World Jun 07 Getting books from the U.S. feeds these students’ love of reading Books For Africa has sent more than 41 million books over the last 30 years to 53 different countries, where students say the variety of titles have made them enthusiastic readers. Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports.
Arts May 29 This school in India proves music can change lives In a remote Himalayan community in India, admission to a school set up by a Canadian Jesuit priest meant more than a meal ticket for the children on the lowest rung of the traditional social hierarchy; each student was also…
World Apr 23 India’s struggling farmers find seeds of hope in heritage crops About two-thirds of India's 1.3 billion people live on small subsistence farms, struggling to eke out a living. Many farmers have felt left behind as crops have failed or diminished due to disease, degraded soil and drought. Not thousands are…
World Apr 19 In India, this group helps turn wasteland into greener pastures Most rural Indian parents dream of an education and job in the city for their children, rather than a life spent farming. But with a growing migration to cities, there is concern India might not be able to produce enough…
World Mar 05 The factory that combines school and work to give El Salvador a brighter future At a garment factory that makes T-shirts bearing the logos of American universities, about a fifth of the workers at high-school dropouts. But if they want to keep their jobs, they'll need to do something about it. Special correspondent Fred…
World Mar 02 The race to develop coffee that can survive climate change What has driven tens of thousands of Salvadorans to leave home, many for the U.S.? El Salvador's coffee beans suffered a devastating disease five years ago, and now face an even greater existential threat: climate change. Special correspondent Fred de…
World Feb 28 The ‘silent massacre’ killing El Salvador’s sugarcane workers A mysterious, chronic kidney disease is wreaking havoc on farm workers in Central America, particularly those who harvest sugar. Despite the risks, Salvadoran cane cutters continue the grueling work, pushed by economic troubles. Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports…
World Jan 04 Analysis: The devastating stigma of fistula and the surgery that can help Fistula, once a common occurrence in the United States, continues to be an unfortunate reality for many of the world’s poorest women around the world.
World Dec 27 Erasing the pain and taboo of this female injury Roughly one million women in the developing world suffer from obstetric fistula, an injury that results from inadequate medical care and causes incontinence. But beyond the physical effects, the condition can subject them to shame and isolation from their families.
World Dec 19 Impact of ‘global gag rule’ goes beyond abortion for these health groups in Kenya The so-called global gag rule, which cuts off some U.S. government aid to health agencies that offer or mention abortion services, has been reinstated by every Republican president going back to Reagan. But the Trump administration has gone much further,…