Two Worlds Collide
Financial Times REPORT – UNDERSTANDING GLOBAL PHILANTHROPY 2007 December 11, 2007 Financial Times The Naandi Foundation, based in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad, seems similar to the plethora of […]
Category Archives: Rural poverty
Bangladesh storm warning system pays off
Financial Times 28 November 2007 As Cyclone Sidr swept across the Bay of Bengal towards the coast of Bangladesh, 38-year-old shopowner Boni Amin Talukder paced through the remote village of […]
A matter of national shame
Malnutrition in India Financial Times August 23 2007 At a health centre in India’s Madhya Pradesh state, three-year-old Rajkumar clings to his mother, a woman named Anita whose youth is […]
India mobilises for a rural revolution
Financial Times 6 August 2007 The small town of Fatehpur in eastern India’s Bihar state is about seven hours’ drive from the nearest big city. Reaching it requires a journey […]
Offsetting profile: Powerguda, India
Financial Times April 25, 2007 Powerguda, an Indian village of about 200 tribal people of the Gond minority, has undergone dramatic change in recent years. A seven-hour drive from the […]
Change in the Countryside
Financial Times April 19, 2007 Far from the dynamic bustle of India’s cities, change is also afoot in rural India. Two villages in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh illustrate […]
