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Bolivia video: The Cochabamba Climate Court

saraheve wrote 1 month ago: In the second of a series of four videoblogs, Karen Luyckx, CAFOD’s representative in Bolivia, … more →

Tags: Bolivia, CAFOD, Advocacy, Alba, Campaigning, climate change, consensus democracy, indigenous, karenl

Bolivia: Highland communities cope with climate change

saraheve wrote 1 month ago: In the first of a series of four video blogs, Karen Luyckx, CAFOD’s representative in Bolivia … more →

Tags: Bolivia, CAFOD, karenl, Advocacy, indigenous, Cenda, climate change, Climate Justice, Land rights

Bolivia: Warmth in a cold climate

saraheve wrote 1 month ago: The town of Calientes, meaning “warm” in Spanish, does not live up to its name. We … more →

Tags: CAFOD, Bolivia, Advocacy, Cenda, climate change, sarahhh, Climate Justice, ...calientes, Llamas

In the News: Week of October 5, 2009

Melissa Lambert wrote 2 months ago: Zambia President Vows to Fight Rural Poverty, allAfrica.com, Oct. 2 AGRA Launched Soil Management Pr … more →

Tags: In The News, Agra, NEPAD, CAADP, Kenya, zambia, Zimbabwe, UN, COMESA

Caring for Creation in Haiti1 comment

kktucks wrote 3 months ago: Haitian Children Taken from Plant With Purpose’s blog. Written by Scott Sabin, Executive Direc … more →

Tags: Christian/Environmental Philosophy, Agroforestry, Developing Countries, development, floresta, Haiti, hurricane, International Development, Plant with Purpose

Cause of Death12 comments

nyayahealth wrote 3 months ago: Posted by Bibhav Acharya One of Nyaya Health’s board members, Bibhav Acharya, reflects on a pa … more →

Tags: Patient Stories, Social Justice and Health, Human Rights, Nyaya, Bibhav Acharya, gender equality, Achham, NGO, nepal

Geographic, Political, and Economic Distance to Healthcare for the Poor in Yamaguare, Honduras

chdhonduras wrote 5 months ago: Honduras literally translates in Spanish to “depths,” and I felt like I truly experienced these dept … more →

Tags: Community Health Worker, guardianes de salud, Honduras, Global Health, Community Development, Empowerment, Solidarity, Global Poverty, primary health care

Update: CMR-Ghana goes global

heenei wrote 6 months ago: Quick update concerning CMR-Ghana (The Centre for Multidisciplinary Research, Ghana) where I worked … more →

Tags: Uncategorized

Metre-long worms that burrow through your body....and other things4 comments

heenei wrote 8 months ago: Currently I am working for The Centre for Multidisciplinary Research in Ghana (CMR-Ghana) which is b … more →

Tags: guinea worm

Trees: More than just carbon sinks2 comments

takecover08 wrote 9 months ago: “In the absence of trees, our communities would simply collapse,” states Andrew Dokurugu … more →

Tags: Agroforestry, déforestation, Desertification, Research, Tree-Planting, Ghana, Villagers, Environment, urbanisation

“Raring to spend” or struggling to survive, India’s rural poor

indiainsights wrote 10 months ago: Having ridden the wave of economic boom, India’s middle class is feeling the pain of slowdown. Corpo … more →

Tags: Comment, Rural India, World Bank, mobile phones, Rural India, India Insights, Goldman Sachs, middle class India, Indian consumption expenditure

Still Life

Jin wrote 10 months ago: I just finished a film, Still Life, by Chinese filmmaker Jia Zhang Ke, which tells the parallel stor … more →

Tags: pop culture, Art, China, film, Jia Zhang-Ke, Still Life, Three Gorges Dam

Society Guardian: A not so green and pleasant land

levertonwrites wrote 11 months ago: The countryside is often depicted as a place to live “the good life” and to escape the s … more →

Tags: Society Guardian, Rural Media Company, Bristol University Dept of Social Policy.

900 people killed in Philippines by 'mysterious death squads'

Rainbow Warrior wrote 11 months ago: Peasant leaders, environmental campaigners and student activists in the Philippines are being murder … more →

Tags: Abuse, Crime, Armed forces, compostela valley, Death Squads, Environmental Campaigners, executed, military checkpoint, mindanao

Mother of All Reforms

msjillani wrote 1 year ago:     It was most gratifying to read in the news that the World Bank, in its report on poverty in Paki … more →

Tags: poverty alleviation, Economy/ Planning/ Global Economy, How to Overcome Pakistan's Problems, corruption, Land Reforms

Transit Plan Meetings 1 and 2

joshking2 wrote 1 year ago: Place:  Polk County, NC. Time:  Nov. 5th, 2008 Summary/Important ideas:      Churches and retirees a … more →

Tags: Transportation, NCDOT, Polk County, Isothermal RPO, human services, mental illness, Medicare, Medicaid, rutherford county

INDIA’S RURAL SALVATION COULD BE SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE

erleargonza wrote 1 year ago: Erle Frayne Argonza   Good morning from Manila!   India’s rural poor is very high in frequency as it … more →

Tags: Article, News, Economics, Politics, Agriculture, Peace, International Business, Sociology, Development Studies

RURAL POVERTY ALLEVIATION VIA WATER RESOURCES

erleargonza wrote 1 year ago: Erle Frayne Argonza Good day! How do water resources alleviate rural poverty? What methods of interv … more →

Tags: Article, News, Economics, Politics, Sociology, Development Studies, Ecology, Geology, development

California's Third World (article)1 comment

jeever wrote 1 year ago: …about 20 miles southwest of Fresno, the owner of a cherry-tomato farm was fined $3,365 for vi … more →

Tags: Masala, Article, associated press, farmworkers, day laborers, rural California, worker conditions, working conditions, rural labor


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