Sitting under a sprawling acacia tree, Abdulahi Bari Barrow points to his blackboard and asks the students to repeat the lesson after him. Here, there are no classrooms and no roof other than the branches, no walls other than the tree trunk which supports the blackboard, and no desk other than the straw mat laid on the sand. This is the mobile school of . . . [more]
In June, a group of 12 senior editors and producers from U.S. media houses visited the Sauri Millennium Village in Western Kenya to witness firsthand development programs in Sub-Saharan Africa, with a focus on agriculture and food security.
For all of them, it was a first visit to Kenya, and for some the first trip to Africa. Standing in green, crop-heavy fields, the group listened to . . . [more]
Ruhiira and Katine. The former is located in the southeast of Uganda, the latter in the northwest. One is a stable village, the other a post-conflict community. Many things set them apart, but both villages are striving towards better lives, sheltered from poverty and hunger.
At the end of April 2009, Ruhiira and Katine were . . . [more]
In the cold morning air heavy with mist, green waves rise gently from deep valleys up to Ruhiira’s hilltops then flow downwards again, engulfing small villages. The soft waves of banana leaves are much more than just idyllic scenery for the inhabitants. They are their livelihood, and on the green fruit depends much of their well-being.
Ruhiira, a cluster of eight villages located in a lush area of Southwestern Uganda, is renowned for its bananas, matoke as they are called here. For the 50,000 villagers, this has been their staple food for generations. But years of intensive agriculture eroded the soil . . . [more]
Critics of sustainable development projects initiated by Westerners in Africa often raise a question: what happens when those Westerners pull out? The answer lies in an important concept: community ownership.
When someone is lifted out of the poverty trap, given the opportunity . . . [more]
Zina Salum, 24, flanked by two barefoot girls in bright dresses, waits patiently for her turn on a bench at the Ilolangulu dispensary in the Mbola cluster (Tanzania). This mother, who delivered her youngest daughter at the facility a month ago, comes regularly for vaccines, follow-ups and other medical services. "When I gave birth to my oldest daughter here, the dispensary was government-run. I had to pay for everything, even the gloves the midwife used. This . . . [more]
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