NEWS & UPDATES
Hope For Venezuelan Refugees Project
Hope For Venezuelan Refugees Project By U4C Team Approximately five million[1] refugees and migrants have left Venezuela as a result of the political turmoil, socio-economic instability and the ongoing humanitarian crisis – triggering the largest external displacement...
Rural Foundation Collaboration: “Houston we have a problem”
Sharing a new Publication By U4C Team We are thrilled to announce that Rural Foundation Collaboration: "Houston we have a problem" written by Robert J. Reid, Elyn A. Palmer, Mallet R. Reid, and Ximena L. Murillo has been published online in the International Journal...
Great Impact in Honor of Poonam R. Kumar
Great Impact in Honor of Poonam R. Kumar By U4C Team The Harvard Business School (HBS) Executive Education Alumni established a COVID-19 Fund honor Poonam R. Kumar, a beloved friend HBS alum, with the goal of responding to urgent needs related to the pandemic,...
FROM THE FIELD
From the Field: Guatemala
Why Guatemala? With a population of 16.86 million (2020 est.), Guatemala is the most populated country in Central America. This Country is bordered by Mexico, the Pacific Ocean, Belize, the Caribbean, Honduras and El Salvador. Because of its geographical location,...
The Power of Self-Help Groups in Kisumu
Empowering Women So They Can Support Themselves and Each Other! Over the past year, we implemented an exciting project in Kisumu, Kenya to help at-risk women in supporting each other and in developing women-owned businesses. During this time, we have witnessed the...
My Country, My Life, My Work Under the Taliban Rule in Afghanistan
By Saleem (pseudonym) Life under the changing, often experienced as harsh and brutal, influences of what some view as a terrorist Taliban junta can be challenging, but is especially critical in my capacity as a peacebuilder, human rights and women rights activist, and...
U4C BLOG
I learned to be more resilient after having lived in Guatemala
January to May 2018 marked my personal life forever. The previous year I had decided to have a volunteering experience and the place chosen was Guatemala. On January 30th, 2018 I left my country, Argentina, with a suitcase full of illusions, expectations and...
U4C Service Abroad 2018: Banding Together in Quime, La Paz
By Bob Reid, Ph.D. Over the past several years, United4Change Center has partnered with the Hobbs and Lovington Rotary Clubs in an effort to comprehensively and sustainably help women to lift themselves out of extreme poverty and violence in rural/mining Bolivia...
Making the impossible possible?
By Ximena Murillo As peace fellows, we have been talking about inspirational world leaders and extraordinary peace makers such as Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Nelson Mandela, and Mother Theresa, among others. All of these great leaders achieved peace and...
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