Posted on March 18th, 2010 by ChangeMaker
Haiti has unveiled the first draft of its grand reconstruction plan, saying 11.5 billion dollars would be needed to help the country rebuild after January’s devastating earthquake.
The plan, published online Tuesday, goes far beyond the immediate priorities of post-quake reconstruction and looks at the massive economic and governance challenges Haiti faces if it wants [...]
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Posted on March 8th, 2010 by ChangeMaker
In the historic 2005 general elections women streamed to the ballots, many despite threats, sending 91 women to parliament. Yet, many Afghans remain unaware of women’s rights to political participation, to earn an income, and to legally defend themselves against discrimination and domestic violence.
What’s it mean to be a woman in Afghanistan? Chances are you [...]
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Posted on March 3rd, 2010 by ChangeMaker
Maria is a ChangeMaker student (Stage 2) who lives in Kenya. She is engaged with several environmental projects. To work with “own projects” is the main activity for all Stage 2 students. One of the projects that she is working with is “Save Lake Naivasha”. She had been in the area around the lake and [...]
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Posted on February 23rd, 2010 by ChangeMaker
MHealth Alliance and Orange Healthcare team up to develop mobile health solutions for West Africa
At the GSM Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Orange Healthcare announced last week that they will be joining the mHealth Alliance, a partnership which leverages rapid advances in mobile technology to improve public health, health care systems and patient care in [...]
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Posted on February 11th, 2010 by ChangeMaker
SharingAwareness workshop in Kumasi Ghana, February 2010. Action methods are used for deeper learning and understanding. In this video the process of SODIS (Solar Water disinfection) method is show…
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Posted on February 4th, 2010 by ChangeMaker
Our lives, our cultures, are composed of many overlapping stories. Novelist Chimamanda Adichie tells the story of how she found her authentic cultural voice — and warns that if we hear only a single story about another person or country, we risk a critical misunderstanding.
This post has been out before but I think it’s so [...]
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Posted on January 24th, 2010 by ChangeMaker
The Hope for Haiti Now global telethon is also an extraordinary digital album including performances by lots of famous artists, along with a bonus track from Jay-Z, Bono, the Edge and Rihanna. You can also own the two-hour telethon video.
All proceeds from album and video sales will go to the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund, Oxfam [...]
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