Tags: Millennium Villages Project

Apr 30
Social and Emotional Learning in Ruhiira, Uganda
By Golda Calonge
The practice of cross-generational sex (CGS), has extremely negative impacts on school-age girls in Uganda, increasing their risk of HIV infection and reducing their self-esteem. The service and emotional learning (SEL) initiative in the Ruhiira Millennium Village aims to provide support and education for vulnerable adolescent girls. Above is a photo of girls participating in Eminyeeto, a young women's empowerment program in Ruhiira.
Apr 05
With 1,000 Days Left to Reach MDGs, A Look Back and Forward
By Jesper Frant
With the 1,000-day milestone to achieve the Millennium Development Goals in mind, the Earth Institute's Sustainable Development Seminar gathered professors Jeffrey Sachs, Prabhjot Singh, and Vijay Modi reflect on the progress of the Millennium Villages Project.
Apr 05
Progress Toward Sustainability via Agribusiness in Malawi
By Natalia Mroz
The Millennium Villages Project has begun to accelerate its efforts to promote sustainability. Mwandama, Malawi is leading is leading the way by creating rural cooperatives designed to help member farmers transition from subsistence to commercialized agriculture.
Feb 27
African Voices: Community Health in Northern Ghana
By Fatahiya Yakuba, Community Health Nurse - Kpasenkpe Health Center - West Mamprusi District, Northern Ghana
This post is part of a series from the Millennium Village site of SADA in northern Ghana which was launched in late 2012. Through their own voice, the series explores how the lives of community members are changing over the duration of the project. Please check back with us as they continue to tell their stories.
Feb 20
Book Distribution Ceremony at Ilolangulu Primary School
By MVP
"The new books are so beautiful," declared Fatuma, an excited round-cheeked Standard 2 student. "I want to touch them, and read them, and learn about the things they contain."
Feb 07
First Caesarian Section Sees Healthy Mother and Baby in Ruhiira
By MVP
For mothers and newborn children in the Ruhiira, Uganda Millennium Village, a new operating theatre at the Rwekubo Health Center can mean the difference between life and death.
Jan 31
A Vital Link to Health Services in Sauri, Kenya
By Claire Bulger
Community Health Workers take advantage of low and high-tech tools to provide a critical link between village residents and the local healthcare clinic.
Apr 29
Health Care Turns from Unattainable Luxury to Basic Service
By Joelle Bassoul Mojon
Zina Salum, 24, flanked by two barefoot girls in bright dresses, waits patiently for her turn on a bench at the Ilolangulu dispensary in the Mbola cluster (Tanzania).
Apr 29
New Road Connects Tiby with Markets & Health Services
By Joaquin Aviles Lopez
In April 2009, the Millennium Villages project completed construction of a new road in Mali. Following alongside the Niger River, the road connects the Tiby, Mali cluster of Millennium Villages with health services and markets in the town of Markala.
Apr 29
Boosting Student Enrollment in Mali and Senegal
By Katrina Kahl
A partnership between buildOn and the Millennium Villages project has completed 30 new schools in Mali. Together these 30 schools will provide access to education for up to 4,500 kids in the Mali Millennium Villages cluster.
May 05
Africa: An Open Skies Lab for Sustainable Development?
By Joelle Bassoul Mojon
Critics of sustainable development projects initiated by Westerners in Africa often raise a question: what happens when those Westerners pull out? The answer lies in an important concept: community ownership.
May 06
Mali MDG Scale Up
By Patrick Haverman
As the Millennium Villages Project moves toward its second 5 years, the vision of the project, of jump-starting the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in the poorest countries, is becoming reality.
May 07
Video: Documenting Successes in Uganda and Kenya
By Lauren Isenman
I had the wonderful opportunity this spring to visit two Millennium Village clusters, Ruhiira in Uganda and Sauri in Kenya, with a group of extraordinary donors.
May 13
Ruhiira Goes Bananas for the Fruit
By Joelle Bassoul Mojon
In the cold morning air heavy with mist, green waves rise gently from deep valleys up to Ruhiira’s hilltops then flow downwards again, engulfing small villages.
May 21
Blogging from the MVP Nairobi Infrastructure Workshop
By Dennis Haraszko
Large-scale infrastructure is often not included in the intervention portfolio for community-based development projects.
