VIETNAM Soybeans and gender equity
Livelihoods and Rights Clubs (LARC) in Tet village, Nong Ha commune, Cho Moi district, Bac Kan province, Vietnam
Topic: Economic Justice
VIETNAM Improving the lives of villagers
Participatory Watershed Management in Nghia village, Ban Cong commune, Ba Thuoc district, Thanh Hoa province, Vietnam.
MOZAMBIQUE CARE helps rural women find economic security
In the community of Mabote the Xindzala baskets of Mozambique have a long tradition. “My grandmother used to wrap her children in blankets and carry them on her head in bigger versions of the same baskets we make today,” says the village association president Lucia Lazo
PAPUA NEW GUINEA Building a better life in rural areas
'Often I don’t sleep at night as I dream of new things, new possibilities’, says Mariana when asked about the future of her children. Four years after the Backyard
JORDAN Helping families sustain their livelihoods
Adhul shows every day of his 87 years as he graciously offers Arabic coffee in the comfort of his modest home in the heart of Bayoudeh village
UGANDA Saving money for her family
Angrace lives with her four children in the north east of Uganda. With no husband she is left to provide for the whole family.
SRI LANKA From untouchables to leaders
More than 150 years ago, M. Sasikala’s ancestors were shipped from India to work on the tea plantations high in the hills of central Sri Lanka. They had no rights, no land of their own, and were essentially treated as slaves – no access to the services provided to Sri Lankan citizens, indeed no papers that they even existed at all.