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| Academy for Educational Dev. Act for Peace Action Against Hunger – USA Action Center for City Development Action Contre La Faim Action for Economic Reforms Action Internationale de Développement Intégral Action on Disability and Development ActionAid International Zimbabwe Adventist Development & Relief Agency Advocates & Trainers for Women’s Welfare Advancement & Rights Aflatoun African Development Bank African Development by African Diaspora Afrika Healthy Communities -Communautés en Santé Afrika Agencia Suiza para el Desarrollo Albertine Rift Conservation Society Andrews University Asia Foundation China Asia Network for Sustainable Agriculture & Bioresources Asian Development Bank Asian Institute of Technology Asoc. Nuestros Ahijados Asociación BPD Guatemala Asociación El Shaddai Asociación para la Naturaleza y el Desarrollo Sostenible – ANDES Asociación Peruana para la Conservación de la Naturaleza – APECO Asociación Rijatzul Q´ij – Semilla de Sol Assn. Private Water Operators Uganda Association 4D Association for Sustainable Community Development Association Intercooperation Madagascar Association Lead Tchad Association of Consulting Managers-Liberia Association Rif for Solidarity and Dev. B9 Plastics Atacama Consulting Atlantida MF Australian Agency for International Development Australian Dept of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency Auxforce ONLUS Bangor University Benevolent Institute Of Development Initiatives Beyond Poverty Bosque Modelo Atlantida Bosque Modelo de las Tierras Adjuntas Bosque Modelo Jujuy Bosque Modelo Urbión Bosques Amazonicos CAB International Caleb Management Services Ltd California Dept of Public Health Camco Global Campo-Ma’an Model Forest Canadian International Development Agency Canadian Red Cross CARE CARE International CARE Kenya CARE Nepal Career Options Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre Caribbean Community Secretariat Caribbean Sustainable Institute Caritas Jinja Catholic Arch Diocesan Rural/Urban Development Programme Cave Hill UWI Cedre Consult Center for Alternative Resources Center for Environmental Consulting & Eng. Center for International Forestry Research Center for Nursery Development Center for Security and Peace Studies (CSPS), Gadjah Mada University Center for Sustainable Development Centre for People’s Forestry Centre for Rural Technology, Nepal Centre for Sustainable Rural Development Vietnam Cerrejon Foundation for Water CGIAR Champions for Change Change for Children Association Change Mob Childfund International Children of the Farmers Club China Agricultural University Christian Mission Aid Christian Reformed World Relief Committee CIFOR Clean Up the World Climate Concern Clinton Climate Initiative Clinton Foundation Coastal Oceans Research and Development in the Indian Ocean East Africa Community Capacity Building Initiative Community Disaster Management Community Enterprise Solutions Community Research and Development Centre Concern Universal Concern Universal, Bangladesh Concern University, Bangladesh Concern Worldwide CONICET Argentina Consejo Nacional de Áreas Protegidas Guatemala Conservation & Fisheries BVI Gov. Conservation International Conservation International Fiji Consultative & Research Center for Natural Resource Management Consumers International Coordination des Affaires Humanitaires (OCHA) du Tchad Copperbelt Indigenous Peoples Land Rights Network Corp. Autónoma Regional Cauca Corp. para la Investigación Corporación Aldea Global Corporacion Nacional Forestal (CONAF) Costa Rica Entity of Accreditation Counterpart Cameroon Counterpart International Cranbery Consulting Ltd. Cross River State Forestry Commission CRWRC Dalhousie University David and Lucile Packard Foundation Deakin University Delft University of Technology Delta Women Nigeria DeltaWomen Dept. of Fisheries Zanzibar Development Alternative Inc. Development Effort for Self Help Development Plus Uganda Dezman Investments Divya Jyoti Jagrati Sansthan Dominica National Fairtrade Org. Dominica State College Eastern Ontario Model Forest Echo Group eco2ro Ecocontact Ecoisle Consulting EcoLogic Development Fund Ecologic Institute Ecological Living In Action ECOTRAC Consulting Education Development Center, Inc. – Philippines Ekuri Initiative El Observatorio Venezolano de Derechos Humanos de las Mujeres ENDA Tiers monde ENVIRO-DEV EnvironHealth Systems Limited Environment and Public Org. Environmental Resources Management EnviroPlus Consulting Inc Escuela Organizacion Industrial Etnia Verde European Union European Volunteer Service Evangelischer Entwicklungsdienst Evergreen Agriculture Tanzania Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales Fairtrade International Family Health International FAO FARM-Africa FEM International First Quantum Minerals Limited (FQML) First Quantum Minerals Ltd-Trident Project Fletcher School of Law and Diplomac Fondo de Atención y Prevención de Emergencias de Bogotá Ford Foundation, E. Africa Region Forestry Commissiom- Communiy forestry unit Frankfurt School of Finance & Management Freshwater Action Network S. America Fundacion Gaia Pacha Fundacion Prosierra Nevada Fundacion Tradiciones Mayas Genivar GeoGIS Analysts Inc. Office