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We believe that strengthening local capacity, mobilizing communities, sensitizing health service providers, and embedding strong response mechanisms into communities and health systems can lead to resilient, healthy environments that are free from violence. As we continue to break the silence around GBV during these 16 Days of Activism, the Corus family of organizations is launching our latest InUnison digital newsletter. Learn more about our global efforts to combat GBV and create lasting change: https://bit.ly/47eJanm Join us as we stand against GBV. #OrangeTheWorld #16Days #EndViolence #NoExcuse #BreakTheSilence #GBV

📢 NEW report from USAID MOMENTUM Integrated Health Resilience - "Supply Chain Challenges and Commodity Availability at the Last Mile: Findings from Seven MOMENTUM Integrated Health Resilience Partner Countries" ➡️ Read the full report: https://bit.ly/45tNS0F 🌍 The countries covered include Burkina Faso, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Mali, Niger, South Sudan, Sudan, and Tanzania. Corus organization IMA World Health leads the implementation of USAID MOMENTUM Integrated Health Resilience to improve access to and availability of high-quality, person-centered health care in fragile and conflict-affected settings. #USAIDMOMENTUM #SupplyChain #HealthResilience [Pictured: Examples of family planning commodities that can be affected by supply chain challenges, limiting access, in South Sudan.]

We are excited to be a part of Christian Connections for International Health's Faith Consortium for Climate Resilient Health (Faith4CRH)! #Faith4CRH brings together seven global partners dedicated to ensuring quality health care remains accessible despite climate challenges. Learn how we're strengthening climate resilience among faith-based health partners in low- and middle-income countries: https://bit.ly/3xCvsOP If you missed the webinar launching Faith4CRH, you can watch the recording here: https://bit.ly/4blZ5BG #FBO #ClimateResilience #Health

On this International LGBTQI+ Pride Day and throughout the year, we international development practitioners are reminded of the crucial importance of amplifying the voices of the LGBTQI+ community in project design and programming. Such inclusion is essential to end discrimination, uphold human rights, and ensure sustainable development for all. Our Managing Director for Latin America, Galo Quizanga, emphasizes, "In our commitment to equity and human rights, it is crucial to acknowledge that globally, 9 out of 10 youth who identify as LGBTQI+ face discrimination or violence. LGBTQI+ rights are fundamental human rights, and we cannot allow anyone to be left behind. Now more than ever, it is imperative that we strengthen our support for this community to ensure that everyone lives in peace and dignity." We remain committed to prioritizing inclusion efforts and are encouraged to see development leaders like USAID focusing on LGBTQI+ inclusive development. https://lnkd.in/g_ajjpQ5 #Inclusion #InclusiveDevelopment #LGBTQI #Youth #Pride #HumanRights #InclusionMatters

On Micro-, Small, and Medium-sized Enterprises (MSME) Day, we celebrate these enterprises' vital role in driving innovation, creating jobs and fostering economic growth worldwide. The INVEST project, implemented by Corus organization Lutheran World Relief, supported better employment and entrepreneurial outcomes for Tanzanian youth. INVEST reached more than 21,000 rural youth enrolled in Tanzania's Ministry of Agriculture Training Institutes, paving the way for innovative enterprises and long-term job prospects. Meet some of the entrepreneurial youth from our INVEST project! https://bit.ly/3xAgski Learn more: https://bit.ly/3L24YJB #MSMEday #enterprise #entrepreneurship #youth #innovation #foodsystems #Tanzania

This latest peer-reviewed article from our Technical Director for SBC Kamden Hoffmann and collaborators describes how vignettes—short stories about a fictitious South Sudanese couple across the reproductive life course—were used in USAID MOMENTUM Integrated Health Resilience as a qualitative method to explore social norms related to family planning and reproductive health (FP/RH) and decisions related to contraceptive use and gender-based violence (GBV) in 5 counties in South Sudan. Explore the article to delve into how certain social norms have limited FP/RH and perpetuated GBV, while others have promoted FP/RH and aided in mitigating GBV: https://bit.ly/4c8A5Pz #SBC #SocialNorms #FPRH #GBV #SouthSudan #USAIDMOMENTUM

