Showing posts with label development dilemmas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label development dilemmas. Show all posts

Friday, 13 November 2015

the lion of Africa?

Ethiopia: the lion of Africa?

Ethiopian priests and monks walk during the annual festival of Timkat in Lalibela, which celebrates the Baptism of Jesus in the Jordan River.

http://edition.cnn.com/2015/10/20/africa/ethiopia-overview-history-culture-economy/index.html


Ethiopia has a growing economy, it has world class sports people; wonderful, unique world heritage sites like the rock hewn churches at Lalibela, but this year the harvests failed and 4.5 million of its people need food aid.

Sunday, 1 February 2015

Improving women's lives through business...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-31002226

A premature baby wearing an Embrace baby warmer
baby heat pad- ideal for small/ premature babies in LDC countries- as much cheaper than an incubator- can lower infant mortality rates.

Ayzh's clean birth kit

An emergency after birth kit, very low cost and helps protect mum and baby- it includes a sterile cord cutter, soap to clean and plastic sheeting for the birth.

A Kenyan schoolgirl holding a pack of Zana Africa-made sanitary pads    
Nia are very cheap sanitary towels for young girls in Kenya- who previously missed a lot of school during their periods, because other pads towels, were so expensive ($1) these nia are a quarter of the price.

Brazils tribal tourism; good or bad?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-30897076
Brazil and its tribal tourism- good or bad?

Members of the Dessana village dancing

The elder, or paje of the village
 
Tourists swimming with an Amazon river dolphin
 
Manaus
 
A traditional Dessana hut