“73 people in the community have been trained to care for the sick and we have a support group to help people living with HIV,” says Buku Ndhlovu, chair of the group run by the Isineke Community...
Pamela J, 22 February 2012
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Perhaps the most remarkable part of my experience so far has been getting to know the women in communities like Wedza. Their strength, courage and resilience is astounding.
I met a woman famer called...
Pamela J, 21 February 2012
The streets of Harare
I have only been here for a few days but Zimbabwe has made a huge impression on me. People carry smiles with them on their way to work and take the time to say hello to...
Pamela J, 21 February 2012
Sitting on her doorstep in Chigondo, a small area of Wedza district, about three hours’ drive from the Zimbabwean capital Harare, Mrs Jasmine Chakoma, 64, is surrounded by the bounty of nature. [...
Daniel Hale, 17 February 2012
Citizen participation for sustainability in El Salvador
“Towns, municipalities, countries … nowhere moves forward if women don’t participate. Between all of us, we create development.”
These were the...
maggievonvogt, 10 February 2012
Progressio development worker Juan Carlos González Díaz reports from the border of Haiti and the Dominican Republic
Dajabón Market
Friday morning. 37 degrees in the shade. A clear sky with the sun...
Progressio, 8 February 2012
Progressio does a lot of work on ‘sustainable farming’. But what does that actually mean in practice? Especially somewhere like Zimbabwe, where drought and lack of resources are such a problem?
When...
Osvaldo Vasquez, 11 January 2012
Climate Justice supporters in Central America watched tentatively and with skepticism for news from the COP17 negotiations in Durban, fearing that COP17 would just lead us further down a dead-end...
maggievonvogt, 23 December 2011
How do you give ordinary men and women a voice in the elitist process of policy-making? A project supported by Progressio in Zimbabwe aims to do just that. Our development worker Christopher Mweembe...
Progressio, 15 December 2011
Fi Oakes, a Progressio development worker in Timor-Leste, explains why HIV is everybody's business.
You’ve probably already seen the red ribbon symbol this week. It’s used all over the world to...
Progressio, 29 November 2011
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