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Through a Microscope
Over the months, ten-year-old José became quite an avid photographer. I would lend him my camera periodically throughout the day. I found that eight year old Sheyla was a phenomenal artist. All she needed was blank paper and a pen. Four-year-old Marcelo never used to smile at me, but when he saw his own lice crawling under the microscope, he couldn’t help but laugh. Continue reading
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Tagged children, Education, latin america, paraguay, science education
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Seeking Sustainable Healthcare in DR Congo
DR Congo’s health situation is worse today than it was in the 1990s. Infant mortality has gone from 96 to 129 cases per 1000 live births, while tuberculosis went from 226 to 551 per 100,000. Maternal mortality went from 870 to 990 per 100,000 live births in ten years. These rates are among the highest in the world and reflect the failure of the government and the international community to bring improvements in health care at the grassroots level. It appears that, if communities do not become involved in managing their own healthcare, no one will. Continue reading
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Tagged Africa, dr congo, healthcare, HIV/AIDS, human rights, rd congo
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From Village to City: the Migration of India’s Farmers
‘I can’t keep my cow any longer,’ he told me. ‘We have not enough water…. There is no well on our land and purchasing of water it is too much money.’ Water and other agricultural inputs have become cash commodities in the new global economy and village farmers often cannot compete. Continue reading
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Tagged agriculture, development, economics, Education, global economics, India, Villages
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An Initiatives of Change Conference
At the end of the five days each group had a list of practical initiatives and ideas that could be taken forward individually or as a community. Continue reading
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A Step Further: A Rights-Based Approach to Development
When human rights are on the syllabus, other ethical and academic subjects are explored in a systematic way and students attain better social skills and greater respect for themselves and others than students from schools where human rights are not specifically taught. Continue reading
Clearing the Path
By Imbert Matthee (This article was originally published in SDIA’s magazine, IN CONTEXT. To get a printed copy, please send $4.00 along with your name and address to Susila Dharma International Association, 777 Campbell, Greenfield Park (Montreal), Quebec J4V 1Y8, … Continue reading
Artistic Expression, Creativity and Development
Erica Sapir of “Puppeteers without Borders, uses puppets as a medium of non-violent communication to help children and adults from war-torn countries speak about the unspeakable. Continue reading
Dreams, Intentions, and Realities: Stories from Vietnam and Indonesia
By Bardolf Paul (This article was originally published in SDIA’s magazine, IN CONTEXT. To get a printed copy, please send $4.00 along with your name and address to Susila Dharma International Association, 777 Campbell, Greenfield Park (Montreal), Quebec J4V 1Y8, … Continue reading
Education for Development/Developing Education: A challenge for our network
by Kumari Beck (This article was originally published in SDIA’s magazine, IN CONTEXT. To get a printed copy, please send $4.00 along with your name and address to Susila Dharma International Association, 777 Campbell, Greenfield Park (Montreal), Quebec J4V 1Y8, … Continue reading