by Tom Weerachat Starting in March through May 2022, around breakfast time in Haiti and Paraguay, the second cup of afternoon tea in Zimbabwe and Kenya, when people are wrapping up their work in Armenia, and right after dinner time in Indonesia and the Philippines, the new cohort of the…

Text by Carlo Manalansan Photos by Tom Weerachat “When people participate, they know what they want and take charge of the development process.” — Chrisphine Owalla, Community Initiative and Action Group (CIAG) Kenya For years, the Luo tribe, the 4th largest tribe in Kenya, has been practicing subsistence living in…

Por Layza da Rocha Soares e Alexandre Andrade Sampaio Tal como apresentado na primeira parte do sexto relatório de Avaliação do Painel Intergovernamental sobre Mudanças Climáticas, publicada em 9 de agosto de 2021, não restam mais dúvidas de que o aquecimento global tem sido provocado pelas atividades humanas, de que…

Por Alexandre Andrade Sampaio e Layza da Rocha Soares Imagems por Alexandre Andrade Sampaio e Brent Millikan Òlòrun Kosí Purè, Mãe Bernadete! Bernadete foi assassinada em agosto de 2023 com nada menos que 14 tiros, em frente a seus netos. Sua importância para o ativismo, para a política e para…

by Jocelyn Soto Medallo In 2020, the Early Warning System pivoted to tracking the development banks’ COVID-19 pandemic relief investments, as a response to the urgent needs of civil society and community partners who sought transparency around the billions of dollars committed to pandemic relief. With thanks to our many…

Text by John Mwebe Photos by Carlo Manalansan, Grace Murindi, and Naume Bhiza “Lizodingani? (What do you want here?)” one of the miners asked in local Ndebele to the research team “Why are you taking pictures? Are you journalists?” asked another. Disembarking from the car, Kundai Chikonzo and the research…

By Alexandre Andrade Sampaio Millions of dollars are pumped into factory farming projects by development finance institutions (DFIs) every year. These are projects linked to animal cruelty, deforestation, usurping of indigenous lands and ways of life, worsening climate change, promoting non-communicable and zoonotic diseases, and putting workers in a state…

Text by Julia Amiraghian & Shoira Olimova Photos by Centre for Community Mobilization and Support NGO (CCMS) Read the article in English. Մարցը գյուղ է Հայաստանի Լոռու մարզի Թումանյան համայնքում։ Այն գտնվում է Ձորագետ գետի ձախ ափին՝ ծովի մակարդակից 1500 մետր բարձրության վրա։ Մոտ 1000 բնակիչ ունեցող գյուղը հայտնի է…

Text by Julia Amiraghian & Shoira Olimova Photos by Centre for Community Mobilization and Support NGO (CCMS) Read the article in Armenian. Marts is a village in Tumanyan community of Lori region, Armenia. It is situated on the left bank of the Dzoraget River at an altitude of 1,500 meters…