Bundubags is a bag company with a difference. Bundubags began with a creative idea, a love of contemporary African design and a heart for African women. Below is an interview with founder Colleen Thompson. How and when was BunduBags formed? How is your product produced? BunduBags was formed at the beginning of 2012, when I [...]
By: Joanna Hanson Nearly 4 Million miles of road cover the United States of America and the injustices seen from its ditches and sidelines are not few. Human beings are bought or stolen and forced into lives of prostitution and drugs becoming the trafficked of our highways. Truckers Against Trafficking is a non-profit organization, better known as TAT, created [...]
No one should be hungry, unclothed or uneducated Erin Danae Fowler “The American materialistic young girl [inside] that went over to change India…she died. What was born was an empathy and a passion for the overlooked, the forgotten and the impoverished people here in my city.” -Denise Currie, Director/CEO of The Giving Closet, Vancouver, WA. Denise Currie sat across from me [...]
By: Laura Stump Today, before the older kids got home from school, I had a moment to spend time with Makaphutu’s three youngest residents. Nothing out of the ordinary—some jumping around in the grass, kicking around a ball and (of course) some hugs. It started with Mpho, famous for throwing her arms up with abandon at any passerby. I scooped her [...]
One of the things I love most about being a photographer is capturing the serendipitous moments that happen in life, like this scene. I had been playing soccer with two cameras on in a dirt field in Ethiopia with this boy and his friends. At a break in the game I turned around to find this young boy looking at [...]
By: Rezwan For many people the idea of climate change is of growing concern as they are not directly threatened. The people of Bangladesh however are becoming increasingly alarmed at the potentially devastating consequences of the sea level rise and climate change. The USA has the highest consumption of plastic based product and the largest consumer market for bottled water. Each [...]
This week we are showing the unexpected beauty through photos from a few selected countries. Enjoy these beautiful photos taken by Savannah Chastain during her trip to India. Photos by Savannah Chastain A Gujar man and his daughter have an intimate moment in their summer dwelling in the mountains of Kashmir. The Gujar people are a nomadic people group [...]
After watching a video of African children suffering from parasites in their feet, Asher Collie couldn’t just just sit and watch this continuing, she instant knew that she could help African men and women by teaching them a simple trade—how to make shoes. You did your first trip to Uganda and Zambia in spring 2010, what was it that sparked the idea to start Sole [...]
Sudanese blogger Maha Elsanosi vividly describes her three days of interrogation at the National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS), after being arrested in Sudan. In her must-read post, Maha, who is our Global Voices Online author for Sudan, recounts: During my first detention, I faced 4 hours of emotional abuse. One interrogator said to me: “Take a good look at the window, this will [...]
By: Lova Rakotomalala An article by BuzzFeed that recently went viral with over 1.6 million Facebook shares, highlighted 21 pictures that will restore your faith in humanity. Unfortunately, Africa and Africans were absent from the piece. Despite efforts to change existing narratives, the African continent is still widely known as a leading recipient of international aid and the place where international NGOs come to ‘save’ the [...]