Jun 02
Matt Damon Visits Mayange
By Katrina Kahl
On a recent fact finding mission in Rwanda, Matt Damon and a team from ONEXONE – a nonprofit foundation that supports the work of Millennium Promise – visited the Mayange Millennium Village.
Jun 08
U.S. Media Editors Stop in Sauri on Kenya Tour
By Joelle Bassoul Mojon
In June, a group of 12 senior editors and producers from U.S. media houses visited the Sauri Millennium Village in Western Kenya to witness firsthand development programs in Sub-Saharan Africa, with a focus on agriculture and food security.
Jun 12
Health care boosted by a special training in Ruhiira
By Anubha Agarwal
Sounds of laughter intermingled with thumping feet and clapping hands ring across the room as community health workers (CHWs) in Ruhiira perform a traditional Baciga dance.
Jun 12
Meeting the Millennium Development Goals is the Best Investment
By Katrina Kahl
In a recent entry in the Huffington Post, Josh Ruxin discusses why we must keep our promise to end global poverty, even during the worst economic recession of the last several decades.
Jun 17
Koraro Homes Get a Face Lift
By Jessica Fanzo & Aregawi Tedella
The Millennium Village of Koraro is located in the Hawzien district in northern Ethiopia, an area surrounded by jagged escarpments and dusty, arid land.
Jun 19
Medical Equipment Donated to Ruhiira
By Shakilah Bint Shiekh
Martins Okongo, opens the boxes General Electric (GE), the multi-national American technology and services conglomerate, has entered into a partnership with the Millennium Villages project (MVP) in Ruhiira, as a sign of its commitment to supporting Uganda to achieve the health Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
Jun 24
Sustainable Results: Addressing Misconceptions About The Millennium Villages Project
By Donald Ndahiro
Here in Rwanda, Magatte Wade’s strange recent Huffington Post blog was received with quite a bit of surprise.
Jun 30
A camel, a tree and a blackboard: Dertu’s mobile school
By Joelle Bassoul Mojon
Sitting under a sprawling acacia tree, Abdulahi Bari Barrow points to his blackboard and asks the students to repeat the lesson after him.
Jul 07
Nigerian Mosquito Net Deliveries Protect Millions from Malaria
By Ray Chambers
In the effort to end malaria deaths, Nigeria is square one: it is Africa’s most populated country, and represents one quarter of the continent’s malaria burden.
Aug 10
Bagfuls of Care
By Joelle Bassoul Mojon
The glitzy New York fashion scene and the muddy hills of a poor Ugandan village may seem worlds apart, but a backpack is bringing them closer.
Sep 14
Koraro: Innovative projects for a better use of precious water
By Stephen Ngigi
Surrounded by an arid landscape and set on eroded soil, the Millennium Village of Koraro, Ethiopia, and its 55,000 inhabitants face an enormous challenge: how to maximize water use, especially for agriculture and smallholder irrigation.
Sep 15
Carleton University students fund Millennium Promise with tuition fee
By Bryan Turner
Instead of fundraising, last year at Carleton University, Students To End Extreme Poverty campaigned to get a question to referendum whereby students would vote on whether or not they would pay an extra $6 per person annually in tuition fees to help finance a Millennium Village.
Sep 25
The Millennium Promise Partners’ Meeting, Obama & the MDG’s
By John McArthur
This has been a terrific week for Millennium Promise, for the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), and – most importantly – for the hopes of communities and families living in extreme poverty around the world.
Sep 29
Partners’ Meeting notes from Project FEED
By Ellen Gustafson
Just as September and the UN General Assembly are getting the fall off to a running start, the Millennium Promise Partners Meeting was a great harbinger of progress in Africa for the months to come.
Nov 18
Dertu promoted to the administrative status of regional Division
By Ahmed Mohamed
May 2009 was a turning point for the people of the Millennium Village of Dertu, Northern Kenya.
Dec 02
Dr. Stephen Ngigi on Water Management and Achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
By Lauren Isenman
On the morning of November 19, 2009, more than 50 people gathered online and in the New York offices of Millennium Promise to participate in a roundtable discussion on water management initiatives in the Millennium Villages project (MVP).
Dec 04
‘The MVP have opened up the eyes of people,’ says Kenya’s Prime Minister
By Joelle Bassoul Mojon
Kenya’s Prime Minister Raila Odinga hailed the Millennium Villages Project’s (MVP) achievements in his country, at a meeting in Nairobi with a high-level Ethiopian delegation.
