Women

24 Oct Rebuilding the lives of Women after War

Posted at 16:56h in Community, Conflict, Education, International Development, Leadership, Women by Marnie Adamson 0 Comments

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“It is now more dangerous to be a woman than to be a soldier in modern wars.” -Deputy Force Commander of the UN Mission to the Democratic Republic of Congo, 2008. For several years now, I have been involved with a society at the University of St Andrews...

Reproductive Maternal Child Health, Ghana

04 Oct Transforming Reproductive, Maternal & Child Health in Ghana

Posted at 09:51h in Childbirth, Children, Community, Healthcare, International Development, Women, Young People, Youth by Francis Oko Armah 2 Comments

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The Story of How I became a Young Leader in Preventing Infant and Maternal Deaths in My Community. Curious Minds envisions a world where all children and youth are empowered to freely and actively contribute to issues concerning them, in an environment that ensures that their...

26 Sep Empowering Women Farmers in India & Bangladesh

Posted at 15:03h in Agriculture, Business, Disaster Resilience, Environment, Food, International Development, Women by Helena Worrall 0 Comments

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Improving the Lives of Poor Women Farmers by Addressing their Social, Economic and Environmental Constraints in Agriculture CARE is a non-governmental organisation working in 90 countries around the world to bring transformative change to communities through humanitarian aid and development. They have a special focus on women’s...

Tiny Hands International, Sex Trafficking, South Africa, South Asia, Transit Monitoring

29 Aug Fighting Sex Trafficking in South Asia & South Africa

Posted at 14:30h in Children, Exploitation, Freedom, Human Trafficking, Slavery, Women, Young People, Youth by M 1 Comment

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Researching International Expansion of Transit Monitoring to Intercept Victims and Traffickers Tiny Hands International (THI) is a Christian NGO in Nepal, Bangladesh, India, and South Africa, where we do anti-trafficking work and care for abandoned or orphaned children. THI fights human trafficking by transit monitoring— monitoring public...

Bramber Bakehouse, Artisan Bakery, Exploitation, Women

25 Aug Bramber Bakehouse: A Second Chance for Exploited Women

Posted at 14:22h in Business, Exploitation, Food, Freedom, Social Enterprise, Social Justice, Women by Liz Trumper 0 Comments

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An Artisan Bakery Rebuilding Lives which have been Affected by Injustice In an age of rising social and moral anxiety, where cases of exploitation are more prevalent in the public eye and demands for justice are increasing, there has never been a more pressing time for...

International Citizen Service, Burkina Faso, Kabeela

18 Aug Empowering Women Entrepreneurs in Burkina Faso

Posted at 15:55h in Business, Community, Microcredit, Social Enterprise, Volunteering, Women by Rebecca Grattage 0 Comments

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My Experiences as an International Citizen Service Volunteer in Burkina Faso During the summer of 2015 I spent 3 months volunteering for “Kabeela”, a non-profit organization based in Burkina Faso, West Africa. My volunteering placement was facilitated by ICS (International Citizen Service), a UK government funded...

02 Aug Medical Missions with YWAM in Tanzania

Posted at 15:30h in Childbirth, Children, Community, Healthcare, Poverty, Volunteering, Women, Young People, Youth by Constance Lee 0 Comments

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Serving at Uzima Mission Clinic Where Fifty to Sixty Babies are Delivered Monthly, & A Hundred+ People Visit Daily During the summer of 2013, I had the privilege of going to Tanzania to partner with a Youth With A Mission base in a village just an hour south...

Microcredit, Microfinance, Grameen Bank, Bangladesh

21 Jul Interning at the Bank for the Poor, Bangladesh

Posted at 13:03h in Business, Community, Exploitation, Freedom, Microcredit, Philanthropy, Poverty, Social Enterprise, Social Justice, Women by Tim Stackhouse 1 Comment

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Lessons from my Internship at the Grameen Bank in Bangladesh Grameen Bank was founded in 1983. However, its story began seven years earlier in 1976. Muhammad Yunus, then an economics Professor at the University of Chittagong, decided to experiment with the notion of extending small amounts...