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Safe house. Postcard from Boschplaat, Terschelling

By Frank van Steenbergen, March 19, 2019 The Safe house at Terschelling. (Credit left and right: Frank van Steenbergen. … Continued

Weapons against domestic violence

by Frank van Steenbergen January 4, 2018 Asked recently what good, improved agriculture brought to farming families in coastal Bangladesh, … Continued

Cities of Justice? Dangerous Pretensions…

Cities of Justice? Dangerous Pretensions… posted by Frank van Steenbergen November 28, 2018 Here is the story. There is no … Continued

Yemen: People and ‘Power’ in times of War

by Nada al-Dahmashi Since 2015, Yemen has been facing a devastating war that has destroyed infrastructure and many sectors altogether. … Continued

Its Own Deep Source

By Frank van Steenbergen, June 2018 The austere beauty of the Kairouan Grand Mosque in Tunisia harbors a gracious secret. … Continued

Elixir

By Letty Fajardo Vera and Frank van Steenbergen, May 2018 Early in the morning, delicate bitter orange blossom is harvested, … Continued

Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals(EDCs)

Posted by Mekdelawit Messay Deribe December 11, 2017 More than 25 years ago, a group of school kids with their … Continued

Getting a stronger rural economy

By Frank van Steenbergen, Edris Hussien, Fredu Nega Tegebu, and Letty Fajardo Vera March 23, 2017 It is a sign … Continued

Life Skills – the missing foundation to improving socio-economic growth

Posted by Otto Hoffman February 15, 2017 Image courtesy Wikimedia “Harvest to Poverty” The agricultural sector in many developing countries … Continued

Let the crisis not get hold of us: water supply in Yemen

by Taha AL-Washali, Frank van Steenbergen, Saroj Sharma, and Maria Kenned Collapse In March, 2015, Saudi Arabia launched an aerial … Continued

nature’s Green Blanket

Agricultural land declination: Urbanization, lack of natural resources, and neglect by Madiha Al-Junaid Of what is more than a decade … Continued

The power of peers: self-evolving institutions in action

Posted by Rajeshwar Mishra and Frank van Steenbergen November 8, 2016 (Members of the North Bengal Terai Women’s Federation, a … Continued

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