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.
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?
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.
Oct 12, 2011 | Panos London
In response to recent reports on food security and concerns about famine, Panos London today launched a new case study series, Hungry in the City, which investigates the effects of food price hikes and rising inflation on people’s ability to find food for themselves and their families.
Oct 12, 2011 | Panos London
Hungry in the City is a collection of stories from people in developing countries around the world who explain how they are surviving in an era of higher food prices, inflation and hunger.
Sep 12, 2011 | Tania Ghosh
Workshops held by Relay help improve reporting on research. This blog looks at two workshops held in August in East Africa.
Sep 7, 2011 | Orton Kiishweko
Being cheated by agents – middlemen who buy farmers’ cotton and sell it on to ginneries, where cotton is processed into lint for export – is one of the many hardships of being a cotton farmer in Tanzania.
Aug 2, 2011 | Zubaida Noor
August is the month of Ramadan and we have a lot of activities going on. We give out food packages to around 400 households. These include dry food and goat meat.
May 27, 2011 | Zubaida Noor
Three members of staff in my NGO were injured in last Friday’s attack on US diplomats in Peshawar. The Taliban attacked two US Consulate cars near our office. My staff members were in their own car, crossing the road about 12 feet away when the car bomb went off.
Apr 25, 2011 | Winnie Onyimbo
In Kenya’s Eastern Province, severe droughts mean many farmers are reduced to living on food aid. But a savings club is helping households to grow drought-resistant crops, giving them a fighting chance during the hard times brought on by changes in the climate.