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Hope in Every Drop: Bringing Clean Water to Yemen
By Ina Lee, Communications Director, Yemen Relief and Reconstruction Foundation
Water filters distributed in an Internally Displaced Camp in Aden, Yemen. Photo: YRRF
Imagine waking up every day, unsure if the water you drink will make you sick. For millions in Yemen, a country ravaged by conflict and a severe water crisis, this is a harsh reality. The Yemen Relief and Reconstruction Foundation (YRRF) is working to change this narrative, striving to make clean water accessible to everyone. In alignment with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 6 (SDG6) – Clean Water and Sanitation, YRRF is dedicated to ensuring that all Yemeni people have reliable access to clean water.
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Stronger Tomorrow: Integral Efforts by Microsoft to Build Digital Capacities and Technological Proficiency
By Aneesh Chatterjee
Learning to code; Nigeria. Photo: Desola Lanre-Ologun/Unsplash
In October, 2023, Microsoft partnered with M-PESA Africa in Nairobi to strengthen their efforts in digitizing small and medium-sized enterprises in various markets, and introducing businesses to digital skills training programs on the Microsoft Community Platform. Helping businesses become more comfortable with modern technologies and learning to use them may be the key to building resilience in rapidly transforming economies, and ensuring longevity and adaptability for enterprises of any scale. By partnering with local NGOs in targeted communities, Microsoft’s digital upskilling programs can be modified for a variety of local contexts, requirements, and problems – something that generative AI is becoming increasingly useful for.
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Ama Akuamoah, Director of Market Engagement, Digital Innovation Group, Opportunity International
“The economic empowerment of a woman is the economic empowerment of a family and the communities that make up a nation.”
This powerful observation was shared with me by Ama Akuamoah, the Director of Market Engagement for the Digital Innovation Group at Opportunity International. I was able to connect with her while she was in Malawi, having recently visited some final-mile project locations there. We had a wonderful conversation over Zoom. She was relaxed, perhaps a bit tired being that it was the end of her (busy) day, and had a wonderful, attentive demeanor, and an infectious smile!