of Disaster Management Georg Kraus Stiftung GERES German International Cooperation German Red Cross German Society for Development (GIZ) Ghana Cocoa Board GIZ Global Gender and Climate Alliance (GGCA) GMS Environment Operations Center Government of British Columbia Green Belt Movement International Europe Green Farms Initiative Greenlight Biofuels Indonesia Grenada Ministry of Environment Grupo FARO Guyana Mangrove Restoration Project Habitat for Humanity International Malaysia Haitian American Liaison Hanalei Watershed Hui Handicap International Handicap International France Handicap International Spain Hatfield Consultants Hayata Destek Association Hivos Hong Kong Red Cross Humanity Exchange Humboldt Universitaet zu Berlin I have worked in a development agency before IBS Kolkata ICRAF IDEA Int. U. Inca Garcilazo IDS University of Sussex IFMR-Centre For Dev. Finance IFRC Myanmar ILO Imperial College London Independent Consultant Initiatives for Development Institute of Development Studies Instituto de Investigacion Universidad y Region IIUR Instituto Ipanema Intensify Global Foundation Inter-American Development Bank Intercooperation Switzerland International Center for Integrated Mountain Development International Conflict and Security Consulting Ltd | International Finance Corporation Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resource NigeriaMinistry of Environment Morocco |
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Abu Dhabi, Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, American Samoa, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Australia, Austria , Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Columbia, Comoro Islands, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Côte d’Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Curacao, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Darfur, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Dubai, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Eritrea, Ethiopia , Falkland Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Finland, France, French Polynesia, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Greenland, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Guernsey, Guinea, Guinée, Guinée Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Korea, Kosovo, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liechtenstein, Liberia, Libya, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands , Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Micronesia, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Montserrat, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Niue, North Macedonia, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Palestinian occupied territories, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Perú, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Republic of Abkhazia, Reunion, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Taiwan, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, The Gambia, Timor Leste, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad & Tobago, Tristan da Cunha, Tunisia, Turkey, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
List of 154 countries and territories where course members live and work. See if your country is here!
Abu Dhabi, Afghanistan, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria , Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Dubai, Ecuador, Egypt, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Guinea, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Lao PDR, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Mali, Mauritius, Mexico, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Montserrat, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Perú, Philippines , Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Republic of Abkhazia, Reunion, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Saint Lucia, Samoa, Senegal, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor Leste, Togo, Trinidad & Tobago, Tristan da Cunha, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom , United States, Uruguay, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
Projects have focused on over 300 different types of challenges:
| Activities for the Elderly Acutely Malnourished Children Adaptation to Climate change Adult Literacy Advocacy Committee Advocacy for Agricultural Inputs Advocacy for the Elderly Afforestation Agricultural Adaptation Agricultural Coping Strategies Agricultural Extension and Inputs Agricultural Income Generation Agricultural Infrastructure Agricultural Irrigation Agricultural Market Linkages Agricultural Pilot Plots Agricultural Production Agricultural Value Chains Agricultural Vulnerabilities Agriculture and Food Security Agrobiodiversity Agroecology Agroecotourism Agroforestry Alternative Energy Sources Alternative Income Generation Alternative Livelihoods Alternative Transportation Animal Husbandry Appropriate Agricultural Techniques Aquaculture/Mariculture Artificial Reefs Artisanal Fisherman Licensing Beekeeping Bicycle Paths Bio-engineering for Slope Stabilization Business Skills Training Capacity Building for Farmers Capacity Building for Women Cassava: Disease Resistant Civic Leadership Climate Change Awareness