USAID MOMENTUM Integrated Health Resilience, led by Corus organization IMA World Health, works to improve access to and availability of quality, respectful, and person-centered maternal, newborn, and child health services, voluntary family planning, and reproductive health care in fragile and conflict-affected settings. Join MOMENTUM Integrated Health Resilience on Tuesday, June 25 for a webinar that explores how a development project can operate effectively in settings of chronic or frequent crises. Three country case studies (Niger, South Sudan, and Sudan) will be explored, showing how each country program adapted, survived, and even thrived when crises arose. The webinar will be available in English and French. Register here: https://bit.ly/3RNypmD #FragileSettings #FamilyPlanning #FP #ReproductiveHealth #RH #MaternalChildHealth #MNCH #Niger #SouthSudan #Sudan

It’s National Selfie Day! Just for fun, here are some selfies of our staff at work around the world. 1. Hiking selfie! This crew had to walk 4 hours to reach remote coffee farms in the village of San Jorge Alto, Colombia. (Pictured: Andrea Alvarez, Liliana Ramos, Evin McFadden and Janer Dueñas.) 2. Coworkers crammed in a van in Togo, on the way to A.N.G.E. Orphanage to deliver goodwill and kits. (Pictured: Jean-Claude Nzayi, Grace Mercy Njeri, Andréa Wilson, Peter Kariuki, Nene Akwetey-Kodjoe, Tamara Reginald, Bethany Craig, Laura Elisama and Peter Gichane.) 3. The Humanitarian Assistance team in Ukraine on its way to visit participants of our livelihoods and agriculture programs. Tamara Shukakidze-Demuria writes, “Keeping our team safe (those bullet proof vests are heavy though.)😊” (Pictured with her are Vasyl Senchii, Oleksii Kuznietzov, Mahmoud Bah, Oleksii Hubanov, Zaza Tsereteli, Sashko Simonenko, Dmitriy Shepelevych, Oleg Yanosh.) 4. Oan Chaanine writes from his home office in Lebanon: “While on a typing spree, I noticed that my 2 lovely doggos wanted to team up with me. Ragna, the Golden Retriever, is clearly the supervisor, ensuring that my productivity and level of work were up to scratch. On the other hand, Honey, the mixed bichon, is giving me the puppy-dog eyes analyzing when lunchtime officially begins.” 5. Notice the pond in the background — this photo was snapped during a visit to a fish farm in Nepal. (Pictured: Dr. Hira Dhar Chudali, Dr. Tek Bahadur Gurung, John Streif, Madhav Dahal, Catherine Phiri) 6. Lee Grant helps a group of volunteers load a truck with LWR Quilts & Kits during an Ingathering at Epiphany Lutheran Church near Houston, TX. 7. Greg Kresslein snapped his selfie during an LWR Quilt & Kit distribution aboard the JY River, one of the ships that were trapped in the Port of Baltimore after the Key Bridge Collapse. 8. The Monitoring & Evaluation team in El Salvador hanging out with a team of data collectors and project technicians. (Pictured: Marvin Hernandez, Brenda Hidalgo, Alia Aguilar, Gabriela Polío, Samuel Lizama, Alfredo Martinez, Allan Herrera, Rikelmi Vásquez.) 9. Dennis Cherian (left) and colleagues stopped to enjoy this view of the Himalayas during a site visit in Nepal. He is pictured with Dr. Kedar Baral, Lakshmi Shahi and John Rigliano.

For the first time ever, there are more than 110 million people in the world who are forcibly displaced — fleeing persecution, conflict, and violence, among other atrocities. On World Refugee Day, we honor the strength, courage, and resilience of those forced to leave their homes. Meet three individuals who have faced unimaginable challenges with remarkable determination. 🌟 Alina in Ukraine who fled violence with her daughters and has discovered a community of support. 🌟 Nyalual in South Sudan whose once-malnourished children are now thriving because of health care and livelihood support. 🌟 Hary in Peru who arrived with nothing but now has a successful business. Read their stories here: https://lnkd.in/eM6Fgz29 #WorldRefugeeDay #Resilience #StoriesofStrength