IN THIS ISSUE Issue Brief: GlobalWA Members Lead the Way in Climate Action and Resilience Member Blogs Welcome New Members GlobalWA Events GlobalWA Community Events Career Center --- Issue Brief GlobalWA Members Lead the Way in Climate Action and Resilience Climate change affects every sector, region, and community—but not all bear the burden equally. Those already facing economic, agricultural, or health-related challenges are at higher risk for the devastating impacts of climate change, s...| Global Washington
Mention the North Pole or a species at risk due to climate change and people often think of polar bears. And thanks in part to the film March of the Penguins, the emperor penguin has become synonymous with the South Pole. But did you know our planet also has a Third Pole? August 9, 2023 By Snow Leopard Trust Located in Asia’s high mountains, this Third Pole has the highest concentration of snow and glaciers outside the Arctic and Antarctic regions and is thought to store 7,000 trillion lite...| Global Washington
By myAgro For smallholder farmers in West Africa, the global climate crisis is having an outsized impact. Rains that they rely on have become more unpredictable and temperatures are rising 1.5 times faster than anywhere else in the world. As the region’s population continues to rise, it is imperative that smallholder farmers, who produce an estimated 30% of the world’s food, are supported to respond to rapidly changing climate conditions. [Read more] “How Climate Smart Farming Pract...| Global Washington
Communities in Kenya partner with Cisco and Mercy Corps for climate resilience May 16, 2025 Saadia is the sole provider for her family. She supports them primarily by managing livestock like goats, sheep, and cows in Wayama Japta Village in Wajir County, Kenya. Managing the herd was never easy and it has become more challenging. Over the last few years, recurring floods and drought have made it harder to feed and water the animals—leading to the death of livestock. [Read more] “Digital To...| Global Washington
By Gmasonah Togba Aboah, Land Tenure Specialist Year after year, following the cassava harvest, Beatrice Sumo would cut down the remaining stalks and burn her field to clear it for the next planting season. This agricultural method—sometimes known as “slash-and-burn”—is prevalent where Beatrice lives in rural Bong County, Liberia. It is also common for farmers to use synthetic fertilizers and cut down trees to clear land and produce charcoal. [Read more] “Climate-Smart Agricultu...| Global Washington
By Heifer International Like many of the farmers in his small community near Colonia Yucatán in Eastern Mexico, José Eliseo Uicab Ay rises before the sun comes up. He sets out from his home, traveling almost two miles down a narrow, tree-lined path to his milpa, a tract of land for cultivating crops amid the surrounding subtropical jungle endemic to the Yucatán peninsula. [Read more] “Indigenous Farmers Strengthen Integrated Farm Systems” The post Indigenous Farmers Strengthen ...| Global Washington
By Emily Whitehouse, Diversity Travel The urgency for climate action is growing. Following COP29, where 50 countries backed a call for enhanced climate action in tourism, it’s clearer than ever that the travel sector has a major role to play. At Diversity Travel, we’re always looking for ways to make a positive impact, and we know many of our clients are too. [Read more] “How Diversity Travel is Supporting Smarter, Greener Travel Booking” The post How Diversity Travel is Supporting ...| Global Washington
Carbon Direct seeks to improve the quality and integrity of carbon management and broader decarbonization projects to advance climate mitigation. To achieve this, it draws on deep expertise across the biophysical, engineering, and social sciences. A core pillar of Carbon Direct’s work is integrating climate and environmental justice principles to guide best-in-class practices. As the Continue Reading| Global Washington
IN THIS ISSUE Letter from our Executive Director Issue Brief: Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare: Why it’s Here to Stay Organization Profile: AI with Accountability: PATH’s Approach to Smarter, Stronger Health Systems Goalmaker: Dr. Kingsley Ndoh, Clinical Assistant Professor, UW Department of Global Health; Founder and CEO of Hurone AI; Affiliate Member, Vaccines & Infectious Disease Division, Fred Hutch Cancer Center Member Blogs about Good Health and Well Being --- Letter from our ...| Global Washington
By Jessica Mayenda, VillageReach In many parts of Africa, accessing quality health care has long been a daunting challenge, especially for those in remote or hard-to-reach areas. Yet, a technological transformation is underway, reshaping this narrative. Meet Tiwonge, a vibrant mother of three from rural Malawi, navigating the complexities of health care while living miles away from the nearest clinic. [Read more] “How AI-Driven Telehealth is Transforming Lives in Africa and Scaling Global I...| Global Washington
