Oct 05 Text-Messaging for Health Still Has Its Challenges By Larisa Epatko At first glance, text-messaging health alerts to poor, rural populations with widespread mobile phone use is a no-brainer. But what about the challenges of providing useful information and the simple act of re-charging phones in isolated spots?… Continue reading
Sep 22 Girl Effect: Helping Poor Girls Makes Economic Sense By Hari Sreenivasan Infographic and Poster from Girl Effect report Each teenage mother in India can lose up to $100,000 in potential income over her lifetime. Multiply that by the number of teenage mothers in India and… Continue reading
Sep 16 Cotton Replaces Rice in Japan’s Salt-Soaked Fields By News Desk Among the devastating effects of the Japanese tsunami in March was the destruction of thousands of acres of rice paddies. One project aims to make use of those saltwater-soaked fields. Continue reading
Aug 31 Photojournalism Project Aims to ‘Open Window’ to Afghanistan By Larisa Epatko Most of the stories coming out of Afghanistan have to do with war and suffering, but one photojournalism project is designed to shift the focus and to show the world what people's day-to-day lives are like. Continue reading
Aug 12 In Senegal, a Movement to Reject Female Circumcision By Fred de Sam Lazaro Watch the full episode. See more Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly. This segment originally aired on PBS' Religion & Ethics Newsweekly. The practice of "female circumcision" is… Continue reading
Jul 18 ‘Cooking Matters’ Finds Recipe to Combat Food Insecurity By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy Chef David Coder explains to group of parents and children how to prepare vegetables for a healthy stir fry. National non-profit Cooking Matters thinks it has found the recipe to reducing hunger and improving health for poor American families. Continue reading
Jul 15 Karachi and Mumbai: A Tale of Two Megacities By Fred de Sam Lazaro Abdul Sattar Edhi works with the poor in Karachi, Pakistan. Photo by Nicole See/NewsHour It was a week that saw spasms of terrorist violence in the financial capitals of Pakistan and India, and quite by coincidence -- on unrelated… Continue reading
Jul 14 ‘Good Fortune’ Looks at Pitfalls, Possibility of Development in Kenya By Saskia de Melker On Thursday's NewsHour, we're looking at the film "Good Fortune," a documentary about international development projects in Kenya that are resisted by the community members they intend to help. It's part of our partnership with The Economist magazine… Continue reading
Jun 22 One Man’s Mission to Open History of Khmer Rouge By News Desk Next week, four top leaders of the Khmer Rouge regime will be brought to trial in Cambodia for alleged crimes against humanity (known as Case 002). Journalism student Jake Schoneker reported from Cambodia ahead of the trial. Continue reading
Jun 15 KaBOOM! Celebrates 15 Years of Promoting Play By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy The Washington, D.C.-based non-profit organization KaBOOM! is working to put play back on society's priority list. Continue reading