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Along the forested Papar River in North Borneo’s Malaysian state of Sabah, many indigenous communities still practice riparian lifestyles much the same way they did hundreds of years ago. Land ...

Indigenous Land Rights and Mega Dams in Sarawak In Sarawak, the state where Green Empowerment implemented our very first project in Malaysian Borneo, the indigenous community members along the Baram ...

Dear friends and partners, On behalf of the Board of Directors of Green Empowerment, I am pleased to announce that Andrea Johnson has been hired as Executive Director of Green ...

One of my favorite parts of my time in Nicaragua has been taking photos of the people and the culture. While much of this has been in the communities, I ...

Although our projects focus on clean energy and water, the installations have longer-lasting effects on community members. Each system type contributes to healthy lifestyles and can help ease the stresses ...

GE installs a number of different technologies through our Boaco program. My personal favorites are our residential solar installations. These systems have immediate effects for the recipient families, as they ...

Green Empowerment partners with Managua-based AsoFenix for our projects in the Boaco region of Nicaragua. As part of our program, Green Empowerment and AsoFenix train local technicians to maintain and repair ...

Out in the hills of rural Nicaragua, you’ll find the communities of El Bálsamo, El Jazmín, and El Jocote. These are the sites where I’ve been working for the last ...

At Green Empowerment, we’ve always done development a bit differently. We aren’t the only international development agency in rural communities in Latin America and Asia. And we aren’t the only ...

By Mike KalkofenThe desire to do something meaningful and help people. You hear it a lot these days, especially in the career marketplace, and I can relate because it was ...