Clean water Kenya
The well that moved the market
When a borehole arrived in Lodwar's outer quarter, the vegetable traders moved with it. Amina Akiru explains what changed and what got harder.
Stories
The field notes, failures included
Every story is written with the person who lived it. The dashboard holds the numbers; these are the days behind them.
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Health Uganda
A clinic with lights on at night
Eleven clinics in Karamoja kept losing vaccines to blackouts. The fix was solar panels, a fridge, and a stock list that phones ahead.
Education Bangladesh
The second teacher effect
Thirty-two crowded schools in Sylhet added a second shift and an assistant teacher. Reading levels moved first.
Education Malawi
Carrying water before class
Rainwater tanks and girls' latrines at forty-five schools in Zomba. Attendance rose for boys first — until the latrine blocks opened.
Health Colombia
What the flood took, and what stayed
When the seasonal river took the road to six Wayuu settlements, the clinic schedule became a boat schedule. Here is the month, logged.
Health Indonesia
Counting fish and children
On Sumba's south coast, the clinic arrives by boat once a month. The village register decides who gets seen first — and it is not negotiable.
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