Yale Environment 360 September 14, 2017 Virunga National Park, home to the world’s largest population of mountain gorillas, is plagued by deforestation linked to the production of charcoal for cooking […]
New York Times August 30, 2017 VIRUNGA NATIONAL PARK, Democratic Republic of Congo — On the verdant savanna of Virunga National Park, a herd of elephants clustered near an umbrella-shaped […]
Undark July 28, 2017 Communities near the Rukinga Sanctuary once seemed locked on a path of resource decimation. But here, at least, a global conservation plan is working. By Amy […]
Christian Science Monitor July 20, 2017 Molly Melching founded the nonprofit Tostan, which operates in a number of African countries. It’s known globally for alleviating poverty, as well as for […]
NPR November 7, 2016 Ethiopia’s government doesn’t want Ethiopia to be thought of as a donkey country. Donkeys have a reputation there as the lowliest of animals and of being […]
Financial Times October 6, 2016 Bogaletch Gebre has improved millions of lives in Ethiopia one respectful conversation at a time GO TO ARTICLE Change agent: ‘When one door is closed, […]
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 […]
NPR September 27, 2016 Along one side of Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a fence lines a sorghum field where a family of gorillas readies for […]
The Economist September 17, 2016 How a poor country brought health insurance to 91% of the population MUSHISHIRO STANDING outside her home in central Rwanda, 19-year-old Ernestine Ituze describes falling […]
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 […]
