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Break the Bias – International Women’s Day

Break the Bias – International Women’s Day

Mao Zedong famously said that “women hold up half the sky”. Mao didn’t say / It doesn’t specify that women only hold up the low value parts of the sky – there are no ‘low value’ parts, the sky is a whole, the clouds as necessary as the sun, the moon as necessary as the air. All equally essential.

Why I Volunteered at Tikondane, Zambia

Why I Volunteered at Tikondane, Zambia

On Tuesday, November 23, 2021 I bought a plane ticket from Portland, Oregon, USA to Lusaka, Zambia for a roughly 2½ month stay. On Friday November 26, 2021, the World Health Organization declared Omicron a variant of concern and I watched as country after country began restricting travel in and out of Southern Africa.

Building Choices Through Community Driven Development

Building Choices Through Community Driven Development

One of the issues with poverty is that when you have very few resources, and no ‘backup’ savings or other support, you can’t afford to fail. A good approach to development therefore, is to support people so that they can have real choices to do things differently, without the worry that if they fail their kids will starve.

RoundTrip July 2021 Project Update

RoundTrip July 2021 Project Update

Welcome to our project update! Read on for all the latest news from RoundTrip’s overseas projects in Africa and Sri Lanka. Our projects have been remarkably resilient in the face of the challenges posed by Covid-19.

RoundTrip August 2021 Project Update

RoundTrip August 2021 Project Update

Welcome to our August 2021 projects update! This month…just to give you a sense of the challenges that the young women at our Bakery School have overcome, and what they hope to achieve, please find the story of Kashvi…

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