Dec 21
High level Korean delegation witnesses achievements in Ruhiira
By Shakilah Bint Shiekh
A high level Korean delegation visited the Millennium Village of Ruhiira, Uganda, on December 9, to witness achievements made possible by the partnership between the Government of Korea and Millennium Promise.
Jan 04
Successful launch of Mayange’s cassava flour plant
By Aloys Hakizimana
All were anxiously expecting it: the farmers in order to sell off their harvest, the community to buy good quality products, and the Millennium Villages Project (MVP) team to kick-start this income generating venture.
Jan 26
Emerging from traditional to income-generating farming
By Jeannette Mukabalisa
An entrepreneurial group of Mayange residents are building a new business by taking an old idea—beekeeping—and updating it with the help of training from the Millennium Villages Project and financial support from the Mayange Community Development Fund.
Jan 28
Tanzania government draws lessons from Mbola for the fight against malaria
By Deusdedit Mjungu
Since it’s inauguration in mid 2006, the Mbola Millennium Villages Project (MVP), Tanzania, has addressed the disease burden in the area and malaria is cited as one of the most important health issues facing the community.
Feb 02
Director General of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization visits Potou Millennium Village
By Serigne Tacko Kandji
On Monday 22 January, 2010, the Director General of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, Jacques Diouf, visited the Community Garden of Gabane Wolof located in the Potou Millennium Village cluster.
Feb 24
Kenyan Ministry of Education delegation impressed with Sauri’s school meals program
By Richard Ogeda
It is possible! That was the key message from Margaret Ndanyi, the Director of the school health, nutrition and meals Unit at the Kenya Ministry of Education, after touring schools in the Sauri Millennium Villages Project.
Mar 03
The MVP introduces enhanced mobile technology to reduce child and maternal mortality
By Jackline Oluoch
Children and mothers across the Millennium Villages (MV) will benefit from a new health application based on mobile phone technology that will be used at the household level in all sites.
Mar 12
Breakthrough Village Results for Integrated Rural Needs
By John McArthur
This week the New York Times profiled the early results of the Millennium Villages in Sauri, Kenya.
May 27
Millennium Villages highlighted at the 3rd States General of Development Cooperation in Belgium
By MILLENNIUM PROMISE STAFF
“The Millennium Development Goals: How to step up the efforts?” was the central theme of the 3rd “States General”, which took place in Brussels on May 4, 2010.
May 31
Low-Cost Thrills in Millennium Village Data
By John McArthur
Yesterday, May 30, the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon visited the Millennium Villages project (MVP) in Mwandama, Malawi.
Jun 22
Coding Progress: Matt Berg on ICT in the Millennium Villages
By Amy Shaw
When is a text message more than just “hello?” When a community health worker can text symptoms of an illness and receive an instant diagnosis without leaving a patient’s home.
Jul 20
Sauri farmers learn about new concepts in water and agriculture management
By Kenneth K’Awuor
Fifty farmers, including 10 women, from Sauri Millennium Village, Western Kenya, were trained in July on new concepts in water and agriculture management by a team from the Arava Institute of Environmental Studies.
Apr 14
UNAIDS and MVP review the first results of their partnership
By Philip Wambua & Yanis Ben Amor
Teams from the Millennium Villages Project (MVP) and several UN bodies met in Nairobi in February to review the progress registered so far in the partnership launched a year ago between UNAIDS and the Project.
Aug 17
Daily Mail Retracts False Claim About Millennium Villages
By MVP
Jul 27
Repeat HIV Testing for Pregnant Women in Kenya and Tanzania
By Dylan O’Connor
The first in a series of blog posts from MVP interns.
Jul 18
Senegal Prime Minister Abdoul Mbaye Visits Potou, Calls for Expansion of Millennium Villages Approach
By Karen Schmidt
Prime Minister Abdoul Mbaye (in light blue) visits the maternity section of the Leona Health Post during a visit to the Millennium Villages of Potou in Senegal on Saturday.
