Advancing Global Development People-to-People
Winrock volunteers work with farmers, businesses, organizations, and governments worldwide on short-term assignments, sharing their experience and expertise and improving
lives. Volunteer programs offer a rapid response to address emerging challenges and support existing programs through specialized services. Since 1991, Winrock volunteers
have traveled to 55 countries and completed 4,600 assignments.
Volunteers support Winrock programs in the areas of agricultural development, economic growth, natural resource management, renewable energy, democracy and governance, enterprise development, and women and youth empowerment.
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Become a Winrock Volunteer
Winrock's U.S. volunteers come from all walks of life - men and women, working adults, or retirees. They have in common
a desire to share their experience
and help people help themselves. Learn how you can enjoy the most rewarding experience of a lifetime.
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Hear What Our Volunteers have to say and see how they've changed the world:
- • "I never knew that I had so much to offer."
- • "There's nothing like the satisfaction you feel when you see how your work has changed lives."
- • “All of the trips have been tremendous learning opportunities. These assignments have been the most professionally and personally rewarding of any work I have ever completed. Our work touches thousands of individuals and families and is most humbling.”
- • "If someone said you are going to Kazakstan and make good friends, I just wouldn't have believed it. But it's true. We keep in touch by email."
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Matching the Right Volunteer to the Right Assignment
Winrock's volunteer assignments respond to specific needs identified by beneficiary organizations and are reviewed by
Winrock's in-country staff. Volunteers know their skills are in demand and that the organizations with which they
will work have met rigid standards. The personalized support volunteers receive
helps ensure each assignment is a productive and positive experience. Assignments can be very diverse, ranging from helping
farmers with planting or processing techniques to helping organizations write a business plan.
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Winrock recruiters match the skills of volunteers with assignments from the field. They
guide you through the process and make all the arrangements, so you don't have to worry with details.
Make a call that will change your life.
1-800-WINROCK.
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Winrock Awarded a Global Farmer-to-Farmer Leader with Associate (LWA) Cooperative Agreement
USAID’s John Ogonowski Farmer-to-Farmer (FTF) Program promotes sustainable economic
growth and agricultural development worldwide. Volunteer technical assistance from US farmers, agribusinesses, cooperatives, and universities helps developing countries to improve productivity, access new
markets, and conserve environmental and natural resources. The people-to-people exchange promotes international goodwill, understanding of US foreign assistance programs, and private involvement in development
activities. FTF volunteers work with farmers, producer groups, rural businesses, and service providers to develop local capacity necessary to enhance food security, increase incomes and economic growth, and
address environmental and natural resource management challenges.
Winrock Team Awarded Farmer-to-Farmer Programs for West Africa and Middle East & North Africa Regions
Winrock International will be supporting the USAID-funded John Ogonowski Farmer-to-Farmer Program for the West Africa (WA) and Middle East & North Africa (MENA) regions, as part of a consortium led by
ACDI/VOCA and also supported by Land o’ Lakes and resource partner Lincoln University. This award will open up a number of volunteer opportunities each year under these programs, and assignments are currently
under development.
- • FTF MENA will work to increase productivity and profitability in the agriculture sector, focusing on horticulture and dairy/livestock in Egypt and Lebanon, with flexible
interventions anticipated for West Bank and Gaza, Jordan, and Yemen.
- • FTF WA will work to raise productivity of horticulture and staple crops, focusing on farmer access to markets or end-use processors. In Nigeria, interventions will
focus on aquaculture, apiculture, and staple crops such as cassava and cowpea. Small ruminant livestock and staple crops such as rice, maize, millet, sorghum, and potatoes will be the focus in Mali.
- • The five-year program will utilize the expertise of highly qualified volunteers to support international development, with an emphasis on improving private agricultural operations.
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