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3 days ago

A Returnee Aspiring to Conquer Nigeria’s Fashion Scene: Ejike’s Story

Lagos, 1 August 2022 — Ejike is busy finishing orders in his workshop at Ijegun market in Lagos. He is dressed neatly, wearing a brown self-made modern Nigerian attire. On the first floor of a small breezy workshop along one of the busy market streets, he and his two employees…

Nigeria

5 min read

A Returnee Aspiring to Conquer Nigeria’s Fashion Scene: Ejike’s Story
A Returnee Aspiring to Conquer Nigeria’s Fashion Scene: Ejike’s Story

3 days ago

Bringing Light to War-Affected Communities in Ukraine

Kharkiv, August 2022 — In a dark, overcrowded cellar in Kharkiv, Ukraine, 40-year-old Natalia is hiding from near-constant air raids occurring nearby. Together with her son, niece, uncle and mother, she lives in one of the most dangerous areas of the city. …

Ukraine

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Bringing Light to War-Affected Communities in Ukraine
Bringing Light to War-Affected Communities in Ukraine

Jul 29

Trinidad: Helping Human Trafficking Survivors Start Again

Trinidad — As Manuela Molina* stepped from a pirogue onto a beach in Trinidad, panic turned to relief. The journey from Venezuela had been dangerous but she had felt compelled to make it. …

End Human Trafficking

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Trinidad: Helping Human Trafficking Survivors Start Again
Trinidad: Helping Human Trafficking Survivors Start Again

Jul 29

Encouraging Young Voices that Break through the Rumble of War in Ukraine

Western Ukraine, 28 July 2022 — In their most fervent dreams, the war ends tomorrow. They wouldn’t wake up to the sounds of explosions and the crumpled ruins of their cities. If everything depended only on them, tomorrow they would return to rebuild their hometowns or fulfill their pre-war dreams…

Ukraine

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Encouraging Young Voices that Break through the Rumble of War in Ukraine
Encouraging Young Voices that Break through the Rumble of War in Ukraine

Jul 27

Nigerian Women Defying Stigma Upon Return

Benin City, 28 March 2022 — Twenty-four-year-old Success* stands outside her shop on the outskirts of Benin City, arranging the clothes she is selling; some of them are her own creations. Her little daughter Choice is playing in between the mannequins; she is on school break this week. …

5 min read

Nigerian Women Defying Stigma Upon Return
Nigerian Women Defying Stigma Upon Return

Jul 25

Preying on Aspirations: Human Trafficking in The Gambia

The Gambia, 25 July 2022 — After dropping out of secondary school, employment opportunities for Fatou*, a single mother, were difficult to come by. Knowing this, one of her friends reached out to inform her about the ‘opportunity of a lifetime’. “She told me that there’s a country where Gambian…

End Human Trafficking

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Preying on Aspirations: Human Trafficking in The Gambia
Preying on Aspirations: Human Trafficking in The Gambia

Jul 25

“I Lost My Ability to Walk But Regained Hope”

Addis Ababa, 25 July 2022 — Abi* was only 17 years old when he left Mesala, a small town some 400 kilometres from Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa, hoping for a better life in Yemen. “Three years ago, I left Ethiopia after hearing about a ‘broker’ who was willing to facilitate…

End Human Trafficking

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“I Lost My Ability to Walk But Regained Hope”
“I Lost My Ability to Walk But Regained Hope”

Jul 15

Nursing Hope Away from the Raging Waters of the Mediterranean

Tripoli, 11 July 2022 — When Ime* left Nigeria in 2016, she hoped to find ways of providing for her family. At only 18, she owned and ran a hair salon back in Nigeria for four years. Due to the challenging economic situation in the country at that time, she…

Libya

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Nursing Hope Away from the Raging Waters of the Mediterranean
Nursing Hope Away from the Raging Waters of the Mediterranean

Jul 14

As Climate Change Strains Somalia’s Path to Peace, Communities Hold the Key

Bilcil, 13 July 2022 — “He was killed while searching for firewood,” said Abdi, a resident of the drought-stricken town of Bilcil, Somalia. “People are fighting over trees.” The young man in Abdi’s village was a schoolteacher whose cattle died due to the ongoing drought affecting the country — the…

Climate Change

6 min read

As Climate Change Strains Somalia’s Path to Peace, Communities Hold the Key
As Climate Change Strains Somalia’s Path to Peace, Communities Hold the Key

Jul 12

Rising from the Rubble: Earthquake Victims in Afghanistan Rebuild After Disaster

Giyan, 12 July 2022 — Under a blazing sun, the victims of the earthquake have gathered on a high-level plateau at 2170m, surveying the damage to their homes and community. Two weeks after the disaster, the death toll had risen to 1,036 and more than 6,000 injured. Zarlakht, a mother…

Afghanistan

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Rising from the Rubble: Earthquake Victims in Afghanistan Rebuild After Disaster
Rising from the Rubble: Earthquake Victims in Afghanistan Rebuild After Disaster
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