What does it look like when international development works? Cloudburst Public Information Specialist, Sandra Coburn, provides a glimpse in her photograph, which received an honorable mention in USAID's Feed the Future photo contest. Over 100 images were submitted on the theme "Photos of Progress: What It Looks Like When Development Works" and we are proud [...]
Cloudburst Group has released RFP No. 2017-LRDP-001, “Mid-term Performance Evaluation of USAID/Columbia’s Land and Rural Development Program (Mid-term PE-LRDP)”
Washington, DC, November 18, 2016— The Cloudburst Group announced today that Co-Founder and President Patrick Moynahan will retire capping over 30 years of assisting organizations that provide services to socially and economically underserved persons. Over three years ago, Mr. Moynahan brought in Michelle Hayes as an owner and Executive Vice President to begin succession planning. [...]
"FACT: Rates of homelessness in the U.S. remained essentially unchanged between 2008-2012. This is surprising indeed, especially against the backdrop of a recession that had its origins in the housing market, and in which tens of thousands of homeowners lost their homes. Evan Horowitz made an important contribution to the conversation, 'Does poverty drive homeless [...]
At the 2016 World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty last week—the most important event of the year for influencing policy and programming in the land sector—The Cloudburst Group presented our research and solutions for addressing one of the pressing global development challenges: strengthening land and resource rights. The theme of the 17th annual conference was Scaling [...]
In June 2014, First Lady Michelle Obama launched the Mayors Challenge to End Veteran Homelessness by the end of 2015. In New Orleans, Mayor Mitch Landrieu assembled a broad public-private partnership in a committed and very public effort to achieve this ambitious goal. The Cloudburst Group, working with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Mayor Mitch Landrieu and community leaders, has documented how the City of New Orleans met the Mayors Challenge – a full year early.
Originally appeared on the Cato Institute's events. Featuring Tim Wilson, Human Rights Commissioner, Australia; and Karol Boudreaux, Land Tenure and Resource Rights Practice Lead, The Cloudburst Group; moderated by Ian Vasquez, Director, Center for Global Liberty and Prosperity, Cato Institute. Indigenous peoples’ land rights around the world have long been violated or weakened by hostile [...]
Originally appeared on Thomson Reuters Foundation. ILALASIMBA, Tanzania (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Yolanda Ngunda has every reason to smile now she holds a title deed recognizing her as sole owner of a disputed plot of rugged farmland in Tanzania’s remote southern highlands [...] Launched in 2014, the $1 million project, implemented by the Cloudburst Group, [...]
Originally appeared on the Guardian Media / CARE Tanzania. United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has mapped and registered land for more than 940 Ilalasimba villagers in Iringa Rural District to help rural people own land. Launched in 2014, the project developed a participatory methodology to implement the pilot by combining use of technology [...]
Cloudburst Group has released the following request for proposals (RFP): “Land Administration to Nurture Development (LAND) Impact Evaluation Data Collection in Afar,” RFP No. 2015-ERC-001. All responses must be submitted by 5:00pm Eastern Time on Friday, July 24, 2015. Update (7/15/15): Responses have been posted to submitted questions about the RFP. Download: the RFP, the budget attachment, and [...]