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11 challenges (and opportunities!) on the road toward a strong and diverse rural economy in Rural Ethiopia

By Nardos Masresha Small and Micro Enterprises (SMEs) play a crucial role in the rural economy of Ethiopia as they … Continued

11 challenges (and opportunities!) on the road toward a strong and diverse rural economy in Rural Ethiopia

11 challenges (and opportunities!) on the road toward a strong and diverse rural economy in Rural Ethiopia By Nardos Masresha … Continued

Cold in Quetta

By Talal Naseer and Frank van Steenbergen Quetta, the mountain capital of Balochistan (Pakistan), is known for its harsh winter … Continued

Our minds are with the earthquake victims in Turkey and Syria

On Monday, February 6, a strong earthquake struck the southern and central regions in Turkey and western Syria. The damage … Continued

The Well on the Mountain

By Frank van Steenbergen On Mount Eliyah a little east of the Jordan River there is a well atop the … Continued

The poor economy market

Postcard from Valencia in Spain, a beautiful historical city yet surrounded by huge non-descript outskirts. This postcard is sent from … Continued

Identity of Women Farmers in India

By Anushree Mitra In Jharkhand, there is a common belief related to ploughing and tilling of the land that if … Continued

Psycho-social Support for Recovery and Resilience in Amhara

by Nardos Mesresha, Yoseph Cherinet, Jean Marc Pace, Girma Senbeta Conflict in Northern Ethiopia The war that erupted in Northern … Continued

Playing WaSH games with children in a refugee setting

By Myrthe Dol How to break the monotony, how to reach out to children who have had difficult trajectories, how … Continued

Games with a heart and a purpose

by Florencia Rieiro and Hilary Galiwango We worked together with GIZ Uganda’s Water Supply and Sanitation for Refugee Settlements (WatSSUP) … Continued

Food Preservation – the Blessing of Seasonality

By Frank van Steenbergen Postcard from Riga, Latvia. It is the blessing of seasonality – the need to preserve foods, … Continued

Obituary: Saying goodbye to the celebrated Water Resource scholar Dr. Shahid Ahmad

By Ashfaque Soomro July 30, 2021 A celebrated water resource planning and development scholar, Dr. Shahid Ahmad, has died of … Continued

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