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Counterpart's 2024 In Review

Take a look at Counterpart’s top 10 stories of 2024.
Governance

Dalits and Cobblers Engage Leaders

We worked with communities in Bangladesh to address their concerns directly with officials, policy makers, and political candidates.
Governance

Niger Community Protects Vital Resources

With Counterpart's support, the community is combatting an environmentally harmful practice.
Food Systems

School Feeding Transforms Senegal

Procuring local food not only improves the lives of children, but sustains the wider community as well.
Governance

Supporting Armenian Civil Society

How are robust civil society sectors formed? Our team in Armenia say these five key elements are needed so that civil society can drive positive change.
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For 60 years and in more than 65 countries around the world, Counterpart has partnered with leaders, organizations, and networks to build inclusive, sustainable communities in which people thrive.

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Private Sector Partner Thrives Decade After Working with Counterpart

Private Sector Partner Thrives Decade After Working with Counterpart

This is part of a series of occasional dispatches by staff on issues related to our work.  Alette Gilje is a senior program officer for Resilient Food Systems at Counterpart,...
Fostering Community and Opportunity for Youth in Sebkha

Fostering Community and Opportunity for Youth in Sebkha

In the vibrant Mauritanian suburb of Sebkha, where young people have been discouraged by socio-economic challenges, the USAID-funded Nafoore program is transforming lives by giving youth a renewed sense of...
Strengthening Civic Engagement in Abovyan

Strengthening Civic Engagement in Abovyan

“Who should we turn to so that there are trash cans on all the streets of our settlement? When will we be able to get to school in the morning...
Counterpart’s 2024 In Review

Counterpart’s 2024 In Review

2024 was marked by major global events that will continue to shape the evolving foreign assistance landscape. Counterpart and our local partners remained steadfast in working toward our mission, from...
Our Impact

Alongside our partners we achieve outstanding results

40K

farmers improved their technical skills through our Food for Progress training in Guatemala

3M

textbooks in French and Arabic written and distributed in Mauritania

150K

children fed through our USDA programs in Africa each school day

5

governance councils established in Dominican Republic and Haiti to preserve biodiversity

Partnering with Counterpart

Standing alongside our counterparts for lasting change

We partner with leaders, organizations, and networks striving for more open government, resilient food systems, natural resource protection, and improved livelihoods.

“Counterpart... has provided us a greenhouse for tomato production, and now the quality and the quantity of tomatoes have improved and enabled us to sell our produce at a much better price.”
Marcos Ordóñez Andrés
CADER Promoter, Guatemala
“I would never have thought that hyenas and dogs would find themselves [feasting] on the same corpse without experiencing any arguments... But here we are today in discussion with those we feared without complacency and without fear of reprisal.”
Youth representative
Niger
“We appreciate Counterpart because you are working in silence with impactful results.”
Mohamed Melainine Ould Eyih
Former Minister of Education, Mauritania
“We have never seen this multistakeholders’ unity/coordination mechanism ever, which was possible by Shushilan consortium under this project. We thank you… for your support to make us coordinated to respond to citizen needs.”
Sheikh Mohammad Ali
Councilor, Khulna City Corporation, Bangladesh