Corus International

We believe that strengthening local capacity, mobilizing communities, sensitizing health service providers, and embedding strong response mechanisms into communities and health systems can lead to resilient, healthy environments that are free from violence. As we continue to break the silence around GBV during these 16 Days of Activism, the Corus family of organizations is launching our latest InUnison digital newsletter. Learn more about our global efforts to combat GBV and create lasting change: https://bit.ly/47eJanm Join us as we stand against GBV. #OrangeTheWorld #16Days #EndViolence #NoExcuse #BreakTheSilence #GBV

📣 Meet Glendi Mercedes Teyul Tec, a community leader from Alta Verapaz, Guatemala. She is not only a board member of the Indigenous People's Association for the Integral Productive Development of Pinares (ADIPID), but is also an agricultural promoter of organic cacao producers. Recently, she participated in Corus organization Lutheran World Relief’s Regional Learning Workshop on Early Actions for Risk Management that focused on disaster risk reduction activities for the expected heavy hurricane season in the region. The workshop was made possible by our SOS II project in El Salvador that is supported by Margaret A. Cargill Philanthropies. Glendi passionately shared insights from ADIPID, which consists of 160 members, highlighting the critical importance of disaster risk management in light of the severe drought challenges they have faced in recent years within their cocoa production. She aims to leverage the knowledge gained from the workshop to better equip her community in preparing for and recovering from climate-related risks. “I can offer training on drought recovery, future adaptation strategies, and effective practices such as establishing a nursery to support cocoa plantation recovery,” Glendi shared. #Guatemala #EarlyAction #CommunityImpact #DisasterRiskReduction

We are currently hiring for our organization. If you are passionate about making a positive impact and thriving in a professional and inspiring environment, this opportunity is for you. Join our team and be a part of something meaningful. See below for each position and where to apply. 1. Director, Ethics, Risk and Compliance, Washington DC: https://bit.ly/4fzPkCs 2. Manager, Annual Giving, Washington DC: https://bit.ly/3ATZAGV

We are grateful for the opportunity to partner with UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency to provide school kits and blankets from Corus organization Lutheran World Relief for refugee communities and host populations in Kayes, Mali. Collaboration like this can ensure resources go farther, logistics are more efficient, and more people are served. Everyone wins! #Refugees #Mali #Partnership #HumanitarianAid #SchoolKits #Blankets [Pictured: Mali Country Director Hazara Ouedraogo, Head of the UNHCR Satellite Office in Kayes Mamadou Sidibe, community leaders and children.]

🌍💙 Honoring Strength and Resilience on World Migrants Day At Corus, we believe in more than just providing emergency aid—we empower displaced families to rebuild their lives with dignity. Alongside food, blankets, and shelter, we offer livelihood support that gives families the tools and training they need to become self-reliant. From vocational skills training to small business support, we’re helping displaced people rise above the cycle of poverty. These opportunities don’t just provide income—they restore hope, dignity, and the power to choose a better future. On this #WorldMigrantsDay, we are launching a new video series, Displaced Voices, to learn about the reality of being displaced directly from those who are forced to live it. Fela Mbahibwe tells our first story. Fela, a mother and grandmother, was forced to flee her village after M23 rebels and Rwandan troops stormed her community in North Kivu province, DRC. Leaving everything behind—her home, her livelihood—Fela embarked on a perilous journey, carrying her youngest children on her back and tying the older children to her with rope and other materials. She walked hours through the night without food or clean water, driven by the hope of reaching safety. Today, she lives in a crowded displacement camp near Goma, with nothing but the will to rebuild her life for her children and grandchildren. Like Fela, who escaped conflict with her children, displaced people face unimaginable challenges. But with access to sustainable livelihoods, they can start again, thrive, and dream of more. Watch Fela’s story: https://bit.ly/3VMUxPN And read more about her experience here: https://bit.ly/3P1zsgQ #WorldMigrantsDay #IDPs #DRC #M23Conflict #DisplacedVoices

