From ridicule to fulfillment; ‘I have made the journey’
06/06/2012 | Takhelchangbam Ambravati
Talking of her own ‘journey from victimhood to self-reliance,’ Ambra blogs about how a moment of determination was the turning point for her and her sons.
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Next steps for the Noor Education Trust
10/03/2011 | Zubaida Noor
My NGO, the Noor Education Trust, is going through a transitional phase. My staff have spent the last two weeks in the field assessing the main violence related issues for women. They are also looking at the differences our programmes have made and collecting data.
Pakistan: land bought for flood victims
08/12/2011 | Zubaida Noor
The monsoon season has started now and finally we have made some progress in buying land for people who lost their homes in last year’s flood.
Brazil: women builders construct new lives
08/08/2011 | Ana Aranha
A group of women in Brazil have learned the basics of the building trade, thanks to Lua Nova, a non-profit organisation that helps pregnant women facing high-risk situations such as homelessness, drug addiction and domestic violence.
South Sudan takes final steps to statehood
07/08/2011 | Paul Jimbo
Juba, the capital city of the world’s newest nation, the Republic of South Sudan, has spent the months leading to its independence celebrations undergoing a $60m facelift.
Many bomb blasts go unreported
06/24/2011 | Zubaida Noor
In Peshawar, things are getting worse. Every other day there is a bomb blast. If you ask me, personally I feel I have become immune to all these terror attacks. A lot of the blasts are not even being reported in the media now.
Colombia: housing to fight climate change
06/14/2011 | Maria Valencia
Following a fire, planners seized the chance to build homes designed to cope with Riosucio’s increasingly devastating floods. More houses like these will be needed to adjust to Colombia’s ‘new climate reality’.
Bombings become a way of life
05/27/2011 | 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.
Speaking out on rural poverty
12/07/2010 | Panos London
Siobhan Warrington, Head of Oral Testimony at Panos London speaks about the latest collection of testimonies, that Panos London created, for the International Fund for Agricultural Development’s (IFAD) Rural Poverty Report 2011 that was launched on the 6th December.
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