Call to Humanity

Chile, la alegría ya viene

In 1973 Augusto Pinochet became the dictator of Chile after a coup d’état (financed by the...

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Sadhus of Nepal

Religious ascetics, occult rebels, and philosophic monks, the sadhus are the holy men and women who...

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A Free Tibet

At the end of the day, there is no Shangri-La and El Dorado, or even Atlantis...

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Rural Energy Poverty – A threat to the environment and women

When we think about the term Energy Poverty, we picture households in the dark, without electricity....

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Barriers to Humanitarian Response

Over the past few decades, the nature, place and understanding of humanitarian response has evolved significantly....

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A Measure of WASH Sustainability: Findings from Ethiopia

The Howard G. Buffett supported Global Water Initiative (GWI) has been operating in Ethiopia since October...

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Integrating Technology in WASH Monitoring

Over the past two decades, the global water sector has made great strides in reducing the...

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2014: The Playlist

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The Economic Impact of the Ebola Crisis

Introduction Epidemics and other health crises in Africa continue to take a massive toll on human...

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Life in Mbokop, Cameroon

It was my second time in Mbokop, and unlike the first time, I traveled there alone...

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Laying the framework for Water and Sanitation Sustainability

Driving through the hustle and bustle of Lusaka, it is really hard to imagine that the...

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#FreePalestine

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Help Bring Sustainable Energy to Madagascar

BioD is a novel technology that addresses deforestation and air pollution while saving families time and...

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The Gender Gap in the Digital Divide – Gender and ICT

Although from observations and anecdotal evidence, we have “known” of the existence of a gender gap...

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Why save an Endangered Language?

Languages fascinate me. Not just the ones that are widely spoken like Spanish or Swahili, but...

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Statistics on Water & Sanitation Failures

The above graph shows the trend in the average global failure rate for water points in developing...

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The Gambia, as I saw it

It’s very easy to miss The Gambia on a map of mighty Africa. The smallest country...

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Lilayi Elephant Orphanage

The Lilayi Elephant Orphanage right outside Lusaka, Zambia, is one of only two elephant nurseries in...

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A walk through a Hospital in Rural Gambia

As part of Hand in Health and Books for Africa’s project to expand ICT in The...

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Information and Communication Technology for Development

Today’s mobile phones, even those basic brick-like “non-smart” ones, have more computing power than the Apollo...

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In Between Politics and Humanitarian Agendas: UNRWA and Palestinian Statehood

Abstract The United Nations Work and Relief Agency (UNRWA) is the oldest, most-established and perhaps the...

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A traveler’s guide to Dhaka, Bangladesh

Dhaka is so much more than just a city. It is a whirlpool that pulls anything...

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CREER – A Partnership between Rincon, Panama and EWB-DC

Three years ago, I traveled to the community of Rincon in the Ngöbe-Buglé Comarca of Panama...

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