Project Update: The Nicaraguan Center for Forests, Energy & Climate Takes Shape
by Sebastian Africano, International Director The Nicaraguan Center for Forests, Energy & Climate (NICFEC) is well on its way to becoming a reality. Over the past month, Trees, Water & People...
View ArticleBuilding Climate Resilience in Cuba
by Sebastian Africano, International Director In two weeks, I’ll board a plane in Miami that will take me to an island on which not many living U.S. citizens have set foot. The United States’...
View ArticleNotes from the Field: Partnering for Sustainable Agriculture in Honduras
by Lucas Wolf, Assistant National Director In the small community of El Socorro, located just ten minutes north of Siguatepeque, Honduras, there is an impressive institution focused on sustainable...
View ArticleLessons from Cuba: Finding Solutions to a Climate Crisis
by Sebastian Africano, International Director Of all the memorable encounters during my ten days in Havana, Cuba for the 10th Convention on Sustainable Development and Environment in July, there is one...
View ArticleNotes from the Field: La Finca Humana
by Lucas Wolf, Assistant International Director In rural Honduras, two consecutive years of agricultural hardship have driven vulnerable rural communities to the brink of insolvency. As crop yields and...
View ArticleNew Report: The Health Consequences of El Niño in Central America
by Lucas Wolf, Assistant International Director A new report released by the World Health Organization (WHO) calls attention to the devastating effects of El Niño in Guatemala, Nicaragua, Honduras, and...
View Article15th Anniversary of La Bendición
by Lucas Wolf, Assistant International Director Today marks the 15th anniversary of the founding of one of our keystone communities, La Bendición, in southeastern Guatemala. This community served as a...
View ArticleTWP Celebrates International Day of the World’s Indigenous People
by Lucas Wolf, Assistant International Director Today marks an important date on the calendar for indigenous communities around the world as the United Nations declares the International Day of the...
View ArticleOpening Eyes and Hearts in the Honduran Highlands: Part 1
by Lucas Wolf, Assistant International Director of TWP Over the past several years, TWP has organized work trips to Guatemala as the primary destination to feature our community development partners...
View ArticleVanilla and Turmeric – Job Creation in Nicaragua
Smallholder livelihoods across Central America are threatened by extreme weather, warmer average temperatures, and a longer dry season related to climate change. Many of the smallholder farmers we work...
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