, young people, and local farmers to adopt sustainable and regenerative agricultural practices through field schools and technological tools.
Representatives from PepsiCo, Microsoft, Bayer, Bavaria, Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical, and Fundación Planeta Rural also attended, sharing their contributions and roles in this high-impact initiative.
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Across the U.S., less than 2% of American Indian and Alaska Native children enrolled in Head Start and Early Start programs speak their native languages at home. To help preserve and revitalize Indigenous languages, FHI 360 brings together tribal members, educators, Native language and culture advocates, and individuals working in support of Native children and their families. At tribal language summits and conferences, these groups discuss educational challenges, solutions and best practices for grounding young children in their Native languages and cultures.
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In response to the mpox epidemic across the DRC, FHI 360 staff are transporting samples for testing, training practitioners, and procuring and distributing personal protective equipment through the Meeting Targets and Maintaining Epidemic Control (EpiC) project, which is funded by USAID. The DRC is more affected by mpox than any other African country, and better and faster diagnostics are critical in controlling the epidemic.
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Namubiru received training from FHI 360’s Uganda Maternal and Child Health and Nutrition Activity (USAID MCHN). FHI 360 scientists have found that women who self-inject DMPA-SC — whether by themselves at home or with the help of a friend or family member — have significantly higher rates of continuation than those who receive DMPA-SC from a provider.
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Identity-based violence and hate speech are on the rise in South and Southeast Asia, yet individuals working on these issues often do so in isolation or lack support needed to magnify their impact. Through Networks for Peace, which is funded by USAID, FHI 360 brings together diverse actors to advance understanding and peaceful coexistence to mitigate growing polarization of ethnic and religious identities across the region. Project partners convene in-person annually to work together and learn from one another, becoming allies and supporting one another in the challenging work that they do to promote inclusive peace and religious harmony.
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and increased the number of undernourished children. In the first two months after instituting the testing practice, FHI 360’s team identified and referred for treatment more than two dozen cases of child undernutrition.
Through the Integrated Services for Humanitarian Implementation – Northern Ethiopia project (ISHI-NE), which is funded by USAID, FHI 360 works to reduce morbidity and mortality and improve the well-being of people displaced and affected by the conflict, providing services focused on health, nutrition, protection, and water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH).
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Blount County Schools is part of the District Summer Learning Network program, a nationwide project led by FHI 360 and funded by the Wallace Foundation to help U.S. education leaders redesign summer programs so they effectively nurture students’ social, emotional and mental health needs while preparing them for academic success. DSLN has worked with more than 100 school districts across the country serving more than 2 million students, with a focus on those from historically marginalized communities.
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