With a flashlight tied to his head and only a rope to hold onto, the miner slowly lowers his body down the cramped, hand-made tunnel. Inch by inch he climbs deep into the precarious shaft until [...]
“Being between wind and water or thrown to the wolves; being susceptible to physical harm, injury, damage or danger: that is the state of being vulnerable. Such is the reality for many of the 3.7 [...]
After 27 years of devastating war which ravaged the country and its people, Angola is now entering its fifteenth year of peace. Yet, with rusty tanks still littering the landscape and landmines [...]
In the port town of Bitung in the east of Indonesia, lives 41-year old Salma Dunggio. Salma is married, has three children and has been working as a coconut parer since the day she completed [...]
There are vast stores of untapped human potential lying dormant in small towns across the world. Sadly, most of it stays like that – undiscovered and unexplored. The reality is that it is [...]
Bill Gates once said that there are not enough smart people working in toilets, and let’s face it, it’s probably not the first career choice of a Harvard or Caltech student. Yet, when you realise [...]
Running a large senior gold mining company comes with a tremendous responsibility to be a good neighbour to communities and to respect the environment. Kinross Gold, in accordance with their core [...]
Almost a thousand wooden canoes huddle together to form an intricate puzzle on the shore of Tema in Ghana. Colourful flags flutter everywhere and the dock is bristling with activity as the [...]
At the top of the list of The Global Goals for Sustainability is “No Poverty”. It states that, “Responsible financial products build the resilience of the poor and reduce their exposure and [...]
It is almost impossible to imagine a world without computers. Yet, ninety percent of India’s population either does not have access to a computer or is not computer literate. In a country [...]
