features

Malawi's lessons in democracy (19 Jun 2009 )
While the UK slips ever deeper into political scandal, as MPs expenses spiral out of control and Labour looks to be losing the plot, thousands of miles away some 14 million Malawians have just effected one of the most significant democratic victories seen in Africa for many years.

Speaking up for Haitian rights (18 May 2009 )
Trying to imagine one of the world’s poorest places is an unsettling thought. For José Emperador, it’s fairly easy. He has just spent two years there. Working on the border between the Dominican Republic and Haiti, not far from the tourist beaches of the Dominican capital Santo Domingo, José says he has seen poverty at its worst.

Farming for the Common Good (7 May 2009 )
In Malawi on an average year it is hard work for most farmers to make a living from the soil, but they can. The word ‘farmer’ perhaps conjures up the wrong impression – that of a lone man breaking his back out in the fields. Farming in Malawi is a family affair so when I talk about farmers, the picture includes women working out in the fields as well as men – ploughing by hoe, sowing, weeding and of course harvesting writes James Whitehead

What’s your water footprint? (3 Mar 2009 )
One third of the world’s population are threatened by severe and chronic water shortages - a shocking statistic when you realise that everything we consume in the rich North, from food and clothes to luxury goods, uses gallons of water to be produced, says Sol Oyuela

The Human Cost of Illegal Logging: (26 Sep 2008 )
Illegal logging not only threatens the planet's future, it has frightening consequences for people living in developing countries.

Peru: Working Towards Inclusive Education (11 Sep 2008 )
I want to tell you a story. It is about long journeys and unfamiliar lands; it is also about a commitment made by teachers, local authorities and institutions to work to improve the education of many children and teenagers in a region of Peru. But, let’s let the characters tell their own story, writes Oihane de Gana.

Keep the Faith (8 Sep 2008 )
Reconciliation is central to East Timor’s future, reports Jo Barrett from Dili Cathedral, as Progressio prepares to step up its campaign for justice in the war-torn country.

Positive news on AIDS is only half the story (11 Aug 2008 )
Last week’s international Aids conference in Mexico (3-8 August) gave the British press the hook it needed to discuss some positive news on HIV and AIDS. And there is positive news to be had writes Liz Tremlett.

Innocent victims (15 Jul 2008 )
Zimbabwe’s food crisis presents an added challenge to female prisoners with children, writes Teclah Ponde

On the Trail to Timor (11 Apr 2008 )
Progressio is an international development organisation working in 11 countries around the world on HIV and AIDS, Civil Society and Sustainable Environment. While many of you first became acquainted with us by sending seedpackets to your MPs expressing your concerns around Terminator technology, as an organisation we actually do much more. Progressio’s Press Officer, Jo Barrett brings you more information about how we work through skilled professionals around the world to end poverty.