Jul 13
The Daily Mail Begins to Back Away From Its Lies About the Millennium Villages Project
By MVP
Jan 17
Breakthrough in Saving Lives in Rural Africa
By Jeffrey Sachs
Earth Institute Director Jeffrey Sachs meets with Rokia, a community health worker in the Tiby Millennium Village in Mali. Mobile phones provide the workers with a vital link to a larger health care system. Photo: Millennium Promise
Oct 13
Business Development and Cooperative Training a Focus in Next Phase of Project
By Natalia Mroz
The second phase of the Millennium Villages Project (MVP) was launched on Monday, October 3rd , by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and Professor Jeffrey Sachs.
Aug 24
Aspen: Where Passing is Synonymous with Independence.
By Jessica Masira
Jessica is the Team Leader for Sauri Millennium Village (Kenya). This is her first trip to the USA and she'll be blogging with us this week on the go from the USA Pro Cycling Challenge for Millennium Promise.
Jan 05
Empowering Women: the Force Behind Ruhiira’s Best Restaurant
By Naomi Handa-Williams
Lunch time in Ruhiira? Look no further. ‘Fang Fang’ is the place to go for yummy matooke (bananas) and beans. The woman behind this thriving micro-business is Tumushabe Boneconcila, whose entrepreneurial spirit is doing much to both improve the quality of her own life and radically shake up ideas of traditional gender roles in the community.
Jan 12
Cassava Bread, the Sweet Smell of Success
By Joelle Bassoul Mojon
Martha dusts a small table with flour then starts kneading the dough, before dividing it into tennis-sized balls. Next to her, Jennifer places the balls on a tray and straight into the oven’s open mouth.
Jan 31
Falanes: Beating AIDS Against All Odds
By Joelle Bassoul Mojon
Five years ago, Falanes Josephat hit rock bottom: she suspected her husband of being HIV positive, got tested and found out she was too. In poor, rural Malawi, this meant one thing: death. Five years on, not only is she still alive, she has a job and even a future.
Feb 02
Sauri Looks Back on Five Years of Success
By Salome Munyendo
Located in Western Kenya, Sauri was the first Millennium Village (MV) to see the light in 2005. Five years on, the project area has grown to nearly 70,000 people and has registered numerous successes in its multi-sectoral approach.
Feb 07
Mayange Sees the Light at the End of the Tunnel!
By Chrysostome Mutwarangabo
Mayange had been yearning for this moment for a long time: finally, the community of this Rwanda Millennium Village has seen the light, in every sense of the word.
Feb 18
DIY Women Bring Mega-brand to Mwandama
By Joelle Bassoul Mojon
In Mwandama, a remote village in Malawi with no supermarket and limited internet, the community was falling right through the meshes of the consumer grid. But a group of enterprising women has achieved nothing less than a small revolution by effectively turning themselves into sales representatives for the world’s second-largest consumer goods company.
Apr 06
Dertu MVP Students Shine in 2010 National Exam
By Abdi Sheikh Mohamed
With a little more than 700 students, Dertu’s primary school, set in this remote pastoralist village in arid Northern Kenya, was certainly not expecting to be in the news. So the joy and pride were big when a photo of one of its students was featured in a daily newspaper.
Feb 22
Innovative Tropical Laboratory in the Middle of the Ghanaian Rainforest
By Nela Berlanga & Yanis Ben Amor
When I arrived to the Bonsaaso Millennium Villages Project (MVP) site, my first impressions regarding the status of healthcare delivery were above expectations: I was pleasantly surprised about the great work that MVP and the Ghana Health Service had carried out in this cluster.
Mar 18
Hygiene: Talking About It to Clear the Air
By Joelle Bassoul Mojon
‘Before, we were using the bush. Now we have latrines for boys and girls, and the headmaster told us how to use them.’ The 12-year-old boy’s candid explanation is a reminder of the lack of hygiene that still prevails in schools in rural and poor areas of sub-Saharan Africa.
Mar 01
Nineteen Students from Mbola Receive a Secondary School Scholarship
By Liana Mavura
Nineteen students from Mbola Millennium Village, in Uyui district in Tanzania, have been awarded secondary school scholarships from the Connect To Learn program.
Jul 06
New Health and Community Facilities in Sauri
By Salome Munyendo
Members of the small community of Uranga, in Western Kenya, don’t have to walk long distances anymore to access healthcare. Now, they can visit St. Elizabeth Onding dispensary, which was inaugurated recently by local officials and the Sauri Millennium Village team.
Jul 19
Spokes of Change: Community Health Workers
By Johnny Falla
Did you know that one single community health worker can provide care for up to 750 people in rural Africa?

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