Watch Partners President and CEO John McPhail's message to the Partners Network on how we are all social beings who continue to need connections during this "new normal." Click the graphic above to watch with Spanish and Portuguese subtitles. |
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Considerations for Using Masks (August 7, 2020) — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) provides guidelines in Spanish for how to wear a mask and who should use a mask to slow the spread of COVID-19.
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101 Free Resources for Home-Schooling During the COVID-19 Crisis (July 28, 2020) — With more schools becoming remote or part-time this fall, many parents now have to home-school their children. This article lists 101 free resources to support parents during this challenging time.
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How Do You Tell a Child Bad News? (July 8, 2020) — UNICEF includes tips in Spanish to support parents, caregivers, health professionals, and social workers in the difficult task of talking to children about the death or illness of a loved one.
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Partners' Chapters are resilient and continue advancing the mission of Partners to connect, serve, and change lives, even during this pandemic that is disproportionately affecting the Western Hemisphere. One example is the Texas Chapter, which in conjunction with the Bolivia Diaspora in Texas, the Missouri Chapter, and the three Bolivian Chapters (Santa Cruz, Cochabamba, and La Paz y el Altiplano), is raising resources to purchase and ship equipment and medicine to Bolivia. Other Chapters have established hotlines for those coping with social isolation or those in need of telemedicine advice. In August, the Membership Unit finished hosting virtual meetings to connect the Chapter Network by region, first with U.S. Chapters and then with Spanish-speaking Latin American and Caribbean Chapters. In both meetings, Chapters highlighted their efforts to continue impacting lives during the pandemic. Approximately 70 leaders from over 40 Chapters came together to demonstrate the strength of the Network. If you are interested in getting involved with a Chapter, click on the link below. |
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Economic Development and Health Unit |
The Farmer-to-Farmer program (F2F) continues to provide remote technical assistance to the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region and its F2F core countries (Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Guyana, Jamaica, and Myanmar). The program has recently expanded to include local volunteers in each of these core countries, an innovation that will provide robust and sustainable support to farmers, agribusinesses, and cooperatives throughout and beyond the pandemic. These volunteers include university students, faculty, and technical experts who wish to support their local communities in collaboration with remote U.S. volunteers. Current collaborations between remote and local volunteers include curriculum development for fisheries, webinars in small ruminant nutrition, and agricultural strategic planning. Should you or anyone in your networks (U.S.- or LAC- based) be interested in supporting the F2F program, please contact farmertofarmer@partners.net.
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This month, the CPU continued to combat child labor, forced labor, and trafficking in persons through virtual platforms and campaigns to adapt to COVID-19 restrictions. The CPU’s U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL)-funded Palma Futuro project worked with their partners at the National Federation of Palm Oil Growers (Fedepalma) to expand their existing outreach campaign to spread awareness information about COVID-19 to Colombian palm oil growers. The expanded campaign featured infographic flyers used to disseminate COVID-19 information, including one titled “In These Difficult Times You Have a Right to Secure and Dignified Employment." In addition, this month the CPU’s USDOL-funded Colombia Avanza and Palma Futuro Project Director, Eduardo Bejarano, met with the Governor of Colombia’s Tolima Department, Ricardo Orozco Valero. Through this meeting, Partners and the Department of Tolima were able to strengthen their relationship and move forward with activities to continue supporting its coffee-growing civil society during the pandemic. In July, the Colombia Avanza project developed a COVID-19 Response Kit to share how they are combatting child labor in the Colombian coffee sector.
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Education and Global Citizenship Unit |
On July 28, 2020, the Citizen Diplomacy Action Fund (CDAF) Rapid Response round closed, awarding 34 grants of up to $10,000 to individuals and teams of U.S. exchange citizen alumni of U.S. government-sponsored exchange programs to respond to issues related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Grant projects are now taking place across 20 countries, the U.S., and virtually, ranging from building resilience through the arts to media literacy, gender equality, COVID-19 prevention, and more. The U.S. Department of State and Partners are now preparing for the fall 2020 CDAF round with intent to launch in September 2020. In August, the 100,000 Strong in the Americas (100K) Innovation Fund participated in two virtual events hosted by the U.S. Embassy in Colombia. The first event, "Desarraigo," featured a 100K project on partnering for prosocial digital campaigns with a focus on coffee and climate change in Colombia. The second event featured "Women4Peace," a project led by Universidad de La Salle and implemented in partnership with 10 higher education institutions (HEIs) in the U.S. and Colombia. The project aimed to build the knowledge and leadership skills of women in technology, engineering, agricultural, social, economic, and administrative sciences.
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The 2019 Annual Report Is In |
For 55 years, Partners of the Americas has remained steadfast in its commitment to building bridges of connectivity for a more empowered and sustainable world.
Check out our 2019 Annual Report to read more:
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Stepping Out of My Comfort Zone |
Anna details her impactful experience as one of many students from the University of Louisville who traveled to Ecuador in March 2020 as a part of the Kentucky-Ecuador Chapter’s study abroad program. The students visited seven schools in five days, where they provided fluoride varnish to improve children's dental health and taught English. All 10 students who participated are now Kentucky-Ecuador Chapter members. |
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USDOS Releases Yearly Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report as Partners Works to Combat TIP in Paraguay |
On June 25, 2020, the U.S. Department of State (USDOS) released the yearly Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report for 2020, which consisted of analyses and narratives of the state of trafficking in each country recognized by the USDOS. Partners' CPU programs directly tackle many of the issues of child, labor, and sex trafficking addressed in the report. |
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Partners of the Americas is hiring! We are currently seeking an ATLAS Project Communicator, EDH Director, EDH Senior Program Officer in Venezuela, EDH Senior Program Officer in Colombia, and an IT Support Specialist. |
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Open Internship Opportunities |
Partners of the Americas is looking for interns! We are seeking a 2020 IT Intern, EDH Intern, Comm Fall Intern, Program Development Intern, Finance and Accounting Intern, and a Business Management Intern to join our team. |
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