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In Rural Bangladesh, Solar Power Dents Poverty

October 4, 2016by amyyeewrites Leave a comment

New York Times October 4, 2016 KAKHIN BIMILE, Bangladesh — Kismat Ali is a 33-year-old mason living in Kakhin Bimile, a village a few hours drive from Dhaka, Bangladesh’s crowded […]

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Bangladesh, Business, Business solutions to poverty, Clean energy, Environment, Rural poverty

Bangladesh Tanneries Fined, Ordered to Move

June 21, 2016by amyyeewrites Leave a comment

Voice of America June 21, 2016 DHAKA— Amid rows of low buildings in this corner of Dhaka, the stench of flesh hangs in the air. On the street, a man pushes […]

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Bangladesh, Business, Environment, Public health, Water

IT Freelancing Grows in Bangladesh

April 1, 2016by amyyeewrites Leave a comment

Voice of America April 1, 2016 DHAKA – Sultana Parvin is a mother of two living in Dhaka, Bangladesh’s capital. She is petite, soft-spoken and wears a colorful headscarf. She […]

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Bangladesh, Business, Education

In Bangladesh, a Half-Century of Saving Lives With Data

November 17, 2015by amyyeewrites Leave a comment

New York Times November 17, 2015 NABAKALASH, Bangladesh — Sufia Khatun wears a green sari around her thin 76-year-old frame. Round gold-rimmed glasses perch on her wizened face. When she […]

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Bangladesh, Public health, Rural poverty, Women & Children

Micro-insurance offers families in poorer countries protection from destitution

September 1, 2015by amyyeewrites Leave a comment

The Guardian September 1, 2015 As day labourers in India’s Maharashtra state, Ayesha Begam and her husband couldn’t afford healthcare, and did not have access to doctors and hospitals. GO […]

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Bangladesh, Business, Business solutions to poverty, India, Public health

Exporting Clothes, Importing Safety

August 27, 2015by amyyeewrites Leave a comment

Roads and Kingdoms In an unprecedented campaign, thousands of Bangladesh’s garment factories are struggling to become safe places to work GO TO ARTICLE At a garment factory on the outskirts […]

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Bangladesh, Business, Business solutions to poverty, Longform & Narrative, Public health, Women & Children

An Artificial Limb Can Bring Hope — But Who’s Going To Make It?

July 23, 2015by amyyeewrites Leave a comment

NPR July 23, 2015 Sultan Mahmud’s pink shorts revealed his new prosthetic leg made of plastic and metal. The boyish 20-year-old gripped a railing and stepped forward with feet in […]

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Bangladesh, Public health

Bangladesh volunteers learn to make a life-or-death difference in a disaster

July 16, 2015by amyyeewrites Leave a comment

The Guardian July 14, 2015 In April 2013, Redowan Ahmed Srabon, a university student, watched in shock as news of the Rana Plaza factory collapse broke on television. Instead of […]

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Bangladesh

Disaster training in Bangladesh: What to do when the earth starts shaking

July 12, 2015by amyyeewrites Leave a comment

Christian Science Monitor July 12, 2015 DHAKA, BANGLADESH — Students like Eidia Zaman grew up knowing about the threat of cyclones and floods to her coastal country. Now a pilot […]

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Bangladesh, Education, Women & Children

Ordinary Heroes: Urban Volunteers To The Rescue

June 19, 2015by amyyeewrites Leave a comment

NPR June 19, 2014 Shahjahan Selim was a supervisor at a garment factory in Rana Plaza in Dhaka, Bangladesh. On April 24, 2013, he remembers a huge crash when the […]

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