Malawi is so peaceful and the people are so friendly it’s unreal. I did not expect the country to be so welcoming. I have learnt so much by just being here, the culture is so different to mine it’s...
Progressio, 13 May 2013
5 comments
A teacher once told me that development starts with the education of women. But when there is a lack of support and education for women, how can this happen? - Especially women living with HIV...
Progressio, 13 May 2013
As a group we recently visited a local farm, owned and managed by a gentleman called Catalino and his family. Catalino works in integral farming, where the waste of the farm is used as a resource,...
Progressio, 13 May 2013
Newspapers, online media and popular entertainment have an influential role in shaping the imaginations of citizens in the global North and their understanding of the Global South.
News reporting and...
Progressio, 13 May 2013
This very special day for COMUCAP celebrated their hard work in bringing independence and stability to the new factory. Usually the cooperative has to pay larger corporations to sort and dry the...
Progressio, 8 May 2013
On my iPod I have a song called ‘Everybody is free to wear sunscreen’ by Baz Luhrmann. In this song it says “…..accept certain inevitable truths - prices will rise, politicians will flounder”...
Progressio, 8 May 2013
From Monday to Thursday we spend our time working on farms in partnership with COMUPL, with Saturdays split between visiting a children’s home in La Paz and working towards creating a mural, but as a...
Progressio, 8 May 2013
‘We are happy when these things happen to us’, were the words of the women’s song that broke spontaneously into our planning session in Phalazi village. Despite the formality brought to our sessions...
Progressio, 7 May 2013
Everywhere that we go the pride that the Hondurans have in their nation is clear to see, and so it came as no surprise when we met with the Director of the local school, La Republica, and he...
Progressio, 3 May 2013
We awoke to find a smoky haze distorting the sun rise and ash scattered all over the court yard; there had been a forest fire in Mozonte.
Forest fires are becoming increasingly prevalent in rural...
Progressio, 3 May 2013
Change starts with you