By: Juliana Rincón Parra The 3rd Edition of the Tve Biomovies 1 minute environmental film competition has begun. Anyone above the age of 9 with a camera and an idea for a 1 minute video on environmental topics can participate to win a $300 award to produce their video and then compete to win a grand prize of $1500 and participation in the [...]
Three Avocados is a non-profit organization that is fighting to ending the global water crisis, starting with Uganda. We aim to provide coffee lovers with a product that enables them to make a 100% socially responsible choice when purchasing coffee. Interview with Joe Koenig: What is Three avocados doing? Three Avocados is a non-profit coffee company, selling premium coffee from [...]
A new chapter has begun in Uganda. When war ends, hope begins. The true and inspiring story of LRA survivors, under Joseph Kony’s command, seek to write their own destiny as they live and work in Uganda and attempt to put the past behind them, moving on from the atrocities of their past. Meanwhile, a young american couple abandon stable [...]
In recent weeks Global Voices has presented to its readers more examples of how citizen media is used to amplify the voices of refugees and displaced people. However, while blogs and social networking sites clearly have a role to play in empowering marginalized groups, so too do ICTs in general. MobileActive, for example, is encouraged by the potential for mobile phones to allow [...]
Solar Sister eradicates energy poverty by empowering women with economic opportunity. We combine the breakthrough potential of solar technology with a deliberately woman-centered direct sales network to bring light, hope and opportunity to even the most remote communities in rural Africa. Describe the process when you invest in the women in a rural village? Solar Sister is bringing a grassroots, women [...]
Forgotten Shirts are more than mere t-shirts. They are a tool to help those who are marginalized and forgotten, both in the United States and half a world away. Written in the tag area of these soft, 100% cotton Fair Trade shirts you will find the message “Purchasing this t-shirt creates opportunities for three individuals to better the lives of [...]
This past week Light Gives Heat partnered with Rose from the Women’s Rights Initiative in Uganda to give training to some of the Suubi women on the topics of economic empowerment, women’s rights, and domestic violence. Amber(Uganda Director) recaps the training day… Women’s Rights Initiative Training from Light Gives Heat on Vimeo. www.lightgivesheat.org
By;Sangeeta Haindl What if I told you that Africa’s mobile revolution is at the centre of the continent’s social enterprise? That they are using their mobiles to do things that we in the West are only starting to think about. As apart from the usual of phones being used to text, talk and make mobile money transactions; the mobile networks [...]
By: Melissa Bean Part of me always hoped that the world wasn’t based on luck. I always suspected it was, but really hoped it wasn’t. I didn’t want the world to be ruled by arbitrary happenstance. But as I got older, I realized that I couldn’t believe that the world wasn’t simply dictated by luck if I wanted to believe that [...]
When I first sat down to research the Ugandan market, I read a statistic which made me first smile with giddy anticipation and then shiver in trepidation: over 50% of the Ugandan population is under the age of 18. Uganda has a population of over 32 million people. I smiled because that means my field, education, must be a thriving [...]
