by Abriel | Jun 24, 2017 | 2017, Impact Journalism Day
Cats have more hidden talents than just starring in YouTube videos and Instagram photos. They might also be able to teach us to conserve energy. At least that is what a group of researchers from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia believe. They are leading a...
by Abriel | Jun 24, 2017 | 2017, Impact Journalism Day
Little Michel Koutouan’s grades have been improving lately and he readily gives credit to his specially-invented solar backpack. There is no electricity at his home in Songon, a village in the south-eastern region of the Ivory Coast, which makes it hard for him...
by Abriel | Jun 24, 2017 | 2017, Impact Journalism Day
Egyptians in many areas, especially those in underprivileged villages, have been deprived of water resources for many years. They often resort to buying from water vendors who roam areas where there are shortages. To find a solution to this crisis, a group of young...
by Abriel | Jun 24, 2017 | 2017, Impact Journalism Day
Ms Jihey Lee was a successful marketer at an IT company when she decided to give it all up in 2008 and set up a social enterprise helping marginalised women. She opened a restaurant in a small corner of Sangsu-dong, Mapo-gu in South Korea, convinced the food business...
by Abriel | Jun 24, 2017 | 2017, Impact Journalism Day
Ms Evguenia Zakhar, 33, is not just any tattoo artist. Every Monday, in her studio in Ufa, Russia, she works on the scars of women who have been abused, turning them, for free, into art. Ms Zakhar was inspired by the work of Brazilian tattoo artist Flavia Carvalho....
by Abriel | Jun 24, 2017 | 2017, Impact Journalism Day
Unlike many in his community, Eliezer Rodriguez, 17, is completing his secondary education at the Francisco Morazan School in the village of El Zurzular in southern Honduras, without having to walk for four hours or cross a river. The person responsible for this...
