More than good intentions
Peter Daglish set out not to just help to Nepal's street kids, but to hand them opportunities. Tijn Touber | June 2004 issue WHO? Peter Dalglish WHAT? Street Kids International, helping street kids start a new life to realise their potential WHERE? Kathmandu, Nepal WHEN? 1988 WHY? No Read More...
Poor people's hidden wealth
Poor people often stay poor because laws are stacked against them. For 20 years, Hernando de Soto has been hard at work to change this Bram Posthumus | June 2004 issue WHO? Hernando de Soto WHAT? Instituto Libertad y Democracia (ILD), an international think tank that registers the property of Read More...
The disabled are people too
Erzs Tijn Touber | June 2004 issue WHO? Erzsébet Szekeres WHAT? Alliance Industrial Union, providing care, training and housing for the disabled WHERE? Hungary WHEN? 1982 WHY? Disabled people deserve economic opportunity and maximum of independence When Erzsébet Szekeres went in search Read More...
Type in: problem Find: solution
Theresa Williamson collects solutions to the day-to-day problems of poor peolpe all over the world. How does she do it? By looking at what works in other poor communities. Tijn Touber | June 2004 issue WHO? Theresa Williamson WHAT? Catalytic Communities, a virtual network to share solutions to Read More...
The India brand
India is Asia's latest economic success story. However, it is not growing by marketing cheap labor or raw materials, but through brain power and talent. Jurriaan Kamp, who had lived in India, for years describes a miracle. "If this is globalization, then I'm all for it." Jurriaan Kamp | May 2004 Read More...
An atlas charts experience
Fantasy and reality meet in The Atlas of Experience, a series of maps that portrays our voyage through life and has become an international success. Tijn Touber | May 2004 issue In a small storefront in the heart of Amsterdam, we spoke with Sebastiaan Rompa and Robert Blauwkuip, cocreators of The Read More...
Looking for signs
This gift is in the little everyday things Paulo Coelho | May 2004 issue We tend to assume that life will give us another chance tomorrow at whatever came up yesterday and today. But if we really pay attention, we see that no single day is like another. Every morning brings a hidden blessing that Read More...
A president from Venus
America, the nation dedicated to the pioneer spirit, has turned out to be a stronghold for men. But if an 11-inch-tall doll with long blonde hair and permanently arched feet has her way, things are about to change. Jurriaan Kamp and Tijn Touber | April 2004 issue In May 2000 the Mattel company Read More...
A lamp-post is also made of iron
Research on the edge of nature and technology. Luke Disney | March 2004 issue Where do the realms of the natural environment end and the new frontiers of man-made technology begin? According to Oliver Lowenstein, founder and editor-in-chief of Fourth Door Review, it’s hard to draw the line. Read More...
Love politics
The Alliance of the New Humanity: A remarkable peace initiative. Jurriaan Kamp| March 2004 issue Inside the gigantic hotel and conference centre of a Puerto Rican resort, you only catch a glimpse of the gateway to peace after you’ve passed several stands promoting pills and powders.The gateway to Read More...