Tag Archives: Rural

A doctor prescribes medicine for mothers and children during a UNICEF-supported mobile health and nutrition team visit. Credit: Karim / UNICEF Opinion by James Elder (kabul, afghanistan) Wednesday, July 26, 2023 Inter Press Service KABUL, Afghanistan, Jul 26 (IPS) – The needs of Afghanistan’s children and families are immense. So are …

Marisol and Misael Menjívar pose next to the biodigester installed in March in the backyard of their home in El Corozal, a rural settlement located near Suchitoto in central El Salvador. With a biotoilet and stove, the couple produces biogas for cooking from feces, which saves them money. The biotoilet …

Martina Santa Cruz, a peasant farmer from the village of Sacllo in the southern Peruvian Andes highlands department of Cuzco, is pleased with her remodeled kitchen where a skylight was created to let in sunlight and a chimney has been installed to extract smoke from the stove where she cooks …

Waje was in tears as she narrated the voter suppression allegedly witnessed at her polling unit during the governorship and HouseofAssembly elections in Lagos state.  The singer said INEC moved their polling unit from the usual safe place to a rural area just this morning.  She added that they had …

Guidom Sabally’s high school education was cut short because his family could no longer afford school fees. For many years, he struggled to find work as an unskilled labourer. Now in his 40s, Mr. Sabally was able to take up the opportunity of free technical training, provided by a UN-led …

By Bethany Blankley (The Center Square) The U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce held its first joint Office of Investigations and Health Subcommittee field hearing in McAllen, Texas, examining the ongoing crisis at the southern border. Brooks County, Texas, Sheriff Benny Martinez testified to the record number of dead bodies his …

By Robert Bryce for RealClearPolitics The hype about wind and solar energy keeps colliding with the hard reality of land-use conflicts. Nowhere is that more obvious than in Ohio, where 41 townships have rejected or restricted the expansion of wind and/or solar projects since last November. In addition, at least …

A former spokesman of the Nigerian army, Retired Brigadier General Sani Usman has blamed the local governments for not doing enough to checkmate insurgency and other security concerns in the country. In an interview with Channels’ Sunrise Daily on Thursday, October 6, Usman stated that the Federal and state governments have …

A report from Iowa State University shows that rural Americans are feeling the pain of inflation more than the rest of the country. “Rural households are more vulnerable to inflation,” the report said. “In 2020, rural household post‐tax incomes stood at $58,012. About 82% of rural incomes went towards expenses, …

Francisca Piecho stands with her daughter-in-law Johana Cruz and her grandson outside her home that now has electricity from solar energy, in the village of Cacho de Oro, Teotepeque municipality, in the southern department of La Libertad. Hers and other rural Salvadoran families have seen their lives improve with the …