By Surita Sandosham, President and CEO, Heifer International I am writing this in the lead-up to International Women’s Day on March 8 — an occasion each year when we recognize the need to ensure that women everywhere have equal opportunities to learn, grow, work, innovate, speak up and lead. It’s wonderful to have this day Continue Reading| Global Washington
By Allie Renar, Sahar Education Afghanistan is facing one of the most severe gender apartheid regimes in modern history. Since the Taliban regained power in 2021, Afghan women and girls have been systematically erased from public life—barred from education, employment, and even the freedom to move independently. The world is witnessing an extreme rollback of Continue Reading| Global Washington
By buildOn Staff In communities around the world, access to education is not just about learning—it’s about equity, opportunity, and breaking cycles of poverty. For women and girls, the barriers to education can be even greater, with societal expectations, financial hardship, and outdated gender norms often standing in the way. But when women like Sandra Continue Reading| Global Washington
By Meera Satpathy, Founder and Chairperson, Sukarya Understanding Gender Equality: A Foundation for Change Gender equality ensures that women, men, girls, and boys have equal rights and access to resources, opportunities, and protections. Investing in gender equality has lasting positive impacts on children and their communities, creating significant benefits across generations. When women’s rights and Continue Reading| Global Washington
By Agnes Rogo and Estefanny Molina, Women’s Link Worldwide Defective contraceptives have become a silent weapon in the systemic neglect of women’s health, disproportionately harming communities particularly in low-income countries. While access to family planning is a fundamental human right, racialized disparities in pharmaceutical quality control and regulatory oversight have turned contraceptives into sources of Continue Reading| Global Washington
By Esther Mwaura-Muiru, Stand for Her Land Global Advocacy Director A non-profit organization focused on smallholder farmer livelihoods. A government land governance learning week. An investigative radio show protecting human rights. In Uganda, development initiatives pursuing a common agenda to address gender inequality and sustainable development have found a unifying theme: women’s land rights. The Continue Reading| Global Washington
By Katherine Redington, Vice President of Social Impact Journeys, Elevate Destinations Donor trips, journeys that take funders to see the work they are investing in abroad, have long been used as a catalyst for transformational giving, donor retention, and cultivating more meaningful relationships. However, not all donor trips achieve these outcomes. That is because the Continue Reading| Global Washington
By Randi Hedin, Board Member, buildOn On the surface, the fight for gender equity seems to be making tremendous strides. Women are graduating from college in record numbers—as many as 46 percent of women aged 25-34 in the U.S. currently hold bachelor’s degrees (up from only 8 percent in 1970.) Across the world, 41 percent Continue Reading| Global Washington
By Irene Nyambura and Julia Boharski, World Concern In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), gender inequality is deeply rooted in cultural norms and further exacerbated by over thirty years of conflict. DRC ranks 140th out of 146 countries on the Global Gender Gap Index 2024, which assesses economic participation, educational attainment, health and survival, Continue Reading| Global Washington
By Tracey Compton, Senior Media Communications Coordinator, Mercy Corps October 2024 Mercy Corps is adding a critical perspective to the livestock emissions debate, emphasizing the potential benefits of pastoralists, or those who move herds across land, in drylands and opening a pathway toward food security previously often overlooked by dominant climate narratives. “What’s missing from Continue Reading| Global Washington
By Joe Dutra, Opportunity International Smallholder farmers are responsible for producing one-third of the world’s food supply and nearly 80% of the food in low- and middle-income countries. They are also among the most vulnerable populations, as agriculture remains the primary livelihood for millions living in extreme poverty. Opportunity International believes that through targeted financial Continue Reading| Global Washington
By Ina Lee, Communications Director, Yemen Relief and Reconstruction Foundation Yemen is at the epicenter of one of the world’s most severe humanitarian crises, where years of conflict, economic devastation, and climate extremes have left millions without reliable access to food. Today, over 17 million Yemenis – more than half the population – don’t know Continue Reading| Global Washington
