2 December 2009

Stories from 2 December 2009

Ukraine: Charity

Stories of some Ukrainian street children who have received assistance at ChildRescue's rehabilitation center – at Scenes from the Sidewalk. Stories of some adults who have received humanitarian aid from...

2 December 2009

Hungary: A News Roundup

Some of the posts that have appeared on Hungarian Spectrum in the past ten days: “corruption and the unfriendly attitude toward foreign investors“; the Hungarian opposition leader's meeting with the...

2 December 2009

Bhutan: Grades vs Education

Tomlax says: “those people who score more in exams are not really more educated.” Read the post at Kuzu-Bhutan Weblog to learn why.

2 December 2009

Morocco: Jail for Chakib Khayari

Maghreb Blog reports that the sentence of Chakib Khayari, a human rights activist and whistleblower, has been upheld in a Casablanca court. Khayari is set to serve three years in...

2 December 2009

Bangladesh: Indigenous People

Photoblogger Monirul Alam comments on the indigenous people (adivasi) of Bangladesh: “Adivasis are among the poorest of the country. Participation of Adivasis in education is very low, and almost zero...

2 December 2009

Bangladesh: Overcrowded Marine Transports

Subhan Choudhury at “Why did Bangladesh cross the road?” describes the state of the overcrowded marine transport vessels in Bangladesh which are prone to repeated disasters.

2 December 2009

Gross National Happiness: Bring It Home To Roost

Upon the conclusion of the 5th conference on Gross National Happiness (GNH) in Brazil, Bhutanese bloggers share their views on how the concept seems to be taken more seriously in places other than Bhutan, where the concept was originally coined.

2 December 2009

Bahamas: Sick & Tired

Sidney Sweeting at Weblog Bahamas says that Bahamians “are sick and tired – sick of the rampant crime and tired of the press conferences promising to do something.”

2 December 2009

Trinidad & Tobago: If Only…

In the third installment of her video series If I were Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, Gab Hosein “takes on both the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting and the...

2 December 2009

Jamaica: Dry as a Bone

“I'm glad we didn't get a hurricane, but also we didn't get not even one good tropical wave to replenish the reservoirs and quench the thirst of the parched land!”:...

2 December 2009

Guyana: Christmas Reading

Signifyin’ Guyana thinks that books make great Christmas gifts, “and the sweetest part is that you don't have to go further than the internet to buy and send them.” Check...

2 December 2009

Namibia: The role of new media in 2009 elections

Namibia's presidential and national assembly elections took place on 27–28 November 2009. Political parties and non-governmental organisations used a number of social media tools to campaign, monitor and report on elections.

2 December 2009

World AIDS Day: Fighting Discrimination Around the World

Millions around the world came together on Tuesday to show support for those living with HIV/AIDS. Online, in blogs and in forums, many assessed the progress made and the distance left to travel in the fight against discrimination and the spread of the disease. Here's a collection of text, images and video from those writing and speaking in French.

2 December 2009