Stopping an Oil Superhighway in Kenya
Kenyan activists are turning the tide against a multi-billion-dollar infrastructure project that threatens to destroy lives and the environment.
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Gender Lens: Sustainable Solutions in Global Health
On day one of the Pulitzer Center’s Gender Lens Conference, June 3, 2017, a wide-ranging panel of experts discussed current public health initiatives and problems that face the world. The panelists included documentary photographer and Pulitzer grantee Allison Shelley, documentary filmmaker and Pulitzer grantee Rob Tinworth, senior program officer on sexual health and rights for …
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American Jewish World Service Launches East Africa Crisis Fund
American Jewish World Service (AJWS), the leading Jewish organization working to promote human rights and end poverty in the developing world, has launched an East Africa Crisis Fund to respond to the crises in South Sudan, Kenya and Uganda.
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Pangas in hand, Kenya’s indigenous fire scouts take on forest losses
These days, whenever Daniel Koskei walks into the Logoman Forest and finds a mound of soil, he prepares to take action – particularly if the wind is strong and the sun blazing hot. Such mounds can be a sign of illegal charcoal production, an activity that can lead to fire outbreaks in this eastern region …
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Coalition of faith leaders and faith-based organizations urges faith communities to support LGBTI communities under attack
In response to hateful anti-LGBTI attacks by American “faith leaders” at the recent World Congress of Families in Kenya, American Jewish World Service (AJWS), 250+ faith leaders and dozens of faith-based organizations have condemned American extremists who export hatred of LGBTI people to developing countries. To punish LGBTI people for who they are and whom they …
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