Professsor Rosaly Benchimol, who taught at the University of Amazonas and contributed many years of service to the Amazonas Chapter of Partners, passed away on January 17. Professor Benchimol was a leader in the business...

Youth are often referred to as “the future,” or the next generation of leaders. At Partners of the Americas, we firmly believe that youth are leaders in the present. They are dynamic members of our society who...

Child labor in Ecuador and Panama is prominent in the most vulnerable and socially excluded sectors: indigenous and Afro-descendant populations. These two populations account for a high incidence of poverty, social exclusion, employment and lack...

Partners of the Americas was saddened by the death of Clinton C. Crocker, founder and president of the New Jersey-Haiti Partners, who passed away on Oct. 9, 2014 at the age of 86. Born in...

My name is Gracia Violeta Ross. I am from Bolivia and I have been living with HIV since 2000.  I am the National Chair of the Bolivian Network of People Living with HIV and AIDS (REDBOL),...

This week, Partners of the Americas joins people around the world in remembering the earthquake that devastated Haiti on January 12, 2010. As we commemorate the horrific event, we also hope to offer readers some insight...

A Ganar (Vencer in Brazil) is a youth workforce development program wrapped up in a soccer ball. By utilizing soccer and other team sports to help youth in Latin America, ages 16-24, find jobs, learn entrepreneurial...

In 2004, a former teacher at Iowa State University, Dr. George Beran, first recruited me for a Partners project. The project consisted of consulting farmers associated with an agroecological school and what may have been Mexico’s first...

2014 has been a productive year for Partners’ Agriculture and Food Security (AFS) Unit! Under the USAID-funded Farmer-to-Farmer (F2F) Program, 78 volunteers traveled to eight countries in Latin America and the Caribbean to work with close to...

“I believe in the power of sport, and great facilitators, to change lives.” One of my favorite parts of my job is meeting with our amazing A Ganar Phase 1 facilitators. These are the people who...