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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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.
‘No alternatives’ drive HIV positive woman to sex work
Apr 16, 2012 | Takhelchangbam Ambravati
Caring for two children can be difficult in Manipur, especially when you have no means of stable income. Some women turn to the only source of income available to them. Women Action for Development has been supporting Nungshi (not her real name) to start a new life.
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.
Rebecca Namayanja: fisherwoman
Mar 8, 2012 | Machrine Birungi
As part of the Breaking Barriers series, we spoke to Rebecca Namayanja, who is taking on the traditionally male-dominated job of being a fisherwoman in Uganda.
Meet Mary Madiga – our new Dalit blogger from India
Mar 7, 2012 | Stella Paul
Meet Mary Madiga as the newest contributor to our Voices from the Ground blog. Mary Madiga, 39, is a Dalit social activist in Hyderabad, the capital of Andhra Pradesh state in southern India.
Right to live: a community-led campaign in the making
Mar 2, 2012 | Bhan Sahu
When many people are being forced to migrate into cities to find work, Bhan Sahu has been helping rural Indian communities work together to challenge corruption and make the most of government employment schemes in their own villages.
“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.
Next steps for the Noor Education Trust
Oct 3, 2011 | Zubaida Noor
My NGO, the Noor Education Trust, is going through a transitional phase. My staff have spent the last two weeks in the field assessing the main violence related issues for women. They are also looking at the differences our programmes have made and collecting data.
Brazil: women builders construct new lives
Aug 8, 2011 | Ana Aranha
A group of women in Brazil have learned the basics of the building trade, thanks to Lua Nova, a non-profit organisation that helps pregnant women facing high-risk situations such as homelessness, drug addiction and domestic violence.
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