The Guardian Development Blog has a compelling series of short documentaries that take place in Ghana. The films tell the stories of real life in Ghana and overcoming great odds to go to school and find work in Ghana. The stories include Katumi, who, at 13: left her rural home in Ghana to work as a street …
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COVID-19: The silver lining
June 4th, 2020Can any good come from a global pandemic that has devastated economies, crippled the health sector, …
Read moreKenya is bearing the brunt of a rapidly unfolding East African food and refugee crisis. Dadaab refugee camp in Eastern Kenya has 400,000 Somalis living there, with 1,300 arriving daily, and is now Kenya’s third largest city. A coherent plan to deal with the disaster is required, argues Simon Hart, 25, a Commonwealth Correspondent from …
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Kenya is bearing the brunt of a rapidly unfolding East African food and refugee crisis. Dadaab refugee camp in Eastern Kenya has 400,000 Somalis living there, with 1,300 arriving daily, and is now Kenya’s third largest city. A coherent plan to deal with the disaster is required, argues Simon Hart, 25, a Commonwealth Correspondent from …
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The Right to Food and Work Convention is an inspiring display of grass roots activism, writes Shomira Sanyal, 20, a Commonwealth Correspondent from New Delhi in India, who volunteered at the event that focuses on solving hunger in India. Powerful slogans rang out at the fifth National Convention on the Right to Food and Work, …
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Small island developing states are especially vulnerable to external economic and environmental shocks. At the Third International Conference on Small Island Developing States in Samoa, 1-4 September, the Commonwealth is partnering with the United Nations, governments and international organisations to help build the resilience of these countries. Ryan Bachoo, 25 a Commonwealth Correspondent from Trinidad …
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Will the globe’s population outgrow the ability to provide enough food for everyone? Denise Juvane, 21, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Mozambique now living in England, examines two schools of thought on the pressing issue of food security. Whilst the prevailing argument is that scarcity of resources is an effect of luxurious lifestyles and is an end …
Learning about global food security means knowing about rice production, biodiversity, women in agriculture and climate change, as Shomira Sanyal, 20, a Commonwealth Correspondent from New Delhi in India, discovered while attending summer school hosted by the Association of Commonwealth Universities. ‘Global Food Security: Can We Feed A Growing World?’ The theme for the 4th Association …
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The SDGs established last fall set an ambitious agenda, but Bradley Douglas, 27, a Correspondent from St. Vincent, says the small island state is already pressing ahead to achieve the goals and mitigate climate change impact. As a Caribbean nation and categorised within the bracket of Small Island Developing States, amidst the varying limitations, we …
A fall in Nigeria’s currency value has affected the prices of commodities in the market, writes Gerald Nwokocha, 28, a Correspondent from Abuja, Nigeria, as he examines the impact of and solutions to the issue. Official exchange rates at the Central Bank of Nigeria and the black market exchange rates differ. The slogan in the market place now …
Building and maintaining peace must include efforts to provide food security, writes Azinwi Ngum, 25, a Correspondent from Cameroon, who says there is need to solve the food insecurity problems that can be the cause – or the result – of conflict. With increasing conflicts within the African continent, development agencies and governments have begun to explore the linkages between …