Climate Resilience Water Management Climate Smart Agriculture Climate Smart Agroforestry Coastal Ecosystem Adaptation Coastal Management Coffee Production Cold Storage Fish Facility Community Based Adaptation Community Based DRR Community Based Flood Adaptation Community Based Flood Mitigation Community Based Forestry Community Development Committee Community Health Community Health Center Community Health Practitioners Community Management Committees Community Organization Community Youth Activities Composting Composting Toilets Conflict Management Resolution Conservation Conservation Agriculture/Agroforestry Conservation Tillage Coral Reef Preservation Crop Diversification Deaf in Zambia Deforestation Degraded Watersheds Restoration Direct Marketing Agricultural Products Disaster Preparedness Disaster Resistant School Construction Disaster Risk Management Drainage and Sanitation Support Drought Mitigation Drought Response Capacity Building DRR Early Warning System Drug Abuse Ecotourism Education Educational Advocacy Elderly Care Facilities Emergency Preparedness Employment Services Empowering the Elderly Empowerment of Women Energy Saving Campaign Entrepreneurialism Environmental Sanitation Environmental Services Environmental Sustainability Family Gardens and Nutrition Family Planning Farm Technique Improvement Farmer Extension & Adaptation Farmer Soil Conservation Farmer to Farmer Schools Farmer Training Farmer Water Conservation Farmer’s Association Financial Literacy Fisheries Management Fishing Stock Stewardship Flood Early Warning Flood Mitigation Flood Resilience Program Flood Resilient Housing Flood Response Support Food and Nutrition Food Preservation Food Processing Food Security Forest Conservation Forest Restoration Forest Stewardship Fundraising Garden Fence Installation Government Advocacy Greenhouse Agriculture Habitat Conservation Habitat Restoration Hand Washing Hazard Mapping Health Health and Community Awareness Health and Hygiene Health and Traditional Knowledge Health Center Health, Hygiene and Sanitation Home Gardens | Household Energy Efficiency Human Resource Development Council Human rights Hygiene and Sanitation Program Improved Agricultural Practices Improved Cook Stoves Income Generation Indoor Air Pollution Integrated Pest Management Irrigation Irrigation Tank Repair Job Creation and Capacity Building Kitchen Hygiene Land Degradation Land Use Management Plan Latrines Leadership Linking Artisans to Markets Linking Farmers to Markets Livestock Association Livestock Protection/Weather Extremes Local Community Health Practitioners Malaria Prevention Mangrove Restoration & Conservation Marine Conservation Program Marine Resource Management Market Development Market Linkages Market Survey Marketing and Networking Skills Marketing of Crops Marketing of Livestock Micro-Credit Micro-Enterprise Micro-Finance Micro-Hydro Micro-Irrigation Micro-Savings and Loan Program Migration/Family Disintegration Money Management Monitoring & Evaluation Mulching Natural Resource Degradation Natural Resource Management Neighborhood Clean-up Non-Timber Forest Products Nutrition Nutrition and Food Diversity Organizational Strengthening Orphans Parental Involvement Parental Responsibility Participatory Afforestation Participatory Forest Management Participatory Hazard Mapping Participatory Mapping Participatory Mapping of Water Resources Participatory Monitoring & Evaluation Participatory Reforestation Participatory Tree Planting Pastoral Land Use Management People with Disabilities Permaculture Center Piped in Water/Wells/Infrastructure Point of Use Water Purification Post Harvest Management Preserving Traditional Culture Preserving Traditional Knowledge Project Management Protection of Cultural Patrimony Provide School Materials Public Health Rainforestation Farming Rainwater Harvesting Rainy Season Drainage Master Plan Rainy Season Infrastructure Master Plan Rainy Season Sanitation Master Plan Range Management Recycling REDD+ Reforestation Refuse Management Relief Housing Reproductive Health Resilience to Extreme Weather Conditions Resilience to Weather Variability Restoration Rice Farming River Conservation Safe Water Saltwater Intrusion on Farmlands Sanitation Sanitation Master Plan Savings Program School Drop Outs School DRR Sedimentation Reduction Program Sewerage System Maintenance and Repair Sexual and Reproductive Rights Small Animal Production Social Assistance Soil Conservation Soil Restoration Soil, Water & Natural Resource Conservation Solar Ovens Solid Waste Spring Protection Storm Water Management Supply Chains Surface Water Management Surveillance for Sustainable Resource Management Sustainable Livelihoods Sustainable Tourism Synergistic Agroforestry Traditional Agricultural Knowledge Transportation and Infrastructure Support Tree Seedling Nurseries Value Chains Vocational Skills Training Vulnerability and Capacity Analysis WASH Water and Sanitation Water Conservation and Management Water Harvesting Water Hygiene and Purification Water Infrastructure Water Pump Installation and Maintenance Water Purification Water Supply Program Water Use Management Plan Young Adult Income Generation Youth Programs & Mentoring |
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