We’re thrilled to welcome B. James Soukamneuth! James is the Senior Finance & Investment Advisor for our Private Sector Engagement practice and a strategic and analytical professional with more than 20 years of experience in economic development. His technical expertise spans trade, investment, concessional development and blended finance, gender lens investing, impact investing, ESG standards,…
Tetyana Vovchenko owns a farm about half the size of New York City’s Central Park in southwestern Ukraine where she and her two children cultivate wheat, barley, sunflower, corn, and rapeseed. After two years of war, she looked out at her fields with growing uncertainty. “Our resources are depleting, my agribusiness is becoming unprofitable,” said…
“I am a searching mother, a brave mother, full of courage, bravery, anger… but at the same time, I face all the dangers that may come my way.” These are the words of Rosalía Castro, aged 68, a member of the Solecito de Veracruz victims’ collective and the mother of Roberto Carlos Casso, who…
As this year’s International Women’s Day theme is Inspire Inclusion, Chemonics UK is focusing on the transformative and inclusive community recovery that community leaders are implementing across Ukraine, with the support of programmes such as the Partnership Fund for a Resilient Ukraine (PFRU). Chemonics UK’s PFRU programme is a multi-year, multi-donor funded programme managed by…
Innovation and global health have always gone hand in hand. From the early days of halting the spread of disease through behavior change campaigns on handwashing and vaccines, to a global, coordinated response to the HIV/AIDS crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic, the development of new tools and approaches in support of improved human health is…
Ukraine’s District Heating systems have been a critical part of the country’s support for its citizens for decades; however, the current state of its systems is inefficient and outdated fossil-fueled equipment that has contributed to an economic drag on the country’s energy sector for many years. These systems require significant costs to maintain and operate…
The COVID-19 pandemic catapulted supply chain management and resilience into the spotlight as never before. We all learned first-hand how global supply chains, which focus on efficiency and cost control, were vulnerable to supply-side (COVID-19 control measures, such as trade and travel restrictions) and demand-side (panic buying) disruptions. Sadly, and perhaps predictably, countries with the…
Check out the countdown of our most-viewed blog posts from 2023! 10. Democratic Republic of the Congo: Widening the Net of Data Capture for Improved Digital Health By Mulamuli (Mula) Mpofu, Alphonse Ubial Siteke, Tyler Williamson, and Remy Ngoy Digital data collection and visualization tools allow for rapid feedback during campaigns to distribute insecticide-treated nets.…
I loved attending this year’s Global Health Supply Chain Summit (GHSCS) in Nairobi. Our staff from Burkina Faso, Kenya, Niger, Rwanda, Zambia, and Washington, D.C., joined more than 400 other supply chain professionals and participated in a series of presentations and panels. Not only was Chemonics a co-sponsor of the November event, but we hosted…
Every day, people from El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras leave their homes to embark on a perilous journey through Mexico to the United States, driven by both a lack of employment opportunities and the impacts of climate change. To address the root causes of irregular migration stemming from the region, the United States and Mexican…
Around the world, migrants, refugees, and returnees struggle to find quality, dignified livelihoods with which to rebuild their lives in their new communities. For receptor communities, the arrival of migrants can be destabilizing, stoking fears of worker displacement and increased crime; and assistance for migrants can foster or exacerbate xenophobic sentiments. Since 2018, roughly eight…
On September 2023, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) reported that it documented 686 deaths and disappearances of migrants on the US-Mexico border in 2022, making it the deadliest land route for migrants worldwide. The IOM also notes that from 2014 through October 2023, 8,254 migrants have been recorded as dead or missing in the…