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News January 31, 2017

The Kenyan farmer who traveled his country got inspired to harvest road water and is telling others to do the same

Edward on his shamba with his wife and sister in law Adopting road water harvesting Edward Ndolo lives just outside of Kitui town, located in the eastern part of Kenya. He is over 60 years old, a retired police officer and lives with his wife next to their 3 acres (around 1.2 ha) sized shamba […]

News October 15, 2015

Global Resilience Challenge Team Describes Winning Solution

The East Africa Field Director for the Trans African Hydro-Meteorological Observatory (TAHMO), Zachary Dunn, recently shared the news of his team’s selection as a winning team in the Global Resilience Challenge and discussed their resilience solution. Dunn gave a summary of what the team and their partners are planning to do with their Challenge funding: […]

News September 27, 2015

Global Resilience Challenge Unveils Winning Solutions to Toughest Development Challenges

The Global Resilience Partnership announced today funding for eight teams to implement transformative resilience solutions to problems that threaten the lives and livelihoods of the most vulnerable populations in countries including Bangladesh, India, Kenya, Mali, Nepal, Niger, Philippines and Uganda. Teams participated in the Global Resilience Challenge, a multi-stage design competition that received nearly 500 […]

News July 15, 2015

WILD CARD ELEMENT OF GLOBAL RESLIENCE CHALLENGE NOW CLOSED!

We have now closed the “Wild Card” Challenge. The selected teams will join the 17 teams selected in Stage One and will also be eligible to implement the high-impact solutions with a focus on finance, technology or both. The selected ideas will have elements that are targeted at building resilience in three focus areas, that […]

News July 2, 2015

Revised Guidance for Wild Card Applicants

The guidance for Wild Card applicants has been revised to provide additional templates, including the budget template. The documents can be accessed below. GRP_Revised Guidance_Challenge Solution Statement (.docx) GRP_Revised Guidance_Challenge Solution Statement (.pdf)

News June 30, 2015

Global Resilience Challenge Teams Identify Major Barriers to Building Resilience

The Global Resilience Partnership today announced that 17 finalists in the Global Resilience Challenge will move forward with bold new proposals to build resilience in the Sahel, the Horn of Africa, and South and Southeast Asia. These finalist teams are made up of a diverse array of more than 150 experts from across Asia, Africa, […]

News June 19, 2015

Devex Global Resilience Challenge Blog Series – Cracking the coconut

Devex is publishing a series of blog posts highlighting the innovative projects supported by the Global Resilience Partnership, an initiative by The Rockefeller Foundation, U.S. Agency for International Development and Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency designed to help millions in Africa and Asia build more resilient futures. The post – titled <a href=https://www.devex.com/news/cracking-the-coconut-4-ways-to-improve-financial-security-for-smallholder-farmers-86320>“Cracking the coconut: […]

News June 19, 2015

Devex Global Resilience Challenge Blog Series – How to build coastal resilience

Devex is publishing a series of blog posts highlighting the innovative projects supported by the Global Resilience Partnership, an initiative by The Rockefeller Foundation, U.S. Agency for International Development and Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency designed to help millions in Africa and Asia build more resilient futures. The post – titled <a href=https://www.devex.com/news/how-to-build-global-coastal-resilience-past-present-and-future-challenges-86130>“How to build […]

News June 15, 2015

Conference Call on Wild Card Round to be Held on June 18

The Global Resilience Partnership will be hosting a conference call on the “Wild Card” portion of the Global Resilience Challenge on June 18, 2015 from 9:00-10:00am ET (1:00-2:00pm Dakar / 4:00-5:00pm Nairobi). The call will feature a short presentation provided by Global Resilience Partnership representatives and then a Q&A session. Participants are encouraged to register […]

News May 15, 2015

‘Wild Card’ Element of Global Resilience Challenge Now Open

The Global Resilience Partnership is now accepting applications from new teams to join the Global Resilience Challenge as “Wild Cards”. Wild Card teams will join the 17 teams currently participating in the Challenge and will be eligible for up to $1 million to implement solutions to build resilience in some of the world’s most vulnerable […]