Canadian physician James Maskalyk on why he left a comfortable teaching job to work for Médecins Sans Frontières in Sudan. Marco Visscher | June/July 2009 issue James Maskalyk has been working to improve public health in developing countries ever since he was a medical student … [Read more...] about James Maskalyk's experience as a doctor in Sudan
Poverty
Video: Lester Brown on Plan B
Ode Editors | June/July 2009 issue Lester Brown was invited to speak at the Aspen Environment Forum, in Aspen, Colorado on March 25, 2009 on getting the market to tell the environmental truth. … [Read more...] about Video: Lester Brown on Plan B
Microjustice: Helping those who are excluded from the legal system
More than 4 billion people don’t have access to even the most basic legal protections. The microjustice movement is giving them a voice. Carmel Wroth | April 2009 issue When he was 63, Pascual Aquino Mamani fell almost 45 feet from the roof of a house he was building outside La … [Read more...] about Microjustice: Helping those who are excluded from the legal system
Where the sidewalks end
One in seven people live in a slum. These neighbourhoods present a threat to domestic and international stability. Better policies can help these areas integrate in society and significantly improve the lives of those living there.Molly O'Meara Sheehan | March 2003 … [Read more...] about Where the sidewalks end