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Bangladesh: schoolchildren attend lessons at a school located on a boat (Photo: G.M.B. Akash/PANOS)
Ten lessons on community-based adaptation
… is the cost. Rather than depend on one or two big donors, we raise our funds by charging a registration fee of over UD$500. We realise this … expect (quite rightly) to get value for money, which keeps us on our toes, but it also means our model is sustainable. Registrations have opened for the 10th …
Insight, 16 March 2016
Collecting water from a solar-based purification system supplied by CAFOD. Chila Union, Mongla District, Bangladesh. Photo: Photo: Paula Nyunt / CAFOD
CAFOD/IIED show context is key to sustainable energy for all
… partners and practitioners in Central America and South East Asia. Our approach uses multi-stakeholder participation and some innovative … lighting to the school without providing extra teachers and books is unlikely to work. As financial sustainability is key, … electric light bulb or a modern cook stove will not cut it. We hope our approach can help inform SE4All and other efforts, so they truly …
Insight, 16 September 2013
Slum-dwellers show that revolutions are not built in a day
… the making. They are led by some of the most disadvantaged people on our planet. Our new book, Reducing Urban Poverty in the Global South , reports on the approach that slum dwellers across Africa and Asia have …
Insight, 22 August 2013
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PLA 54: Mapping for change: practice, technologies and communication
… PLA 56, as will all new subscribers. Copies are also available from our booksellers Earthprint Ltd, priced US$40 plus postage and packaging, … Education and Economic Change (SPEECH) UNESCO We are grateful to all our partners for this support and to the Resource Centres for …
Article, 31 March 2006