Jul 03 Watch After Factory Disaster, Bangladesh NGO Offers Support to Improve Work Conditions After Factory Disaster, Bangladesh NGO Offers Support to Improve Work Conditions… Continue watching
Jul 03 One Group’s Approach to Aid in Bangladesh By Fred de Sam Lazaro EmbedVideo(6861, 482, 304); Fazle Abed, founder of the Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee, describes its approach to development. DHAKA, Bangladesh | From its blood-soaked war of independence from Pakistan 42 years ago to disasters -- natural and industrial -- Bangladesh… Continue reading
Jun 28 LivelyHoods Founders Push Jobs, Not Aid, to Youth in Urban Slums By Cat Wise // Maria Springer explains LivelyHoods' mission and work. At age 9, when most kids are relishing the sweet pursuits of childhood, Maria Springer was trying to tackle social justice issues in her hometown of Los Angeles. "I wrote to… Continue reading
Jun 10 Bead for Life Participant: Don’t Keep Your Money, Invest It By David Pelcyger EmbedVideo(6568, 482, 304); A co-founder of Bead for Life and its participants talk about the business training program. In 2009, the PBS NewsHour profiled a group, Bead for Life, that trained Ugandan women to start businesses by rolling… Continue reading
May 29 15 Young Go-getters You’ll Want to Meet By Cat Wise One of the participants in Nest, an organization that offers business consulting in developing countries. Photo courtesy of Nest. Over the last six months, the PBS NewsHour's Agents for Change series… Continue reading
May 20 Watch Coding Skills Combine With Civic Consciousness to Improve Government Coding Skills Combine With Civic Consciousness to Improve Government… Continue watching
May 20 A High Tech Solution for a Neighborhood Problem By Cat Wise Correspondent Spencer Michels talks with the co-founders of Civic Insight, a technology startup aimed at helping cities like New Orleans tackle an ugly problem -- blight by makes real-time government data about a community's underutilized spaces. Continue reading
May 14 Watch In India, Organization of Learning Centers Seeks to Spark Enthusiasm for School In India, Organization of Learning Centers Seeks to Spark Enthusiasm for School… Continue watching
May 09 Watch In Senegal, a Campaign of Education and Dialogue on a Painful Rite of Passage In Senegal, a Campaign of Education and Dialogue on a Painful Rite of Passage… Continue watching
May 09 Changing Minds in Senegal to Protect Girls From Genital Cutting By Fred de Sam Lazaro EmbedVideo(6342, 482, 304); NewsHour special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro asks Molly Melching about her efforts to educate Senegalese women about the harms of genital cutting. Molly Melching didn't think she had much more than curiosity -- and a… Continue reading