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Since 1992, Future Generations has specialized in community-based approaches to build the capacity of marginalized communities throughout the world. Working in three-way partnerships with communities, government, and outside experts, Future Generations raises the capacity of communities to create locally appropriate solutions that last.

Below are articles, web pages, and multimedia resources related to Future Generations work in community capacity building. For more information, please contact Community Capacity Building Team Coordinator, LeeAnn Shreve at Leeann@future.org.

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Aljazeera features Peruvian Women's Action Groups and Soccer Leagues

Posted on Thu, 2011 – 08 – 25 18:17

A Woman Leader, Juana Estrada, trained by Future Generations Peru in maternal and child health, created a women's soccer league in rural Cusco that has the added benefit of bringing together older and younger women from remote villages to gain health knowledge and discuss shared challenges.

View the video on Aljazeera's website>.

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Forbes.com features Future Generations Graduate School

Posted on Thu, 2011 – 07 – 21 13:28

On July 20, 2011, a press conference on Capitol Hill announced a Microsoft donation of $2 million in software for non-profit organizations in Appalachia. The Future Generations Graduate School received approximately $70,000 in software donations to be used in public computer centers based in volunteer fire departments across West Virginia.

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Empowering Women Leaders Worldwide for Community Change

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Future Generations Graduate School
Date: 
June, 2011

Learn about alumnae of the Future Generations Graduate School and enjoy select profiles of exemplary women leaders featured in this booklet. These women are leaders paving the way for community change in their home countries. Since 2003, the Master's Degree program in Applied Community Change and Conservation has equipped these women with skills in such areas as conservation, empowerment, health, and peacebuilding. These women learn these skills while living in their communities interacting with faculty and sharing lessons with each other during four one-month residentials.

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