The AJWS community has a lot to say about what's happening in the world. Read our insights about the struggle for justice and human rights around the globe — and meet the activists on the frontlines of the fight to build a better world.
When I think about international food aid, what comes to mind are the challenges of distribution—who’s getting what and how much of it? But then there are the hidden costs of shipping. A recent IRIN article discusses the results of a Cornell University study that revealed the alarming fact that U.S. taxpayers spend about $140 …
AJWS’s Josh Berkman tells Change.org that millions of hungry families are not a market opportunity [Change.org] Climate-related farmer suicides are surging in eastern Kenya [AlertNet] Villagers in South Africa are harvesting fog to deal with drought [AlertNet] In Mali, more aid is needed [IRIN] The cereal export ban is lifted in Ethiopia [IRIN] In a …
Today is the six-month anniversary of the Haiti earthquake and, even though the world’s attention is fading, there’s been a lot of newsandblogcoverage about the work that lies ahead. Most of the focus has been on Port-au-Prince and, while the earthquake took its major toll on an urban center, we can’t forget about the devastating …
Solar kit brings green power to Kenya’s rural poor, helping them cook [AlertNet] In Burkina Faso, local food plays a vital role [IRIN] More on Cambodia’s land rights crisis [AlertNet] Africa needs a brown (not green) food revolution [Christian Science Monitor] A commitment to global food security [Voice of America] Aid agencies call for a …
A few weeks ago, I wrote about Cambodian farmers’ fight for land rights in a country where land grabs are disturbingly common. An estimated 85 percent of Cambodian households lack land titles. Many villages lose their livelihoods as a result of the Cambodian government routinely leasing large tracts of rural land for agro-industrial exploitation. Over …
