From the ground

I love making media with young people. I love watching people tell their own stories, become inspired to create, and lose their inhibitions as they learn how to use equipment. With a little time and…
admin, 28th May 2010
It’s 4:30 am and I wake to the sound of the donkey’s bray. I’m in the village of Tupicocha in the Peruvian Andes, at an altitude of 3500m. Today, the villagers of Tupicocha gather for the annual…
admin, 24th May 2010
With just days to go until the UK election, people here in Malawi are hoping British voters will look beyond their borders and support bold action on international development on May 6, writes…
Progressio, 5th May 2010
Reflections on the water crisis in El Salvador and beyond There is a stretch of the Pan-American highway heading west out of San Salvador where each end of the socio-economic spectrum in El Salvador…
admin, 28th April 2010
Walter Tróchez was a 27-year-old Honduran with a childlike face, shy smile, a cap on his head and eyes invariably glued to his laptop screen. Judging by his appearance, no one would suspect that…
admin, 1st April 2010
When do good intentions to ‘help’ end up undermining people’s sense of control and sovereignty? Visiting Dili, the capital of Timor-Leste (East Timor), just over a decade ago, you would have been…
Progressio, 14th January 2010
If, like me, you live in the UK, you’ve probably heard enough about organic food to last you a lifetime. But here’s an interesting thought: even if the UK’s Food Standard’s Agency is right, and…
Progressio, 13th August 2009