Rosario’s Birds

Rosario’s Birds

by Trickle Up | Feb 2, 2021 | Participant Stories

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...
Expectation to Excel

Expectation to Excel

by Trickle Up | Jul 14, 2020 | Participant Stories

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...
A Stitch in Time, Saves Nine

A Stitch in Time, Saves Nine

by Atreyee Kar | Jun 15, 2020 | Participant Stories

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...
Serving Hope

Serving Hope

by Atreyee Kar | Jun 6, 2020 | Blog Posts

The enigmatic Saranda Forest in Jharkhand is home to about 7,000 tribal households, residing in 56 villages and hamlets. Chhota Nagra, situated 105 kilometers from the district headquarter of Chaibasa, is one of those villages and houses over 1,300 people, most of...