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Amy Shaw is a Development Writing Consultant at Millennium Promise. She is based in New York.
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Posted by Amy Shaw  |  Jun 22, 2010 | 0 Comments
Health • Infrastructure • Millennium Villages Project • Partners

Coding Progress: Matt Berg on ICT in the Millennium Villages

When is a text message more than just “hello?” When a community health worker can text symptoms of an illness and receive an instant diagnosis without leaving a patient’s home. When a farmer can report a broken water pump and instantly activate delivery of replacement parts. And when a herder can learn the day’s commodity prices without traveling to . . . [more]

Posted by Amy Shaw  |  Jun 17, 2010 | 0 Comments
Infrastructure • Tiby, Mali

Improving Water Resources in Tiby

In the savanna of central Mali where rainfall is unreliable, water is precious and clean water rare. Relying on unprotected water sources for drinking and cooking, most of the community in the Millennium Village of Tiby has been constantly at risk of exposure to waterborne disease, which can lead to serious illness and even death. Today, an ambitious new piped water system is changing this situation, bringing safer water to more convenient locations throughout the Millennium Village. Read the rest . . . [more]

Posted by Amy Shaw  |  Mar 8, 2010 | 0 Comments
Infrastructure • Millennium Development Goals • Partners

Seminar Report: Addressing energy needs in the Millennium Villages

Energy services are increasingly important for the Millennium Villages (MVs), and at a special breakfast seminar on . . . [more]

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