By Sylvester Michael Modhu and Amanda Erne, World Concern By 2050, Bangladesh is expected to lose 17% of its land surface and 30% of its food production to climate-change-driven sea level rise and coastal erosion.[1] This prediction would be concerning anywhere, but in the world’s eighth most populated country, densely packed with 172+million people, the Continue Reading| Global Washington
By Chloe Pan, Global Communities While many traditional approaches to improving food security outcomes focus on addressing farmers’ agricultural knowledge and access to productive resources, they may not always use a gender lens to understand the different needs, challenges and capabilities of women farmers. As climate change continues to threaten global food security, it’s crucial Continue Reading| Global Washington
By Karl Weyrauch, Founder, Pygmy Survival Alliance To most people in Rwanda, Bwiza Village was a place unseen, and to the outside world, it was less than that. It was both unseen, unheard of, and mostly unimaginable. Yet, the name “Bwiza” in Kinyarwanda, the national language of Rwanda, translates as “something good” and a place named Continue Reading| Global Washington
By Joel Putnam, Global Partnerships Global Partnerships is a GlobalWA member and a nonprofit impact-first investment fund manager dedicated to expanding opportunity for people living in poverty. We’re sharing their most-recently published Impact Brief below: The Challenge The number of people facing hunger has been rising for nearly a decade. Close to 30 percent of the Continue Reading| Global Washington
By Gul Siddiqi, Development Manager, International Rescue Committee WA Globally, humanitarian and resettlement needs are higher than ever before. 120 million people are forcibly displaced worldwide, a number that has more than doubled over the past ten years and increased by 10 million since last year. For far too many families and individuals seeking safety Continue Reading| Global Washington
By Hassan H. Inrahim Mohamed, Advocacy and Communications Coordinator, Gargaar Relief and Development Organization (GREDO) GREDO’s education program has been progressively making sustained efforts in the recent years to avail education services to the neediest out of school children in the served communities. Below are some of the areas the education program focuses on: Provision Continue Reading| Global Washington
By Hassan H. Ibrahim Mohamed, Advocacy and Communications Coordinator, Gargaar Relief and Development Organization – GREDO Access to clean, safe, and reliable water remains one of the most pressing challenges in Somalia. With a significant portion of the population relying on unprotected and contaminated water sources, the need for comprehensive and sustainable water sector development Continue Reading| Global Washington
By Kirsten Gagnaire, Founder & CEO, Kati Collective For the past several years, the term “localization” has been held up as the Holy Grail purporting that if the entire global health and development system moves in this direction, all will be solved. We’re all for being problem solvers, but first, what does localization actually mean? Continue Reading| Global Washington
By Roberta Alves, Deputy Director of Communications, Mercy Corps, and Victor Manuel Leiva Linares, Mercy Corps Colombia Communications Manager Venezuelan migration surged by 8.3% between the end of 2023 and 2024, compelling approximately 402,354 individuals to seek refuge beyond their borders, according to data from the NGO coordination platform for humanitarian response in Colombia. Among Continue Reading| Global Washington
By Halima-Tus-Sadia, Head of Growth and Numair Reza Khan, Communication Intern at Spreeha Foundation The Healthcare Maze in Bangladesh Welcome to the intricate world of healthcare in Bangladesh, where each aspect tells a tale of challenge and strength. Imagine a country where there are only 7 doctors for every 10,000 people, much lower than what Continue Reading| Global Washington
By Joan Kalepa and Ronald Ngeno, VillageReach Imagine a child’s missed vaccination sparking a dramatic scene, not of anger, but of awareness. In Malawi, this is a powerful new approach to public health. Through theatrical performances on local stages, communities are learning about the importance of vaccinations in a way that’s both entertaining and effective. Continue Reading| Global Washington
By Aisha Jumaan, President, Yemen Relief and Reconstruction Foundation (YRRF) In the past few years, Yemen experienced a dramatic rise in vaccine-preventable diseases, posing a severe threat to public health amidst an already dire humanitarian crisis. Millions of Yemeni children missed routine immunizations, with only 37% fully vaccinated in 2023. This gap contributed to over Continue Reading| Global Washington
By Chris Jochnick, Landesa President & CEO For communities across the Global South, the impacts of climate change are not abstract projections but concrete realities that threaten their land and food security. The final installment of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) assessment points to grim consequences should the world fail to meet the 1.5 Continue Reading| Global Washington
