by Mary Kate Costello | Apr 12, 2019 | Community-led Development, Education, Gender, Health, Human Rights, Livelihoods, Nutrition, PMNCH, SDGs, WASH, youth
It is perhaps easy to envision what should constitute quality health care for all people. What about choice in what quality health care means per person, according to what one wants for their lives? When a person reaches the age of adolescence, they become more aware...
by Mary Kate Costello | Nov 15, 2018 | Community-led Development, Gender
The DC community of civil society organizations (CSOs) has been buzzing, often in direct engagement with USAID, about the current USAID transformation. It seems promising and the timing could not be better, but given that the majority of the world’s poor are...
by Mary Kate Costello | Aug 1, 2017 | Humanitarian Response
By: Mary Kate Costello and Maurice A. Bloem Get real, yo. This was the concluding summary of an important event about migration and refugees held during the United Nation’s 2017 High Level Political Forum. Executive Vice President of Church World Service, Maurice A....
by Mary Kate Costello | Feb 21, 2017 | Community-led Development, Food Security, Gender, Hunger, Leadership, SDGs, Uncategorized
In keeping with The Hunger Project’s priority to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals through community-led development, advocacy for youth leadership and engagement has been at a forefront. The Hunger Project took a leading role in both the United Nation’s 6th...
by Mary Kate Costello | Dec 22, 2015 | Community-led Development, Leadership, Livelihoods, Meetings, SDGs
It is not new knowledge that half of the world’s population is made up of persons under the age of 35, the majority of whom are youth older than 15. As the expiration of the Millennium Development Goals near, the world will be responsible for achieving...
