By Rodolfo Asig & María Caal, Municipal Field Technicians, Chahal, Guatemala Rosario Ayu Tiul is a 59-year-old woman with a hearing impairment. She is a single mother and her 26-year-old son Marcos suffers from verbal communication problems that her family...
The Anibhitha village of Kunjbona Panchayat is a remote hamlet that is part of the Littipara community development block about 40 kilometers from Pakur, Jharkhand, India. It is home to the Pahariya Tribe—one of India’s Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTG). For...
By Catarina Sarvia Juan Andres Santa Irene Coc Quim is 16 years old, lives in the La Reformita community in Ixcán, Guatemala, and is a participant in Trickle Up’s Desde El Poder Local project. Trickle Up and the municipality of...
José Alfredo, is a ten-year-old boy with hearing disabilities in Mayaland, Ixcán Guatemala. Thanks to the efforts of his mother, Catarina Jacinto, he now has hearing aids that allow him to continue with school activities without complications. José has managed to...
By María Elvira Caal Tun Floridalma Elizabeth Canti Bulum is 21 years old and lives in a thatched manaca roof house the village of Xalaja Chivitz, in the north central department of Alta Verapaz, Guatemala. Due to a lack of financial resources, her parents did not...
As of the last week of May, 2020, India is in the ninth week of a nationwide lockdown to prevent the spread of the Corvid-19 pandemic. Only essential services are exempt. The crisis has put countless numbers out of work and further threatened the fragile livelihoods...
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