What a Little Land Can Do
In many parts of the world, not owning one’s own land is more directly correlated to poverty than other factors
In many parts of the world, not owning one’s own land is more directly correlated to poverty than other factors
Finally, the right to own land in their own name has begun to change the way thousands of very poor
In 2016, the city of Rochester, NY partnered with Kiva—a crowd-funded microlender—to serve aspiring or established small-business owners. Their partnership
An intensive, long-term approach to end poverty, piloted by an NGO in Bangladesh, has shown serious promise since its start
Though poverty rates are dropping worldwide, the ‘ultrapoor’ tend to stay where they are. BRAC works to break the poverty
In Zimbabwe, a diverse group of leaders (including CAMFED) are tackling the persistent barriers to quality education for girls. By
Education is far from a given for poor, rural Africans. But a group called CAMFED (campaign for female education) is
Mangroves can store up six times more carbon than an area equal to the Amazon rainforest. However, they are rapidly
APOPO, an international nonprofit, has trained Gambian pouched rats to sniff out landmines in countries across the world. These rats
In Cambodia, demining rats have been trained to sniff out land mines, effectively identifying unexploded materials like landmines, bombs, and