World Connect

Our recent gathering of NYC Connect grantees strengthened their connections for future collaboration & support

Thank you to Joanna Briley, StoryTell NYC, and Clara Bingham for facilitating the evening and Belmont Park Village for sharing their space with us!

Undocumented Women's Fund South Brooklyn Sanctuary nanasavegan Oko Farms Cambio Labs Brujas of Brooklyn Dominicans Love Haitians Movement

Congratulations to World Connect Rwanda and our community partners on the launch of 12 projects!

News flash! We inaugurated 12 new community-led projects in Rwanda that will improve economic opportunity, education, and health for people living in government housing. See link below for the full article. These wonderful photos in the article were taken by Love in Arts, a project partner of World Connect Rwanda that equips youth with media skills!

https://www.newtimes.co.rw/article/36124/news/featured/world-connect-rwanda-showcases-the-power-of-community-led-development-with-12-projects

World Connect Rwanda showcases the power of community-led development with 12 projects World Connect Rwanda, in partnership with Musanze District and the University of Rwanda-Busogo campus, hosted a ceremony on Thursday May 28th 2026 to inaugurate 12 development...

🎉 How do we spark joy? Investing in communities. Here, World Connect Rwanda country director Rhoda celebrates the launch of 12 new projects that will improve health, education, and economic opportunity for people living in government housing.

Have you met Paul Phiri yet? There's a reason why we call him the Banana Whisperer. 🍌🍌

Paul Phiri: The Banana Whisperer A seed investment of $750 from World Connect in eastern Zambia turned 50 banana plantsinto 42,000 in ten years. Paul Phiri trained 400 families to grow this ...

“𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙨 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙩-𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙨 𝙧𝙚𝙙𝙚𝙨𝙞𝙜𝙣𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙚𝙨, 𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙣 𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙩𝙪𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨?”

𝘔𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘙𝘶𝘵𝘩 𝘊𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘩𝘢 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘢 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 Mudzi Connect.
𝘙𝘶𝘵𝘩 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘴 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺-𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘵-𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘔𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘸𝘪.

𝘋𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺’𝘴 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘗𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘔𝘶𝘥𝘻𝘪 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘵-𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘵𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘣𝘺:

• 𝙏𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙡𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙤 𝙡𝙤𝙘𝙖𝙡 𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙪𝙖𝙜𝙚𝙨
• 𝙒𝙤𝙧𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙙𝙞𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙡𝙮 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙜𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙥𝙨
• 𝙍𝙚𝙢𝙤𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙪𝙣𝙣𝙚𝙘𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙖𝙧𝙮 𝙗𝙖𝙧𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙛𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙘𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙚𝙨
• 𝙎𝙪𝙥𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙗𝙪𝙩𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙘𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙖𝙨
• 𝘽𝙪𝙞𝙡𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙜-𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙢 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙤𝙬𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙥

𝘏𝘦𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘺 𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘴 𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘯𝘵: 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘧𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵.

“𝙒𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙬𝙚 𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙡𝙞𝙢𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙗𝙮 𝙡𝙞𝙢𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙘𝙘𝙚𝙨𝙨,” 𝙨𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙛𝙡𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙚𝙙.

𝘙𝘶𝘵𝘩 𝘫𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘴 𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘚𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘯 𝘈𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺-𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘵-𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦, 𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘺. 🌟

Good vibes only! We are still feeling all the energy from last night's Annual Benefit. Thank you to all for an amazing celebration of the power inside communities to drive global progress!

Way to go, Mudzi Connect! 👏👏

💥 We are energized for our Annual Benefit on Tuesday, May 19, when we'll celebrate the POWER INSIDE FOOD as an essential ingredient to global progress. Here's a sneak peak of the evening!