DIY-style school helps educate Indian migrants facing eviction
Thomson Reuters Foundation A low-cost school that is easy to build and dismantle can meet the educational needs of migrants and those living in informal settlements across India, its designer said, urging cities to do more to remove the constant threat of eviction. ModSkool was designed for the children of farmers living along the Yamuna river […]
Indonesian farmers walk 1,800 kilometres to protest against evictions
Jakarta, IndonesiaThomson Reuters Foundation More than 100 Indonesian farmers gathered outside the presidential palace in Jakarta on Monday, having walked about 1,800 kilometres from the island of Sumatra to protest against forced evictions from their lands. About 170 farmers began the trek from Deli Serdang in northern Sumatra on 25th June to raise awareness of […]