Millennium Villages

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.

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.

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 03

Launch of a New Base Station for Mobile Communications in Pampaida

By Bala Yusuf Yunusa

On Thursday, May 21, 2009, the Pampaida Millennium Village celebrated the launch of a new base station that will provide mobile communications to this rural Nigerian community.

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 23

The Community Resource Centre: Ruhiira’s window on the world

By Naomi Handa-Williams

Not long ago, next to the Ruhiira Health Centre was a relatively unassuming looking building surrounded by scattered building blocks and cast in the shadow of a towering radio mast which usually had the ICT facilitator Elly Nankunda tinkering at the top of it.

Feb 29

Solar Power Lights Up New Business in Uganda Village

By Natalia Mroz

Asimwe Enock provides haircuts using electricity from solar panels well into the night after the sun has gone down.

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.

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