Corus COO Mahmoud Bah recently visited Tanzania where he and a delegation of Corus leadership met with the Honorable Minister of Agriculture Hussein Bashe as well as with thriving past project participants and longtime partners. With excitment to build on our long track record of successes in Tanazania and with business-led solutions elsewhere, we are looking to expand Ground Up Investing's portfolio into Tanzania in order to further serve farmers and grow rural economies. Read more about Mahmoud's reflections and see photos from the trip in his post below. ⬇️

Nurse Tangiza has seen hundreds of children in his community in Kasai, DRC suffering from chronic malnutrition. Some repeatedly come in to receive treatments of Plumpy'Nut only to relapse when the treatment has finished. Kholoma Fandji is one of the patients that he has seen return again and again. At four years old, Kholoma has spent half of her life chronically malnourished. Her family takes her to the health center, and she receives a treatment of Plumpy'Nut. For two years, she has been stuck in the same cycle of recuperation and relapse: when on Plumpy'Nut she gets better. As soon as the treatment ends, she relapses into malnutrition. But Nurse Tangiza believes change is possible. He recently attended a training on community-based nutrition facilitated by Corus International Organization, IMA World Health through The World Bank's Multisectoral Nutrition and Health (PMNS) project. Nurse Tangiza says, “All you need to do is raise awareness, repeat. This is what we are doing, raising the community awareness so the community can take care because the Plumpy’Nut won't last forever. The Plumpy will end. The community must know that they can have gardens at home. People should know that even in those Plumpy’Nuts, it is our own food that they bring us in Plumpy’Nut. Because if we check in Plumpy’Nut, there are peanuts. There is maize. There are beans. It's the food that we produce ourselves here in our community. It’s being manufactured and brought back to us. That's why we're always strengthening awareness—for community-based nutrition.” Read the full story about Nurse Tangiza, Kholoma, and others who are making gains against malnutrition in DRC: https://lnkd.in/edKFwaPp #Malnutrition #DRC #EndHunger #IMAWorldHealth #PMNS #WorldBank

📣 Meet Elmer Martinez Leon, a committed member of the community of El Tablón in El Salvador. Not only is he a cocoa farmer, he also plays a vital role in the Community Civil Protection Commission (CCPC), where he helps coordinate disaster preparedness and response efforts, as well as initiatives for climate change adaptation and mitigation. With support from Corus organization Lutheran World Relief and Margaret A. Cargill Philanthropies, Elmer has received training in disaster risk reduction through our SOS II project. He actively monitors weather conditions and shares crucial information with his community to proactively mitigate the impact of potential disasters. 🌩️ In his own words: “Early action for me means being well prepared. When a situation comes to the community, it's important to be ready to act. You have to be ready for any event that might occur." Let's recognize and celebrate individuals like Elmer, who put their communities before themselves to ensure everyone's safety! 🌍 #ElSalvador #EarlyAction #CommunityImpact #DisasterRiskReduction

Ngalula has struggled to feed her family since fleeing her home in Kananga, DRC during the Kamuina Nsapu war. Her husband is away for months at a time working in the diamond mines in Southern Kasai and Angola, leaving her to take care of their eight children alone. She does laundry and fetches water to resell in her village, making around $1 per day. She can only afford to feed her children once before they go to bed each day. She has already lost three of her children to malnutrition-related illnesses, and now her three-year-old daughter, Tshituka, has been diagnosed with severe malnutrition. Pictured here, Tshituka sits in her mother’s lap eating a packet of Plumpy’Nut, which she received at a nutrition screening earlier that day at her local health center. Read more about Ngalula, Tshituka and why the chances of fully recovering from malnutrition are improving across Kasai thanks to IMA World Health’s PMNS Project, funded by the The World Bank: https://bit.ly/3D9r7Vq #DRC #Malnutrition #IMAWorldHealth #EndHunger #PMNS #WorldBank

Corus organization IMA World Health is dedicated to strengthening health systems wherever we work. Through HSS, we support everyone's access to quality, affordable health care and the mitigation of global health security risks. Learn more about our approach to global health security and how we are applying it in fragile settings like Mali and DRC: https://bit.ly/4geRto0 #UHCDay #GHS #GlobalHealthSecurity #HealthSystemStrengthening #HSS