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10/08/2026

Our colleague in Rwanda, Asaba, visited the Buhiye Cooperative following a World Connect training to strengthen their project management skills. As communities lead their own development with World Connect investment, our staff walk the journey alongside them, learning from their experiences and supporting them to success.

10/06/2026

What a wonderful event at Anew featuring three innovators in maternal health who have received investment from World Connect and NYC Connect. Their work is creating a safer world for families in NYC and Nigeria to thrive.

10/01/2026

If you've enjoyed Witoca | Café de la Amazonía or donated to World Connect, you helped create this library! Proceeds from coffee sales + a World Connect investment + community volunteers brought this beautiful space to life. This monument to reading inspires us all!

09/29/2026

Minnesota-native Pamela Nathenson is a leading advocate for shifting power and resources to global communities who are working to improve their own lives. Author Elizabeth Larsen welcomes Pamela back to her home state along with global development experts Lidia Oxí and George Biddle. Join us on October 28! RSVP to [email protected].

09/25/2026

Love to see this progress!

09/23/2026

We're witnessing history. With support from the Mott Foundation our team in Malawi has been supporting communities to raise their own philanthropic resources to fund local development projects. These community foundations are now maturing into their next stage: grant-making.

Community resources. Community decision-making. Community-led progress. This is the Power Inside Communties.

09/21/2026

Join a visionary conversation on the changing field of birth equity. Three innovators who have received investment from World Connect and NYC Connect are transforming traditional and community healthcare to improve maternal health outcomes.

Register here: https://luma.com/globalmaternalhealth-anew

Tues, Sept 29, 5-7 PM ET, 56 Hudson St, NYC

This program is presented by Anew and World Connect.

The Birthing Place Girlsaide

09/18/2026

Join World Connect staff in NYC for UNGA Week at three important discussions about shifting development resources and power to local communities. These sessions are hosted by The Sidebar. All are free, and everyone is welcome. Register at the links in the comments!

09/16/2026

A clinic in Malawi that was built in 4 months. Local ideas. Community co-investment. Fast results. As one resident said, "My heart is at peace knowing that all the struggle I went through to access health services is history."

Cinematography by Henry Michaelis and Joseph Duerr

09/11/2026

This Guatemalan community is sewing the seeds of progress! The skills acquired at this tailoring workshop will open new pathways for income, collaboration, and fashion innovation. Congrats to the Ruk'ux Poaquil Women's Group in partnership with Municipalidad de Poaquil 2024-2028 on the successful opening of this beautiful space of learning!

Ésta comunidad guatemalteca está sembrando las semillas del progreso! Las habilidades adquiridas en el centro de costura abrirán nuevas vías para generar ingresos, acciones colectivas y la innovación en la confección. Felicidades al grupo de mujeres Ruk'ux Poaquil en colaboración con la Municipalidad de Poaquil por la exitosa inauguración de este hermoso espacio de aprendizaje!

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