Winrock International

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Overview

Winrock International offers sustainable solutions to the complex challenges people face worldwide. Integrated programs make the difference, providing strategies address problems comprehensively. Our proven record and presence in more than 65 countries each year enables us to respond rapidly to changing economic, environmental, and social conditions – in developed countries or emerging nations. We work as a partner with those we serve to improve lives and livelihoods through long-term productivity, equity, and responsible resource management.

Mission

Winrock International works with people in the United States and around the world to increase economic opportunity, sustain natural resources, and protect the environment.

Program

Winrock’s three program groups provide technical assistance and development services in more than 50 specialties. Empowerment & Civic Engagement - Winrock strengthens the capacity of women, children, youth, and civil society organizations to actively participate in local and national development and to transform their societies. Programs offer solutions to the most pressing problems, including equitable access to goods and services, employment, civic participation, prevention of human trafficking and child labor and others. Activities focus on Civil Society Strengthening, Women's Empowerment, and Youth Leadership & Education. Enterprise & Agriculture - Winrock's integrated programs support establishment and growth of small and medium-sized enterprises and agricultural initiatives that target sustainable production driven by market demand. These sectors play critical role in the development and stability of communities and nations. Activities focus on Agriculture, U.S. Programs, Volunteer Assistance, and work of the Henry A. Wallace Center.
Environment: Forestry, Energy & Ecosystem Services – Winrock promotes sustainable use and management of natural resources to support the food and income needs of growing populations and the health of the planet. These activities encompass a broad range of programs and services including: Clean Energy, Ecosystem Services, Forest Management Services, and Forestry & Natural Resource Management.

Impact

Thanks to the hard work of Winrock staff, our projects are making a profound, long-term difference in people’s lives around the world: Agricultural advancements have led to longer growing seasons, greater yields, increased family income, and year-round food security.

Some of the most remote villages now enjoy the benefits of electricity generated by renewable energy systems that power schools, health clinics, and households. Micro loans and training have given thousands of budding entrepreneurs, many of them women, the capital and skills they need to start small businesses and earn greater income.

Countries

Bangladesh, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, China, Congo, the Democratic Republic of the, Cote D'Ivoire, Egypt, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Georgia, Ghana, Guatemala, Indonesia, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Moldova, Republic of, Nepal, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Tajikistan, Tanzania, United Republic of, Uganda, United States, Viet Nam, Guyana, Lebanon, Liberia, Malaysia, Nigeria, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Thailand

States

Arkansas, California, District of Columbia, Louisiana, Michigan, Oklahoma, Virginia

Contact

2101 Riverfront Drive
Little Rock, AR 72202
Phone: (501) 280-3000
www.winrock.org
EIN: 71-0603560


Basic Needs

Education

Health

Opportunity

Educate A Girl

One scholarship kit

Winrock International

Regular price $150.00

Your donation will provide a complete scholarship kit for a primary or secondary school student. Kits include all the essentials a girl will need - from school fees and books to uniforms and supplies. Scholarship recipients will receive mentoring services to build confidence and help ensure that problems are addressed and that they stay in school and succeed.


Support Good Health

Medicine for 10 women

Winrock International

Regular price $100.00

Your gift will provide enough medication to treat 10 Tibetan women for a variety of reproductive tract infections. Women will receive information on how to prevent infections, good hygiene, and reproductive health training.


Control Disease

10 mosquito nets

Winrock International

Regular price $120.00

Your gift will purchase 10 mosquito nets treated with insect repellent that will be distributed to girls receiving scholarships to go to primary or secondary school. Use of mosquito nets dramatically reduces the incidence of malaria and the sicknesses associated with it. Healthy girls are better students and excel in school. Treated mosquito nets protect girls from malaria.


Make Water Flow

Community water system

Winrock International

Regular price $100.00

Your gift will purchase one family's share in a community water system to support small scale production of high value crops like fruits and vegetables. In addition to providing water for irrigation, your gift will furnish water for household uses – drinking, cooking, and cleaning. Better access to water will lead to increased food production, improved nutrition, and greater income and stability for Nepalese families....


Reduce Pollution

Improved cook stoves

Winrock International

Regular price $100.00

Your gift will provide one family with a loan to purchase a reduced smoke, fuel efficient cook stove. Family members will receive training about the health risks associated with indoor smoke and strategies to remain healthy. Your gift also will help support training for entrepreneurs in improved stove construction, making stoves more accessible and generating additional income in local areas.


Lend A Hand

Volunteer support

Winrock International

Regular price $100.00

Your gift will support the work of a volunteer, providing the logistical or material support they need to offer training and technical assistance to a wide variety of organizations and enterprises. U.S. volunteers donate their time and travel worldwide on short-term assignments to lend their professional expertise to those who need it most. In Latin America, your gift will support volunteers working to develop the...


Feed the Hungry

5 sets of fishing gear

Winrock International

Regular price $100.00

Your gift will provide five Sudanese families with gear to catch fish for family consumption or for sale throughout the region. From hooks and lines to nets, these basic tools will become the building blocks for new lives and livelihoods.


Reduce Child Labor

School scholarship

Winrock International

Regular price $150.00

Your gift will provide an educational scholarship for a child and a small loan to help offset the cost of his or her labor for the parent or guardian. The child will be enrolled in a formal school. The loan will be used to improve the family enterprise and will be paid back to the school to cover tuition costs over a three-year period.


Prevent Trafficking

Economic empowerment

Winrock International

Regular price $100.00

Your gift will provide trafficking awareness, job skills, or entrepreneurial training for an at-risk Moldovan woman or girl. She will learn how to recognize trafficking schemes and prepare to enter the workforce. She will learn new job skills, how to find employment, and interview successfully. Entrepreneurial training is offered to those who want to start a small business. Both tracks offer mentoring services to build...


Help Others Do Good

Nonprofit improvement

Winrock International

Regular price $200.00

Your donation will enable a representative from a small, Arkansas nonprofit to obtain organization and management skills, learn strategies for building fiscal responsibility, identify new sources of funding, and develop the capability to attract financial support for programs and projects. The intensive training initiative gives participants the tools they need to improve their organizations and their communities.