by Shirley Ko This year’s theme for World AIDS Day is Think Positive: Rethink HIV. At Pact, we see lots of reasons to be positive. In Nigeria’s Bayelsa state, more pregnant women are being tested for...
by Corinne Reilly Two years ago, most Ukrainians had never heard of Roman Vintoniv. Now he rarely goes a day without a stranger on the street recognizing his black-framed glasses and signature blonde...
by Corinne Reilly The women begin arriving as the sun is setting, taking their places in worn plastic chairs arranged in a wide circle beneath a grove of trees behind Pact’s office in Ikwoto, South...
Written by: Corinne Reilly KIEV, UKRAINE Although Ukraine has made important reforms since its 2014 revolution, change is coming at a pace far slower than civil society organizations and Western...
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) is generally a challenge in Ethiopia with coverage levels amongst the lowest in the world. The 301 Alternative Basic Education Centers (ABECs)...
With the death toll still rising and widespread destruction of homes and farmland, hundreds of thousands of people are in critical need of assistance in Myanmar in the wake of recent devastating...
International NGO’s unparalleled on-the-ground network already in many of hardest-hit areas WASHINGTON, D.C., USA | August 5, 2015 – Pact, one of the longest serving international organizations in...
PALE TOWNSHIP, MYANMAR It’s hard to overstate the difference that reliable access to clean water makes – something that the people of Ohn Hnauk village in central Myanmar are learning firsthand...
Written by: Corinne Reilly RUMBEK, SOUTH SUDAN All the worn plastic chairs are filled when Hakim Cipuounyuc says it’s time for the meeting to start. He surveys the two dozen community leaders who are...
By Corinne Reilly By the time the woman made it to Gatwech Chotlith’s desk, she’d already made up her mind that she was done living. She’d been staying for months in one of the biggest civilian...