In this Issue:

Child Labor 
Prevention Programs
Get Support

Winrock Volunteers Receive Honors

Growing Quality

Scholar Creates Brighter Future for Women

Restoring History

Growing Quality
Two hybrid varieties of maize,
developed with support of Winrock’s
Partnerships and Economic Growth through Nongovernmental Organizations (PEG), have qualified for release in Indonesia. These varieties of quality protein maize have high nutritional value, contain twice the level of essential amino acids and promote weight gain. They look and taste like traditional maize and are easy to grow. Maize is a staple of many Indonesian diets, but, it does not provide the nutrients necessary to improve the health of those suffering from malnutrition. Funding for PEG is provided by USAID.

Scholar Creates 
Brighter Future for Women
Halima Bello, like other scholars 
who participate in the African 
Women Leaders in Agriculture 
and the Environment (AWLAE) program, was inspired to help other women and established the nongovernmental organization Women Gender Developer 
in 2002. That organization offers a variety of information and training ranging from income generation to reproductive health. Since 2002, the organization has served more than 1,000 women and 100 children and made a positive difference in their lives. A grant from the Ford Foundation supports scholarships for African women.

Online Giving Coming Soon
Child Labor Prevention Programs 
Get Support from World Cocoa Foundation
Poverty, child labor, and lack of education are challenges 
faced by children in the cocoa farming communities of
Africa’s Ivory Coast . The World Cocoa Foundation (WCF), with financial support from Hershey Foods Corporation, Masterfoods USA, Nestle USA, Nidar, Toms Confectionery 
and World’s Finest Chocolate, is helping Winrock  promote basic education, provide vocational training and improve community schools. Assistance from WCF is building on work of the CLASSE (Child Labor Alternatives through Sustainable Systems in Agriculture) project funded by the US Department of Labor and managed by Winrock’s Leadership Development unit. The project benefits 1,200 children and their families who learn new ways to reduce dependence on income from child labor. Future contributions will expand this work.

If you are interested in supporting programs that help reduce child labor, an online donation process is under development and will be activated this summer through the World Cocoa Foundation and Winrock International Web sites. For more information contact Vicki Walker.

Winrock Volunteers Receive Honors
Four Winrock volunteers, with a combined service of more than 1200 volunteer days, have received Presidential recognition for their contributions. John Marenic, who has participated in 44 volunteer assignments for Winrock, was presented with the Presidential Call to Service Award. Awards were given to 11 American professionals who served more than 4,000 volunteer hours in support of the U.S. international prosperity agenda. Other Winrock volunteers Jim Andrews, David M. Pearce, and Firooz Taleghani  received the Gold Level Presidential Service Award. They each contributed more than 500 volunteer hours.

“Volunteerism is an important part of America ’s response to problems in the developing world. From the Peace Corp to today’s Farmer-to-Farmer programs, American volunteers have been making a difference in these countries for 50 years” USAID Administrator Andrew S. Natsios stated at the awards ceremony held in Washington, DC . 

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