Published on May 6th, 2021

Rethinking Sanitation and Hygiene for Ethiopia’s Lowland Pastoralists

No matter where you used a bathroom recently, it was probably safe, clean, and flushable. But billions of people globally lack access to improved latrines and millions instead practice open defecation. In Ethiopia’s Lowland regions of Afar, Somali, and Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples (SNNP) this

Category: Environment & Infrastructure

Published on April 29th, 2021

Powering Small-scale Renewable Electrification in Rural Zambia

From the oven that cooks your food to the mobile phone that connects you with family to the lights that illuminate your days and nights, electricity is nearly synonymous with our modern lives. But around 800 million people in the world—75% in sub-Saharan Africa—have no access to energy. Not only does this

Category: Environment & Infrastructure

Published on April 22nd, 2021

Financing Climate Action: USAID assists the Federated States of Micronesia in obtaining international finance to reduce food insecurity

This year, Earth Day is focused on “Restore Our Earth” through climate action. At DT Global, we’re strongly committed to building resilience to climate change. To celebrate the day, we’re focusing on the work of our USAID Ready project as it supports countries’ ability to access climate finance and develop

Category: Environment & Infrastructure

Published on April 15th, 2021

How Can We Use Digital Technology to Improve Programming?

From how we build infrastructure to how we care for our bodies; how we make money to how we spend it; how we learn about the world and communicate with each other—digital technology is changing almost every aspect of our lives. The more that some people work, socialize, or seek vital services online

Category: Conflict Prevention, Stabilization & Transition Economic Growth & Trade Environment & Infrastructure

Published on April 6th, 2021

Pacific Island Food Revolution: Promoting Healthy Cooking Through Entertainment

April 7 marks World Health Day, celebrated annually to raise awareness around health issues. At DT Global, we’re commemorating this day by looking at the Australian DFAT and New Zealand MFAT-funded Pacific Food Island Revolution (PIFR) reality TV show, managed by DT Global. PIFR was developed as

Category: Human Development

Published on April 1st, 2021

Digital Transformation and Economic Growth: Four Take-Aways from a COVID Year

As the COVID-19 pandemic finally begins to recede, developing economies will need all worthy tools at their disposal as they move toward greater economic productivity and opportunity. The transformative powers of digital technology will be at the heart of these efforts: digital interventions can help

Category: Economic Growth & Trade

Published on March 22nd, 2021

Q&A with Petros Birhane: How We’re Helping Remote Ethiopian Communities Get Safe and Affordable Water Supply Services

World Water Day highlights the importance of safe water and actions to tackle the global water crisis. To celebrate, we sat down with Petros Birhane, DT Global’s Chief of Party for our USAID Lowland Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (USAID Lowland WASH) Activity to learn more about how the Activity is building

Category: Environment & Infrastructure

Published on March 18th, 2021

Mainstreaming Gender Equity and Social Inclusion into Climate Action

“Women commonly face higher risks and greater burdens from the impacts of climate change in situations of poverty and due to existing roles, responsibilities, and cultural norms,” stated Fiji’s Minister for Women, Children and Poverty Alleviation, Mereseini Vuniwaqa during the Second Convention of Fiji

Category: Environment & Infrastructure

Published on March 8th, 2021

Standing up for Gender Equality Around the World

How do you convince skeptics that gender mainstreaming is important? Is there a way to address gender issues when a project doesn’t specialize in them? Is there such a thing as a gender-neutral activity? At DT Global we think about these types of challenges every day, and in celebration of

Category: Conflict Prevention, Stabilization & Transition Economic Growth & Trade Environment & Infrastructure Governance Human Development

Published on March 4th, 2021

Visualizing the Global Digital Divide

The internet has been a solution to a whole host of problems introduced by the COVID-19 pandemic, from keeping kids in school to connecting co-workers in their homes. But what does this mean for the billions of people worldwide who still lack internet access? According to UNESCO, only 55 percent

Published on February 10th, 2021

Stories from the Vault: Using Pre- and Post-Migration Conferences to Build Peace in South Sudan

The annual migration of Sudanese pastoralists into South Sudan to gain access to grazing lands is a persistent source of tension along the Sudan-South Sudan border. During the Sudanese Civil War of 1983-2005, Khartoum mobilized Misseriya and Rezeigat herders to fight Dinka of present-day South

Category: Conflict Prevention, Stabilization & Transition

Published on February 2nd, 2021

Going Digital: How DT Global’s Iraq Team Gets Accurate Data During a Pandemic

As COVID-19 lockdowns set in around the world last year, DT Global’s team in Iraq quickly realized they would need to adapt to their new reality. The Preventing Retribution and Mitigating Violence (PRMV) program, funded by Global Affairs Canada, works to resolve local conflicts before they boil over into

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