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Lauren Isenman is the Director of Major Gifts at Millennium Promise. She is based in New York.
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Posted by Lauren Isenman  |  Dec 2, 2009 | 2 Comments
Infrastructure • MDG Centres • Millennium Villages Project

Dr. Stephen Ngigi on Water Management and Achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)

On the morning of November 19, 2009, more than 50 people gathered online and in the New York offices of Millennium Promise to participate in a roundtable discussion on water management initiatives in the Millennium Villages project (MVP). Led by Dr. Stephen Ngigi, an Associate Research Scientist with The Earth Institute, who is the MVP’s Water Resources Specialist and Water Coordinator based at the MDG . . . [more]

Posted by Lauren Isenman  |  May 7, 2009 | 1 Comments
Agriculture • Business Development • Education • Ruhiira, Uganda • Sauri, Kenya

Video: Documenting Successes in Uganda and Kenya

I had the wonderful opportunity this spring to visit two Millennium Village clusters, Ruhiira in Uganda and Sauri in Kenya, with a group of extraordinary donors. We had wonderful and exciting experiences in both locations. In Ruhiira, we learned about how deforestation has resulted in severe soil erosion in the area. To combat this environmental degradation, the MVP is helping to establish nurseries, as seen in this video: To increase crop yields, the MVP team in Ruhiira is teaching grafting to the local farmers . . . [more]

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