A recent Greengrants donor visit to Peru proved both fascinating and heart-wrenching, as participants visited beautiful locations and spots like the mining town of La Oroya, recently named one of the “10 most polluted places on earth.”
By: Jolie Dietzen, Greengrants Intern NEW IRELAND ENVIRONMENT MONITORING AND AWARENESS COMMITTEE, ORO COMMUNITY NETWORK, GAVSONKEG WOMEN’S GROUP, OGAYO INTEGRATED CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION, AND AHORA KAKANDETTA PEOPLES FOUNDATION — Greengrants has provided a grant to each of these organizations to combat the environmental devastation caused by the expansion of palm oil plantations. __________________________________ […]
by Molly Stuart, Greengrants Intern ————————- ARMENIAN WOMEN FOR HEALTH AND HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT (AWHHE) Greengrants has provided three grants to this organization, most recently to fund travel costs for a representative to attend a key meeting of Pesticide Action Network – Europe, and to support AWHHE’s efforts to strengthen regional networks and share information and […]
by Brendan Snow, Greengrants Intern _________________ MAUJ and the RURAL DEVELOPMENT POLICY INSTITUTE Greengrants has provided a series of grants to help these organizations in their work regarding the Chashma Right Bank irrigation project. The most recent grant was for $5,000 to Mauj in 2006. _________________ A huge irrigation project might sound like a great […]
On August 18, 2006, Journey Herbeck of the Greengrants staff in Boulder interviewed Nelda Hidalgo Sanchez, Greengrants’ new coordinator for Central America. Nelda, a sociologist from Nicaragua, has a wealth of experience related to rural development.
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