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Meeting Of Cattle Farmers
By Jessica Chen This past February I had the opportunity to travel to the Western region of Uganda to a village near the district of...
Mar 22, 20172 min read


Snapshots Of Hope
By Hannah Main Hi readers. Put your hand up if you are shocked, saddened, depressed, overwhelmed, or afraid when you learn about current...
Mar 6, 20174 min read


Jamaica, Land We Love
By Jennifer Brunet As I wrap up my 6-month internship here in Jamaica, I look towards the national anthem as an accurate and powerful...
Mar 6, 20173 min read
Representations In Development
By Aurore Iradukunda Discourse, as coined by Michel Foucault, encompasses the body of knowledge produced on a given topic that implies...
Mar 6, 20172 min read


What Does Climate Change Have To Do With Poverty?
By Hannah Main In 2009, the Stockholm Resilience Centre published the oft-cited paper “A safe operating space for humanity”, which...
Feb 21, 20175 min read


Achieving Success In Bolga!
By James Thalla-Joel As my time here nears the end, it has been an incredible experience to see what kind of work is being done here in...
Feb 14, 20174 min read


Remembrance Is Important
By Marie Dumont As I rang in the New Year in Canada over the holidays and observed the extra hoopla surrounding Canada’s 150th Birthday...
Feb 14, 20172 min read
Gag To The Global Gag Rule And The Forces That Reinstated It
By Georgia Venner January 23, 2017 marks the day that the Trump Administration reinstated the Global Gag Rule, also known as the Mexico...
Feb 7, 20177 min read


Profile Of An M&E Officer
By Travis Jacox Every day at CALID I learn something new. Even after four months I am constantly learning new things about Ghana, its...
Feb 3, 20173 min read


Doug Bikes To Tennis
Hello! I'm Doug and welcome to Tamale, Northern Ghana! Follow me as I bike to the local tennis courts. Enjoy the sights, songs and near...
Feb 3, 20171 min read


Cookin’ Up Something Sabroso With Mama Nina
Every Wednesday since my arrival in Bolivia I have had lunch at Doña Severina’s home. Doña Severina is a wonderfully kind woman that...
Jan 23, 20175 min read
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