The entrepreneur’s surprising haven: Somalia
Watch 2013 Fellow Mohamed Ali discuss the causes and solutions to illegal migration from Northern Africa on Christiane Amanpour's show:
Open the Doors of Education for Africa’s Disabled Students
isabled Africans cheered a new hero last month when South Africa’s wheelchair tennis powerhouse Lucas Sithole defeated world No. 1 quadriplegic tennis player David Wagner of the United States at a Johannesburg tournament — demonstrating that in Africa, as elsewhere, physical disability is no bar to world greatness. But the sad truth for many disabled young Africans …
Bringing Emergency Care to Earthquake Victims in Nepal
We've followed the tragic news of the earthquakes in Nepal carefully, since one of our Fellows lives and works in Kathmandu. She's been at the frontlines of the relief effort, particularly around assisting new mothers and babies in remote parts of the country. If you want to support the important work she and her organization, …
In International Aid, people should be seen as consumers not ‘beneficiaries’
A poor widow in rural Bangladesh can choose from many competing mobile phone operators, weighing the best rates and customer service in order to reach her decision. Why should she not also have the right to choose, or at least be informed about, which NGO builds her flood-resistant home and be given the right to seek redress …
Reversing Africa’s Medical Brain Drain
There is understandable consternation over Uganda’s plan to send almost 300 health workers to Trinidad and Tobago. The plan reportedly includes four of Uganda’s 11 registered psychiatrists, 20 of its 28 radiologists, and 15 of its 92 pediatricians. In return, the Caribbean country (which has a doctor-to-patient ratio 12 times higher than Uganda’s) will help Uganda exploit …