‘Gambians, and local businesses, are hurting… and it’s not going to get better any time soon. Which is why I keep spouting on, annoyingly so perhaps, about Ebola-free Gambia! The beaches are deserted, the juice bars are abandoned, hotels and lodges are no where near the to capacity they should be by now (andContinue reading “The Gambia, West Africa – paying the price for being Ebola free”
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Photo of the Day: Women of Community-led Total Sanitation, Nigeria
‘In Nigeria, Concern Universal‘s approach to improving rural sanitation and hygiene has led to the emergence of inspiring women leaders. Our approach, known as Community-led Total Sanitation (CLTS), creates an environment where entire communities are mobilized to end open defecation, and in the process, opens the door for women to become powerful agents ofContinue reading “Photo of the Day: Women of Community-led Total Sanitation, Nigeria”
Wish you were here – postcards from the edges of another place and time
I once read an interesting travel article by a writer, Guy Trebay, about how he still sends postcards from wherever his travels take him to. I say ‘still’ because it does seem, at least for the vast majority of people I know, as if the action of putting pen to paper (or card) andContinue reading “Wish you were here – postcards from the edges of another place and time”
Micro-finance in Ghana, West Africa: ‘Hello, my name is Rebecca’
These are just a couple of images of some of the inspiring women we met recently – whilst traveling around Ghana, West Africa, on assignment for NGO, Concern Universal – who are working on projects that are enabling them to raise themselves and their families above the poverty level. ‘Concern Universal is a charityContinue reading “Micro-finance in Ghana, West Africa: ‘Hello, my name is Rebecca’”
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