“We the communities must fight together to prevent deforestation and secure water”, a yellow card reads on the wall of a school in the El Coco community, Honduras. This is one of the traces left by…
Progressio, 11th July 2011
“The San Jacinto Hill serves as the lungs of San Salvador”, says Hector Mauricio Flores, and his colleagues nod their heads in agreement.
It’s a rainy Saturday afternoon, and we are gathered in a…
Progressio, 11th July 2011
Our special correspondent on the ground asks if Hondurans will be blowing out the candles this week to mark the anniversary of the military coup that swept the country two years ago today (28 June…
Special Correspondent, 28th June 2011
It’s fashionable to talk about climate change these days, and super fashionable to talk about ‘recuperating ecosystems’ in order to adapt to climate change. Well, who better to talk about all this…
maggievonvogt, 23rd June 2011
Photo: A Sana’a market seller
How is the political chaos in Yemen affecting everyday work and life for ordinary people – and what does it mean for the future? We asked our country representative in…
Progressio, 10th June 2011
Rural communities in the Peruvian Andes have always experienced extreme climatic conditions, writes Progressio development worker Cindy Krose. Most inhabitants of the Peruvian Andes are farmers and…
Progressio, 31st May 2011
Vita Randazzo writes about market day in the border town of Jimani
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The recent solidarity of the Dominican people with Haiti – shown by their spontaneous and immediate response to the…
Progressio, 19th May 2011
Somaliland’s young people are embracing democracy as the way forward to a better future for their country and its people, writes Progressio development worker Stephen Mwalo
The year 2010 will…
Progressio, 9th May 2011
Regina Nyirenda, Progressio development worker with the Horn Youth and Development Association (HYDA), reports on how young Somalilanders are ‘flying’ their flag in style online!
The occasion is…
Progressio, 26th April 2011
Small incidents that we may sometimes take for granted can have wider meanings and implications, writes Dennis Obel in Timor-Leste
A couple of weeks ago, as me and my friend drove for lunch, he told…
Progressio, 31st March 2011
