Primary schooling in Kenya – a parent’s dilemma
May 15, 2012 | Audrey Wabwire
This from-the-ground feature explores the impact of corruption on the education system in Kenya, hearing local perspectives from home, from school and from the NGO sector.
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Leaders must think of rural people – we are starving
May 4, 2012 | Kaidia Samaké
Kaidia explains the urgent matters that the new Mali government must attend to – the economy, education and hunger.
Our government has chosen power plants over paddy
Apr 30, 2012 | Bhan Sahu
Bhan Sahu blogs about a new campaign she is organising, helping those who are being displaced from fertile farmland to make room for 34 thermal power plants.
We must lead Mali toward progress
Apr 23, 2012 | Kaidia Samaké
Kaidia speaks her mind about the recent coup in Mali and reflects on what these changes could mean for the rural south of the country.
The uncounted people: waste-pickers of India
Mar 21, 2012 | Stella Paul
It would be hard to call it a “living” but waste-picking allows Chinnamma to pay the Rs 1,500 monthly rent on her hut in a nearby slum. Without it she would be evicted. However, her means of survival is now under threat.
School books are being priced out of reach
Feb 24, 2012 | Maimoona Shahzadi
Maimoona tells us about rising book prices hitting the poorest students at her school and how some families struggle to cope. What would you do to support a school child in need?
From melon to haircuts, prices rise for Nigerians
Jan 23, 2012 | Armsfree Onomo Ajanaku
Armsfree looks into the link between Nigerian fuel subsidies and the recent food price protests, and speaks with the Nigerians affected by these changes.
“We, the rag-pickers of Pune, are in big trouble”
Dec 27, 2011 | Stella Paul
Rag-pickers, people who sift through rubbish for a living in India, travelled to Durban to take part in the UN climate change negotiations.
A women’s fund in Mali
Nov 21, 2011 | Kaidia Samaké
An association of housewives from Gwelekoro all pay a small amount each week. The money can be given as small loans for women in Mali, where it can be difficult for women to get loans or funding.
Blockade sends food prices soaring
Oct 24, 2011 | Takhelchangbam Ambravati
Food prices in Manipur have more than doubled as groups have blocked the highways, preventing deliveries of essential commodities and medicines.
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