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Associates in Cultural Exchange: Making the World Your Community
As its name implies, the Associates in Cultural Exchange (ACE) was founded to foster cross-cultural friendships, communication and understanding. Founded in Seattle in 1973, ACE provides language and...
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September Roundtable Recap: Highlights from the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit
The first ever U.S. – Africa Leaders Summit was held in Washington, D.C. August 4-6. Themed “Investing in the Next Generation,” representatives from 49 African countries participated in the event...
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Small Foundations Discuss Right-Sizing Evaluation for International Giving
Small foundations and family funds are increasingly providing essential investments to small organizations based in developing countries. These funders tend to be nimble, tolerate risk and understand...
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Turning Oil into Food: Sustainable Development in Ghana
When Ghana discovered oil in 2007, it was hoped that the resource would help transform the country’s economy. Ghana was once known as the Gold Coast, so it’s quite familiar with the risk of the...
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Ghana’s Oil for Food Initiative: Finding a Solution to the Resource-Rich Paradox
Ghana is a nation that has always produced some of the world’s most essential national resources, from gold to cocoa. However, when the country discovered 3 billion barrels of sweet crude oil beneath...
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Expanding Opportunity for Farmers in Paraguay
Mark Coffey (center) meets with a group of 75 Paraguayan farmers. These farmers have formed an association that sells to BioExport. They have also banded together to purchase the tractor pictured. They...
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Roundtable Recap: Creativity, Sustainability and Strategy in NGO Fundraising
On November 13, a group of executive and program directors gathered for Global Washington’s ED Roundtable to discuss a challenge that all NGO leaders face: fundraising. Brad Rutherford, Executive...
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GlobalWA On the Ground: SE Asia Children’s Foundation
This is the second in a series of articles written by the Adventure in Focus team. While traveling throughout Southeast Asia, AIF is documenting the projects of several GlobalWA member organizations...
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Megatrends And Their Impact On Our World
In a world where information constantly bombards us, where there is always something “trending,” the concept of megatrends is something that PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) is looking at closely. PwC...
View ArticleSocial Sector Leadership and Succession Planning
Waldron and the UW Evans School of Public Affairs, both Global Washington members, recently released their second annual Social Sector CEO Trends report after surveying senior executives at U.S. NGOs,...
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Ghana’s Best Farmers Are Talking Book Users!
Six Out of Eight Farmer’s Day Awards Go to Talking Book Users In 2012, we had two Talking Book users win Best Farmer Awards. In 2013 there were three Talking Book users who won awards. And now we are...
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I Found a New Family – NPH
What can I say? This experience started in one of our leadership meetings. I said something about an article that I read on Univision, and it talks about a social issue, migration. I was surprised by...
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Eight Weeks in Burundi with Village Health Works
Darrell Johnson working with Village Health Works’ Budget Manager. Darrell Johnson, a member of GlobalWA member Pangea, spent 8 weeks in Burundi last summer working with Village Health Works, another...
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Haiti Five Years After the Earthquake: Mobility Outreach International...
January 12 marked five years since a magnitude-7.0 earthquake devastated Haiti. NGOs that work in Haiti used the anniversary as an opportunity to reflect on the disaster. While various organizations...
View ArticleRainn Wilson’s Passion for Helping Empower Young People
Seattle native and funnyman, actor Rainn Wilson, recently sat down with Margaret Larson on KING 5 New Day Northwest. They talked new projects, Seattle Seahawks, and Rainn’s passion for the work he does...
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Bridging the Gap Between First and Second Curve Social Investments and...
Akhtar Badshah was presented the 2014 Global Hero Award by Global Washington founder Bill Clapp at GlobalWA’s 6th Annual Conference on December 3, 2014. Below is a full transcript of Akhtar’s...
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Who Can You Trust With Donor Dollars?
Trust matters, and when it breaks down, bad things happen. This plays out on many levels. We trust that police will protect, not harm, citizens. We trust our elected officials will act in our best...
View ArticleAn Adventure With A Cause: PhotoPhilanthropy with Landesa in India
A small group of world-class photographers set out to capture images of some of Global Washington member Landesa’s projects in India. Read the full article. [Read more]
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Engaging Youth in Global Issues
At the heart of international education is the goal of meaningfully engaging students in global issues, a daunting task when faced with the competing interests on high school students’ minds: SATs,...
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International Women’s Day: March 8
International Women’s Day (IWD) began as a political movement in the United States and Europe. The first IWD was spearheaded by the Socialist Party of America and was celebrated in the U.S. on February...
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