Monsoon Takes Break So Tibetans Can Celebrate Dalai Lama’s Birthday
NPR July 06, 2015 This weekend the monsoon started pouring down on the hilly streets of Dharamsala in northern India. But the rain held off on Monday as thousands of […]
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Ordinary Heroes: Urban Volunteers To The Rescue
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 […]
Climate Change-Ready Rice Keeps Farmers’ Fields Fertile
NPR (National Public Radio) June 4, 2015 In southern Bangladesh, bright green rice paddies stretch into the distance. But in the village of Gholgholia, rice in one paddy grows unevenly. […]
2 Years After Garment Factory Collapse, Are Workers Any Safer?
NPR (National Public Radio) April 24, 2015 Dhaka– Beneath a gray sky, rainwater had collected in a hole in the ground where Rana Plaza once stood, creating a small, murky […]
Bangladesh’s Garment Factories Upgrade After Inspections
NPR News (National Public Radio) January 17, 2015 In April 2013, the Rana Plaza in Bangladesh collapsed, killing over 1,100 workers employed in the garment factories in the building. Now […]
