FEATURED PROJECTS
Expanding Educational Opportunities for Girls in Bangladesh
The Expanding Education for Marma Girls project, with BGR partner the Jamyang Foundation, provides the gift of education for girls from the remote village of Dhosri and surrounding villages in Bangladesh.
Food, Not Feed: Transforming the Global Food System
At the UN Conference on Climate Change in Glasgow, COP26, the raising of livestock was identified as a driver of carbon emissions, turning carbon-sequestering forests and peatlands into grazing land for livestock, and turning arable land that grows food to be directly consumed by people into feed for beef and dairy cattle, pigs, and chickens.
Agricultural and Vocational Livelihoods Support for Women in Need in India
A partnership between BGR and Building Bridges India is empowering the widows of farmers who committed suicide to escape the bane of poverty and learn new skills that enable them to earn a decent living. One project trains women in organic farming; the other teaches them embroidery and sewing.
CAMFED: A Pan-African Effort to Support Girls and Young Women
New BGR partner CAMFED catalyzes the power of the most vulnerable girls and young women to create the future they imagine—for themselves, for their communities, and for Africa.
Nourishing and Educating Girls in Lima, Peru
A project with the Asociación Grupo de Trabajo Redes (AGTR) works to develop educational opportunities for girls in San Juan de Miraflores, one of the poorest districts of Lima.
Feeding Children in Need in Port-au-Prince, Haiti
A grant from Buddhist Global Relief to the What If Foundation supports the Lamanjay Food Program in the Ti Plas Kazo community of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The program serves up to 800 free meals each day at the Lamanjay community cafeteria and also provides lunches for 350 to 400 students and staff of the Father Jeri School in Port-au-Prince.
