Hungry for data: Tackling food insecurity in rural Indonesia
“I was not aware that vegetables were that important or how to grow them,” said the 25-year-old farmer from Idas in West Kalimantan on the island of Borneo. “Now I…
Mother makes 200km emergency trip across rural Madagascar to save baby
“I thought I was going to lose my baby and die on the journey to hospital.” The chilling words of Samueline Razafindravao, who had to make the harrowing hours-long trip…
Haiti: Gangs move into rural areas as Türk says new force ‘must be deployed’
The report, published on Tuesday by the UN human rights office (OHCHR) and the UN political mission in Haiti (BINUH), calls for the urgent deployment of the multinational security support…
First Person: Hatching a plan for success in rural Gambia
Guidom Sabally’s high school education was cut short because his family could no longer afford school fees. For many years, he struggled to find work as an unskilled labourer. Now…
Candlenuts, chilli and chickens: Transforming Indonesia’s rural economy
Wilfridus Ngala, the mayor of Inegena, a village nestled amidst the central hills of Ngada district, on Flores Island, had a vision – to turn his community of 1,100 people,…