We have a new Pope to guide the 1.1 billion Catholics across the world. Pope Leo XIV, formerly Cardinal Robert Prevost, has made it clear that, as he succeeds Pope Francis, he is aligned with his dire...
Masanga Hospital lies in Tonkolili in the north of Sierra Leone. It serves 440,000 people across a huge rural area where limited infrastructure means it can take many hours for people to reach the hos...
In Kakamega County, Kenya, the local government handed a contract to a Chinese construction company to build a road that would be of huge benefit to the community. But it did not go smoothly. The cons...
The reality for refugees in Kakuma, Kenya Kakuma (“nowhere” in Swahili) Camp in Northwest Kenya is ‘home’ to around 150,000 refugees. It is run by UNHCR and the Kenyan Department of Refugee Se...
Donald Trump is putting the border wall between Mexico and Texas as a cornerstone of his campaign for election. The current conflict in Gaza and Palestine is symbolised by the wall round the West Bank...
I admit that I’m a bit of a fan of Give Directly and of direct cash in principle. The arguments are compelling: direct cash hands power to developing communities – the very people who know best wh...
Sometimes it’s great to step back and reflect, learn and explore alternative views. Podcasts, documentaries, books and online articles are a great way to catch up. This is what the team at The A...
Young people living in Northern Ghana have been benefiting from the latest training sessions from CEAL’s Make Agriculture Work for Youth (MAW4Y) programme. The aim of the project is to encourage you...
When a major disaster happens, national and international government and humanitarian groups are immediately mobilised in the glare of world-wide media attention. They hit the ground in droves, distri...
The debate about direct cash transfers has been going on for some time with organisations such as Give Directly arguing that simply giving people money without conditions is the most efficient way to ...