by Abriel | Jun 24, 2017 | 2017, Impact Journalism Day
Indonesia has one of the highest rates of blindness in the world, with cataracts accounting for more than 50 per cent of the cases, according to the Health Ministry website. Even though the procedure is the cheapest of three common techniques used by surgeons all over...
by Abriel | Jun 24, 2017 | 2017, Impact Journalism Day
Ida Karpinska, head of the Kwiat Kobiecosci was only able to fully recover from the tumour because it was detected early enough through regular cervical screening. Unfortunately, the majority of women in Poland skip these prophylactic tests, and when Ida realized this...
by Abriel | Jun 24, 2017 | 2017, Impact Journalism Day
Zeina was determined to help cultivate the talents of unprivileged youths when she founded “The Nawaya Project” in 2012, an innovative non-governmental organisation (NGO) that helps marginalised youth develop their talent so that they can integrate into the workforce....
by Abriel | Jun 24, 2017 | 2017, Impact Journalism Day
Merry is usually up before the sun, when she and her 11 colleagues are driven to work. Her job, detecting landmines and other unexploded ordnance (UXO), requires a laser-like focus. It also helps that at about 1kg in weight, she is very light of foot and does not set...
by Abriel | Jun 24, 2017 | 2017, Impact Journalism Day
The Gourga forest region stretches across 24ha, 184km to the north of Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso. Even in the dry season, the vegetation in this part of the north is intriguing – a forest in a so-called arid zone. A steady decrease in rainfall over...