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Child Malnutrition in Peru Driven Up by Poverty and Food Insecurity
27 de marzo, puesto en línea por Mariela JaraQuechua farmer Felipa Noamesa, who lives in the southern Peruvian department of Cuzco, prepares a cream of fava bean soup for breakfast every morning with bread and vegetable soup with noodles. Her children are grown up, so her priority is that her five-year-old granddaughter does not suffer (...) -
Grassroots Venezuelan Initiative Aims to Combat Electricity Crisis with Solar Energy
25 de marzo, puesto en línea por Humberto MarquezSweating profusely, unable to sleep because of the heat, fed up with years of blackouts several times a day, many residents of Venezuela’s torrid northwest want to cover the roofs and balconies of their homes with solar panels, and are asking the government to import them massively and cheaply (...) -
Fall-out from Ecuador’s Crises Highlights Need to Invest in Grassroots Resilience
22 de marzo, puesto en línea por Surita SandoshamSurita Sandosham is President and CEO of Heifer International -
Unpaid Caregivers, a Symbol of Inequality in Chile
20 de marzo, puesto en línea por Orlando MilesiIn Chile, as in the rest of Latin America, the task of caring for people with disabilities, the elderly and children falls to women who, as a result, do not have access to paid jobs or time for themselves. Unpaid domestic and care work is crucial to the economies of the region, accounting for (...) -
Biogas Is Key to Harmony Between Agribusiness and Environment in El Salvador – VIDEO
20 de marzo, puesto en línea por Edgardo AyalaFaced with the recurring problem of environmental pollution caused by the poultry industry in rural communities in El Salvador, some companies are responding by producing biogas from organic waste from their chicken farms and processing plants, and using the gas to generate clean electricity. (...)