SUCCESS STORIES

June 2, 2017

Leandro Mendez, Community of San Nicolas, Bolivia

San Nicolas is a community in the sub-central part of Sik´imira, a municipality of Vila Vila, located in the department of Cochabamba, in Bolivia. In April 2015 when WN first visited and presented our development approach to the community, participants did not show much interest.
October 28, 2019

Voice of America | Nightline Africa Interview

On October 12, 2019, World Neighbors CEO, Kate Schecter was interviewed on Voice of America’s program Nightline Africa. Listen to the interview here:    
June 2, 2017

Mrs. Masnah: An Entrepreneur in Indonesia

Mrs. Masnah is 50 years old and lives in Dara Kunci Village on the Island of Lombok in Indonesia. She has four children. Mrs. Masnah was very enthusiastic when she attended a training on the manufacturing of cashew fruit and wheat crackers which was facilitated by the staff of LPSDM, a World Neighbors local partner.
March 30, 2022

World Neighbors Expands Its Work to Malawi

World Neighbors (WN) expanded its work in Africa to Malawi in 2022. Located in southeastern Africa to the south of Tanzania, Malawi is one of the […]
October 28, 2019

Voice of America | Nightline Africa Interview

On October 12, 2019, World Neighbors CEO, Kate Schecter was interviewed on Voice of America’s program Nightline Africa. Listen to the interview here:    
June 2, 2017

Magno Castillo: A Farmer in Peru

Vacahuasi is a rural community in the district of Ocros in the Ayacucho Region of Peru where Magno Castillo lives with his wife Primitiva Gutierrez and their five children. Magno is happy and enthusiastic about his new guinea pig farm. He started working on it in May 2015, when World Neighbors was implementing a community led assessment of the region.
June 2, 2017

Water and soil conservation technologies practice success at permanent garden

Generally, all farmers in Oecusse, Timor-Leste practice slash and burn to open new farmland. The mountainous, geographic condition of Oecusse means most of the farmland is on steep, sloping land that make the impact from slash and burn even worse, as the top soil washes down and away during the rainy season.
June 2, 2017

The Community of Fatunababo in Timor-Leste: Success in protecting and conserving their water source

On the small island nation of East Timor or Timor Leste, Aldea Fatunababu is a small village in Suco Usitaco with 58 households. The main livelihood in this area is dry land agriculture. Fatunababu’s geography is mountainous, with a lot of waste and rocky land which is prone to landslides.