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Liberia’s Daily Chalkboard Newspaper

IRP Staff | Liberia | October 14, 2011

In Monrovia, Alfred Sirleaf runs "The Daily Talk," a chalkboard newspaper that displays the day's news in local dialect and is read aloud to help the illiterate stay informed. Ed ...
Atomic Dogs: The International Atomic Energy Agency as Watchdog?

Konstantin Kakaes | Middle East | September 28, 2011

The Incident and Emergency Center of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is on the eighth floor of the organization's headquarters building in Vienna. It is a ...
Kiss of Death: A Parasite Threatens Latin American Immigrants

Helen Coster | Bolivia | August 29, 2011

The vinchuga bug, also known as "the kissing bug," transmits Chagas disease. Photo: Helen Coster. If Maira Gutierrez hadn't donated blood over a decade ago, she probably ...
Dismantling Liberia’s Weapons of War: Empowering Women and Rehabilitating Soldiers

Seema Mathur | Liberia | June 27, 2011

Seema Mathur reported from Liberia as a 2010 IRP Fellow. Mathur was particularly interested in how individuals and nations reconcile themselves to atrocities committed during and ...
Domestic Workers in a Foreign Land

Ruthie Ackerman | Lebanon | June 23, 2011

Ruthie Ackerman reported from Lebonon as a 2010 IRP Fellow. In this video, Ackerman speaks about foreign workers engaged in domestic labor--as cooks, nannies, maids, and all of ...
Building History in Post-War Lebanon

Ruthie Ackerman | Lebanon | June 23, 2011

Ruthie Ackerman reported from Lebonon as a 2010 IRP Fellow. In this video, Ackerman discusses the movement to protect architecture and historical landmarks in Lebanon, especially ...
Hunting for Food Security in Cameroon

Jori Lewis | Cameroon | June 22, 2011

Jori Lewis traveled to Cameroon to report on food production as a 2010 IRP Fellow. In this video, Lewis discusses bush meat hunting and alternative livelihood projects--including ...
“Chagas Disease is a Development Issue”

Helen Coster | Bolivia | April 29, 2011

Helen Coster traveled to Bolivia to report on chagas disease as a 2010 IRP Fellow. In this video, Coster talks about the difficulty of treating "diseases of poverty" that don't ...
Transcending Terror: The Music of Pakistan

Charlotte Buchen | Pakistan | April 29, 2011

Charlotte Buchen traveled to Pakistan to report on traditional and modern music as a 2010 IRP Fellow. In this video, Buchen discusses a Pakistan beyond terrorism by exploring the ...
Halting an Epidemic: Polio in Nigeria

Betsy Pisik | Nigeria | April 13, 2011

Betsy Pisik traveled to Kano, Nigeria, to report on polio as a 2010 IRP Fellow. She was accompanied by Mary F. Calvert, whose photos are displayed throughout the video and on her ...