Global Partner Series

We’re proud to partner with organizations around the world whose work helps stabilize global population. Since 2016, we’ve made grants or donations to small-to-medium sized organizations working on the ground in their communities to remove barriers to girls’ education, increase access to public health and family planning services, and conserve wildlife. We were able to expand this program substantially in 2022 and are excited to share the work of these incredible organizations with you!

Join us throughout the year for presentations from our Global Partners, each working in their own community to provide programs and services that contribute to stabilizing global population. See below for a line-up of upcoming presentations, Q+A interviews with our partners, and more!

Upcoming Presentations

Check back soon for our next featured partner!

In the meantime, explore our upcoming virtual events such as guest speakers, staff presentations, and a book club discussion.

Upcoming Events

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Global Partners in Guatemala

WINGS and Wuqu’ Kawoq: Reproductive Healthcare Providers in Rural Guatemala

This World Contraception Day, we were honored to be joined by two of our Guatemalan-based Global Partners, WINGS and Wuqu’ Kawoq (Maya Health Alliance). Their work centers on delivering high-quality reproductive health education and services to rural communities in Guatemala.

Recording Available Here

Global Partners in Zambia

African Education Program: Celebrating Youth Leadership: A Story of Community-Led Change

We marked International Youth Day with our Global Partner, The African Education Program (AEP). AEP works to unlock the potential of Zambia’s youth and adults by building and growing community-led organizations.

Recording Available Here

Global Partners in Colombia

Women for Conservation: Empowering Women to Protect Endangered Species and their Habitats

We celebrated World Rainforest Day with our Global Partners, Women for Conservation! We were inspired as the speakers delved into the organization’s community-based programs in conservation training, sustainable livelihoods, and family planning— all aimed at empowering rural women to become guardians of nature and protect critical biodiversity for generations.

Recording Available Here

Global Partners in Madagascar

Lemur Love: Protect lemurs. Empower women. Further science.

Lemur Love is a non-profit organization working to preserve Madagascar’s biodiversity by investing in Malagasy people. The organization’s conservation agenda is simultaneously animal-centric and human-focused, and works from the premise that human well-being is irrefutably intertwined with sustainable biodiversity.

Recording Available Here

Global Partners in Uganda

Conservation Through Public Health: Promoting One Health to Protect Endangered Gorillas

Conservation Through Public Health (CTPH) is an award-winning leader in gorilla and wildlife conservation. The organization’s vital mission is to focus on the health and interspecies relationships of wildlife, humans, and livestock in and around East Africa’s protected areas.

Recording Available Here

Global Partners in Kenya

Nashipai Maasai Community Projects: Empowering Maasai Women & Girls

Nashipai Maasai Community Projects was established in 2015, with the goal to empower girls in the community to reach their full potential through grassroots interventions. In honor of International Women’s Day, we were joined by Nashipai’s Founder who shared her journey of grassroots activism and insight into the challenges she’s overcome to advance Nashipai’s programs and increase attendance at their school.

Recording Available Here

Global Partners in Nepal

Unity For Women’s Empowerment: Sustainable development initiatives for 2023 in Nepal’s far-western region

Rural Women’s Development and Unity Center (RUWDUC) Nepal is a nonprofit organization that supports rural development programs in environmental conservation, health care, and women’s empowerment throughout the far-western region of Nepal.

Recording Available Here

Global Partners in Kenya

Nasaruni Academy: How One School in Kenya is Helping Maasai Girls Find their Voice

Founded in 2013, the Nasaruni Academy provides life-changing educational opportunities for disadvantaged Maasai girls in rural Kenya. At Nasaruni, girls experience the life-changing impact of education. With the support of our donors, we’ve been able to serve as a partner to the Nasaruni Academy, helping provide scholarship opportunities for students to attend the school.

Recording Available Here

Interviews with Partners

Building a women-led movement for nature: Q&A with Women for Conservation

Through our Global Partners program, Population Connection supports a growing number of grassroots organizations around the world working to increase access to education, public health and family planning services. Their…

Advancing gender equality and community development in Tanzania: Q&A with AHIRD

Through our Global Partners program, Population Connection supports a growing number of grassroots organizations around the world working to increase access to education, public health and family planning services. Their…

Some families have more land and can plant enough for their own use and to share or sell.

Fostering healthy lives and self-reliance in rural Guatemala: Q&A with Seeds for a Future

Through our Global Partners program, Population Connection supports a growing number of grassroots organizations around the world working to increase access to education, public health and family planning services. Their…

St. Mary’s Primary School students in Narok County calling on decision makers to implement measures that prevent FGM after a session on the FGM health risks.

Championing Maasai girls' rights: Q&A with Tareto Africa

Through our Global Partners program, Population Connection supports a growing number of grassroots organizations around the world working to increase access to education, public health and family planning services. Their…

7 Years

Since 2016, we’ve served as donors and grant makers to highly effective organizations working in their local communities to offer programs and services that contribute to stabilizing the global population.

19 Partners

Thanks to the generous support of Population Connection members, we’ve expanded our Global Partners Program, sponsoring more organizations working to improve access to reproductive health care, boost girls’ education, protect biodiversity, and preserve wildlife habitats.

9 Countries

Our global partnerships allow us to share organizations’ stories and serve as a platform for their on-the-ground insights into challenges related to population growth where they live.