Maria Yolanda, 35, is a small-scale farmer living in Antioquia in the Peruvian Andes. Her hopes for “a good future for my children, in a healthy environment” echo with those of billions of us around...
Progressio, 31st January 2012
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Zimbabwe’s debt burden, that has seen the country fork out more in repayments since 1980 than it has received in loans, reinforces poverty and undermines democracy – but something can be done, says...
Progressio, 6th January 2012
A new book on Timor-Leste examines the way the country’s internal resistance combined with an international solidarity movement to achieve independence against all the odds. Progressio’s Steve Kibble...
Progressio, 20th December 2011
The recent Durban meeting of the UNFCCC climate change talks closed with some positive news coverage this week. But what’s the reality behind the headlines?
Grounds for cautious optimism
On the...
Progressio, 15th December 2011
On 17 October parliamentarians met to launch a new All Party Parliamentary Group for Haiti. Lord Leslie Griffiths of Burry Port, who has close personal ties to Haiti, will chair the newly re-...
Progressio, 14th November 2011
As we approach the 2nd anniversary of the 2010 earthquake Lizzette Robleto-Gonzalez asks what the UK's role be in rebuilding Haiti should be?
In a world where modern technology is...
Progressio, 14th November 2011
Tens of thousands of people have been displaced by the floods in El Salvador – indeed, the UN are calling it “one of the greatest disasters” in the country’s history.
Once again, a massive effort is...
Progressio, 10th November 2011
It may no longer be making the news – but in East Africa, the famine persists. Rains have come at last, easing the drought, but also bringing the risk of flooding and the spread of diseases like...
TimAldred, 9th November 2011
The floods in Central America have captured the Progressio homepage in recent weeks, and for good reason. Communities we’re working in have been devastated.
We work with some of the communities in...
Daniel Hale, 24th October 2011
Progressio’s Director, Christine Allen, reflects on why political parties need to pay attention to the 'common good'...
I was glad to see the Labour Party, at its autumn conference, discussing a...
Christine Allen, 7th October 2011
