Our US-based Iraq program staff (Stephanie Finigan, Zedan Mohamad, and Liz Mastors) flew to Amman, Jordan last week to convene with our Baghdad-based staff (Farooq Gariyoka, Rawad Sabar, Mohanad Dheyaa Tawfeeq, Mayada Alsafi, and Zeina Vasee). The team came...
As I reflect on the current and future success of Prosperity Catalyst, I am reminded of a conversation I had recently with a former colleague, Sarah Mutesi, now Marketing Director at Gahaya Links, a Rwandan handicrafts vendor. Gahaya Links...
In April 2014, a group of Catalyzers traveled to Haiti to see and join in the work of Prosperity Catalyst. The following is a reflection by one of those Catalyzers, Dana Frost, on her time spent with the women...
If you’ve followed our journey these past few years, you’ve heard all about Prosperity Candle’s pilot program in Baghdad in 2009, in which more than fifty women were trained to make candles from their homes. The pilot is where...
The past month has been difficult for Iraq and Iraqis. The deterioration of the security situation impacted all aspects of daily life— not only in the cities seized by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS)— but in...
On this very rainy 4th of July, I am feeling more reflective than celebratory. Tomorrow, when the sun is shining and I’m with my family, I will be celebrating and relaxing, but today I feel drawn to continuing to...
I have been reflecting a lot recently on how powerful small acts can be. Indeed, Prosperity Catalyst’s work in Haiti has only moved forward in the last 14 months due to an accumulation of small acts that have created...