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...
by Abriel | Jun 24, 2017 | 2017, Impact Journalism Day
Even air pollution can yield something positive, such as art. Just ask Graviky Labs, a Bengaluru-based start-up which has come up with an innovative method to trap soot from vehicles and transform it into ink. The team of industrial and automobile engineers, computer...
by Abriel | Jun 24, 2017 | 2017, Impact Journalism Day
The people of the El Hencha, a small town not far from Sfax, Tunisia, continue to practise traditional agricultural techniques for which they need to draw heavily upon groundwater reserves. These practices are typical of those found in areas across southern Tunisia,...
by Abriel | Jun 24, 2017 | 2017, Impact Journalism Day
Ms Jessi Baker, the founder of blockchain technology platform Provenance, envisions a future where all physical products have digital histories, allowing people to trace and verify products’ origins, attributes and ownership. Fuelled by frustration about how...
