Danger still lingers two years after Colombia’s deadly Mocoa landslide
Thomson Reuters Foundation Two years after a mudslide that killed more than 300 people in the Colombian rainforest town of Mocoa, local authorities are struggling to get the funds to resettle tens of thousands of residents living in areas at risk of flooding. Torrential rains on March 31, 2017, triggered a deadly torrent of mud, […]
THIS LIFE: ARE YOU TAKING GOD FOR GRANTED?
In an article first published on ASSIST News Service, US columnist CAROL ROUND reflects on why she doesn’t want to take God for granted…
Laos has “mortgaged” future at expense of people, UN expert says
Bangkok, ThailandThomson Reuters Foundation The Laos government has prioritised big infrastructure projects including dams, railways lines and mines that have benefited few people and uprooted the poor from their land, said the top independent expert on poverty at the United Nations. While the South-East Asian nation has seen “remarkable” economic growth over the last two […]
CYCLONE IDAI: “NOW I’M NOTHING” – ZIMBABWE FLOODS LEAVE TRADERS DESTITUTE
RAY MWAREYA, writing for the Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports…
End bondage, demand millions of Indian brick kiln workers as polls loom
Thomson Reuters Foundation Most of the 12 million workers in India’s brick kilns are victims of debt bondage, labour rights campaigners said on Friday, as they appealed to all major political parties to help crack down on the middlemen who trap them. Labour advocates met members of five major political parties this week, ahead of […]