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Shifting power: women, climate, and conflict in the Mekong  Bridging the conflict gap in gender-responsive climate action  Women Environmental Defenders in the Mekong region face daily risks as they work to safeguard their communities and natural ecosystems. Despite their vital contributions, environmental and development initiatives often fail to address the complex intersections of gender, climate … Read more

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Miracles of reconciliation 

Burundi has been torn apart by war and violence, but something miraculous is happening. Forgiveness is freeing people from decades of hate and pain. Communities are being healed as relationships are restored.   Burundi is a small country in East Africa struggling to rise out of a devastatingly violent past. A brutal civil war from 1993 … Read more

Four projects closed after unprecedented cuts to US international development funding

At the end of February, we learned that United States funding for four of our projects has been terminated. This leaves us in a very challenging financial position but we  are determined to find a way through. Disastrous news for the world’s most vulnerable communities In late January, the new American administration decided to suspend … Read more
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Over 2 million tons of bombs were dropped on Laos during the Vietnam War. It’s one of the poorest countries in Southeast Asia and the communist authorities suppress free media, ethnic minorities and religious groups.