EPIC fashion show on a recent visit to Rwanda! THANK YOU Rwanda Education Assistance Practice for the high style event. An investment of $5K trained 22 youth in media & they now earn income as DJs, photographers, fashion models, and video producers - 3 received scholarships for higher education!

There are 10,000 canners in NYC providing vital recycling services, but often working in the shadows. With a $25,000 investment from NYC Connect, Sure We Can built a new redemption center in East New York to make it easier for canners to earn from their hard work.

Globally, 63% of our project leaders are first-time grantees. We support them to success, bringing project leaders together to deepen their project management skills & expand their professional networks.

84% of NYC Connect's investments have helped launch new ideas to improve health, education, and economic opportunity for New Yorkers. We can't wait to see Joanna's bold idea take flight!

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Visiting our program partners is a great way to support them in their important work. Here, we visit two partners in NYC while the same happens every month in each country where World Connect operates.

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ICYMI: Myla Flores and The Birthing Place were recently honored by CNN as a Champion for Change! Our US-based grant-making program, NYC Connect, invests in visionaries like Myla with catalytic funding to drive progress.

We're in NYC for #unga and are inspired to hear more experts highlighting the importance of locally-led development as a key strategy for global progress.

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World Connect has invested more than $78,000 in 41 community-led projects across Ecuador. Entrepreneurs like Maria & Blanca, whose trout farm supports their livelihoods in an environmentally sustainable manner, demonstrate how business development can work in harmony with Ecuador's forests.