From one of Indonesia’s earthquake and tsunami affected areas, *Annisa, mother to two children, recounts the moments when life froze for her little daughter...
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From Iraq to Colombia:
human suffering is the same everywhere
As I flew into Colombia, I couldn’t help but look back at the previous nine months I’d spent in Iraq. Nine months of recording stories about people losing...
Need $193 billion? Let women work!
The World Bank launched its new Human Capital Index last week. Combining health and education data, it estimates future potential economic productivity – the...
How a hand-held computer is tackling lethal diarrhoea in Indian villages
Community health volunteers in Uttar Pradesh, India are collecting community-level data on diarrhoea using an mobile health tool.
World Food Day: Why young people are leading the way to #zerohunger
Today, World Food Day, we celebrate young people tacking malnutrition. This speech to the UN was made by youth leader Florence Sibomana from Rwanda.
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International Day of the Girl: let’s celebrate a girl who’s rewriting the future
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A looming health crisis in the wake of Indonesia’s tsunami
As children and their families in Indonesia struggle to piece their lives back together after a powerful tsunami hit the island of Sulawesi, they are now facing...
Party Conference season: the hunters and the farmers on both sides make their case
My colleague Claire Rowney has introduced me to a new concept: all brilliant fundraising teams need to be a mix of farmers and hunters. Farmers cultivate and...
CEO updates, October 2018
As I write our teams are responding to the devastating earthquake in Indonesia. The death toll in Sulawesi is mounting daily. Tens of thousands of people are...