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March 27, 2014 | Dowser
Congo: Stand Proud for Polio Survivors
At StandProud, a center for youth with physical disabilities, a 15-year old with polio learns to walk. Others play soccer for the first time.
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March 04, 2014 | Dowser
Congo: Dance for Change
Chiku Lwambo, dancer, director and choreographer, speaks about the power of dance to affect change in Congo. Together with his twin Chito he has formed a revolutionary dance company called Busara.
February 17, 2014 | Dowser
Youth Basketball Is Transforming Lives in Africa
A program in eastern Congo called PJB or Promote Youth Basketball attracts 600 youth, ages 5 to 25. "You play hard, you work hard," says its founder Dario Merlo. "You also learn to be a 'good guy.'"
October 21, 2013 | Dowser
Who is Poor Enough for Cash Transfers? Difficult Problem in Malawi
One of the biggest challenges facing cash transfers in Malawi is deciding who is poor enough to get the money.
September 25, 2013 | Dowser
Rural Malawi: A Hard Place to Practice Medicine
In the face of chronic shortages of medicines and personnel, healthcare workers in Malawi's public sector struggle to provide quality care.
August 15, 2013 | Dowser
Panama: Dam Promises or Dam Lies?
Government officials say the construction of a hydroelectric dam in western Panama is necessary to address a national electricity emergency, but local residents say they won’t benefit.
July 30, 2013 | Dowser
Panama: The Indigenous Activists Who Paralyzed a Nation
Members of Panama’s largest indigenous group, the Ngäbe-Buglé, block the country’s main roadway to protest mining and hydroelectric projects.
July 24, 2013 | Dowser
Public vs. Private Hospitals in India
India's junior doctors are a volatile group. When the idealism they gained in med school collides with the cruel facts of working in neglected public hospitals, combustion occurs. This is their story.
July 15, 2013 | Dowser
Dilsukhanagar: What the Response to a Disaster Says About Public Health in India
A terrorist attack in February 2013 alerted Hyderabad to the desperate condition of Osmania General, but four months later it is still business as usual for the understaffed, underfunded hospital.
June 14, 2011 | Dowser
Haiti First: Confronting the Economic Implications of Relief Aid
There has been an enormous outpouring of aid to Haiti, but how much impact is it actually making?