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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Food price hikes lead to more hunger in cities
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.
Hungry in the City
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.
Relay workshops update
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.
Cheating agents cut out of cotton deals
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.
Ramadan brings food for the poor
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.
Bombings become a way of life
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.
Kenya: saving for a dry day
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.
Reporting research: using evidence for effective journalism
Nov 13, 2010 | Panos London
Overview Researchers working for universities, governments or private companies are doing vital investigation into issues – such as clean water, food security and sexual health – that directly affect the everyday life of people around the world. However they often communicate the results only to other researchers. Research findings can create powerful stories for news…
Dance that heals
Oct 20, 2010 | Divya Gupta
Shampa, from Kolkata, grew up in shelter homes for girls from the age of five after both her parents died. She is now a dance instructor, trained by Kolkata Sanved (which translates roughly from Bengali as sensitivity), a local NGO that uses dance to help participants cope with mental trauma.
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