News

2024

  • Karen Salazar, Field Nutritionst for GlobalRise, joins expert panel in UN’s Committee on World Food Security…more
  • GlobalRise, teaming with Mbalhamia Healing Forest in Kasese, is featured in the FAO’s Mountain Partnership 2023 Annual Report (pp29-30 under UN FAO’s Business Accelerator Initiative for Mountains & Islands)…More
  • Personal coach and trainer, Jim Moon, discusses the work of GlobalRise…More (podcast)
  • GlobalRise accepted into United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organizations’ Mountain Partnership; giving access to resources, research and action groups that are transforming life for economically disadvantaged people groups in the mountains…

2023

  • A special edition of HIMSS TV 2023 Changemakers is broadcasting now that features GlobalRise…More
  • Dietetician.ro in Romania publishes GlobalRise Case Study for helping extremely poor mountain families and producers…More
  • GlobalRise is internationally recognized with the 2023 HIMSS Changemaker Award for Health Equity, awarded to John Casillas…More

2022

  • Sylvia E Klinger, DBA, MS, RDN, CPT, founder and CEO of Hispanic Food Communications Inc in Chicago, and board member of GlobalRise, is awarded 2022 Women of the Year Award for Outstanding Achievement by the Association of Adventist Women…More
  • UBC Tonight reports that Rwenzori International University, where GlobalRise’s John Casillas serves on the Board of Trustees, officially installs leadership and opens for enrollment with high approbations and guidance from Uganda’s Minister of ICT and Chief of Defense Forces, others… More
  • Healthcare NOW hosts Gregg Masters and Fred Goldstein interview John Casillas with GlobalRise in their latest Pop Health Week podcast. More
  • HIMSS and GlobalRise make joint announcement to build first international use case for global health equity maturity model in bid to help HIMSS’ non-profit members by mobilizing over 100,000 HIMSS members around the world. More
  • GlobalRise’s Casillas to keynote HIMSS Global Health Equity Symposium at HIMSS22 in Orlando. More
  • John Bradshaw at It Is Written “Conversations” interviews John Casillas to uncover the founding ideas leading to the creation of GlobalRise. More

2021

  • GlobalRise and Hello Tractor selected to present at the United Nation’s first Food Systems Summit. More
    • Cohort15 work output for UN Action Assemblies. More
  • GlobalRise accepted into Game Changers Lab sponsored by EAT, Rockefeller Foundation, Meridian Institute, IDEO, Thought For Food, Second Muse and Intention2Impact. More
  • MobiHealth News examines how digital health can help refugees, interviewing GlobalRise. More

2020

  • New Population Health in Developing Countries Case Study published by HIMSS describes the journey of GlobalRise. More
  • GlobalRise selected as semi-finalist, from 1,319 global submissions, for Rockefeller Foundation’s 2050 Food Systems Vision Prize. More

2019

  • GlobalRise plans for creating a sustainable community platform that combats stunting and poverty is featured by Rockefeller Foundation as a visionary food system. More

2018

  • GlobalRise tasked with building a community nutrition program at the Kasese Better Living Center. More
  • GlobalRise completes Farm-To-Plate Protocol at Christalis Home, providing a nourishing food system for its orphaned children, staff and helping with food aspects of the family development program. More