Published on June 26th, 2020

Women-led Businesses Join Forces in Fiji with MFAT Business Link Pacific

Micro, Small, and Medium-sized Enterprises (MSME) are a core component of economies around the world. To celebrate this role, annually on June 27 the UN marks MSME Day. This year, DT Global is highlighting the work of our New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT)-funded program,

Category: Economic Growth & Trade

Published on June 24th, 2020

Stories from the Vault: Solar Brings Energy Security, Cost Savings, and Education to the West Bank

The USAID Palestinian Energy Program (PEP), implemented by DT Global, ran from 2016 to 2019 with the goal of strengthening the organizational and technical capacity of the Palestinian energy sector in order to support affordable and sustainable energy independence in the West Bank. Across the West Bank,

Category: Environment & Infrastructure

Published on June 17th, 2020

Using Natural Resource Management to Combat Drought and Desertification in Ethiopia’s Lowlands

Ethiopia’s lowlands spread in a clockwise crescent around its central highland plateaus. Orange sediment from the volcanic Dinkali depression stretches into scrubland surrounded by flat-topped hills before giving way to greener regions in the south. Beginning in the northern Afar region, spreading west

Category: Environment & Infrastructure

Published on June 11th, 2020

Project Successes from the USAID Strengthening Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Project in Egypt

Micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSME) and the entrepreneurs that start them comprise a large portion of the Egyptian economy. But MSMEs—often in the informal sector—face a host of challenges, ranging from lack of financial literacy and low access to finance, to difficulty integrating

Category: Economic Growth & Trade

Published on June 3rd, 2020

DT Global Celebrates Biodiversity and World Environment Day

Biodiversity—the complex, dynamic, and incredible variability of living organisms on planet Earth—is a vital component of our ecosystem. Today, there are over eight million species of plants and animals in the world in addition to diverse ecosystems that host them, ranging from coral reefs to freshwater

Category: Environment & Infrastructure

Published on May 27th, 2020

DT Global Commences Reconciliation Journey in Australia

At DT Global we believe our purpose is to create impact and transform lives for a better world. Our global team - spearheaded by our team based in our Asia Pacific home office in Adelaide, Australia - is celebrating National Reconciliation Week in Australia from 27 May to 3 June, recognizing a new journey

Published on May 21st, 2020

Stories from the Vault: More Usable Land Gives Afghan Farmers Options

Imagine being a farmer with limited usable land trying to feed a growing family of 45. That was the daily pressure weighing on Haji, an 80-year-old farmer in Afghanistan. He says his problem was not insufficient land, but his inability to level it so that it could be used for planting. “I was using traditional

Category: Environment & Infrastructure

Published on May 19th, 2020

Can Right-sized Digital Solutions Help Vulnerable Populations Access Water?

Water supply should be for all. How can digital solutions help to increase access for vulnerable populations? Water—its availability, delivery, and safety—is a fundamental challenge in the developing world. In particular, countries with poor infrastructure, lack of revenue, weak safeguarding of

Category: Environment & Infrastructure

Published on May 5th, 2020

Mitigating COVID-19—How Basic WASH Messaging and Effective Private Sector Coordination Can Save Lives in Developing Countries

The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted health systems worldwide, illustrating the need for stronger public health preparedness. Much like Ebola in 2014-2016, the lack of protocols, preparedness, and planning has become apparent, but this time it has been most notable in high income countries in Asia,

Category: Environment & Infrastructure

Published on April 27th, 2020

How DT Global is Fighting Back Against COVID-19

At DT Global, we have spent the better part of the past six weeks focused on coronavirus, COVID-19, and what this pandemic means for our staff, our industry, and our partners and friends in the communities around the world where we’ve worked and built relationships for more than 50 years. Like everyone else,

Published on April 6th, 2020

Building Peace and Gender Equality through Sports

From ancient Olympic games to ping pong diplomacy between the US and China in the 1970s, sports have long been recognized as method to build respect and peace across communities and nations. With expertise ranging from hosting soccer tournaments that bring together disparate Bol Island youth in

Category: Conflict Prevention, Stabilization & Transition

Published on March 26th, 2020

Conserving Water During a Pandemic—How One DT Global Staff Member Met the Challenge

At a time when proper handwashing with soap and water is more important than ever to fight the spread of COVID-19, we are reminded of the scarcity of water for 2.7 billion people across the world. This scarcity is exacerbated by the impacts of climate change on water—the theme for this year’s World

Category: Environment & Infrastructure

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