by Michelle Anekeya | May 19, 2025 | News
On a sunlit morning at Escola Primária Unidade 7, shrieks of laughter echo across the courtyard as children line up—orderly, excited—to wash their hands before class. A row of brightly painted sinks glistens under a canopy of shade. Beside them stands a gleaming block...
by Michelle Anekeya | May 12, 2025 | News
By Mohammad Fahim Sayeed In the shadows of Bangladesh’s rising skyline, a less visible crisis festers—what happens after waste leaves the toilet. For more than 65 million urban residents, access to safe, dignified sanitation remains a daily uncertainty. While...
by Michelle Anekeya | May 5, 2025 | News
For 14-year-old Yaa Asante*, the school day once came with a silent calculation: was it worth the risk of shame? A student at an Asankare School in Ghana’s Ashanti region, Yaa remembers all too clearly the anxiety that clouded her mornings. “I used to dread coming to...
by Michelle Anekeya | Apr 28, 2025 | News
In the densely packed informal settlement of Mukuru Kwa Reuben, tucked between Nairobi’s industrial heart and its rapidly expanding urban sprawl, a quiet but profound change is taking root—starting with a woman and her vegetables. Linet Kwamboka, a mother and...
by Michelle Anekeya | Apr 21, 2025 | News
In a modest convention hall tucked inside Chattogram’s urban sprawl, more than 160 residents, city officials, engineers, and advocates gathered on March 24 to mark World Water Day — not with celebration, but with a sobering call to action. Hosted by Water and...
