by Abriel | Jun 24, 2017 | 2017, Impact Journalism Day
The structure of Russia’s public care systems leave many young adults with no skills and socially isolated. Many tend to have very low motivation for finding a job, and ends up living on social welfare. Every year in Russia, some 10,000 to 15,000 young people leave...
by Abriel | Jun 24, 2017 | 2017, Impact Journalism Day
Two thirds of the global population still don’t have access to X-ray machines. To address this global health problem, Pristem wants to bring a robust and inexpensive X-ray machine to global south hospitals. In the global south, hospitals frequently face disruptive...
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...
