GRANTEES IN THE NEWS

Source: Seed Magazine

Traditionally, women who do the bulk of the farming in Africa have had to haul water from long distances to tend their crops. An experimental partnership between an academic research group and and the Solar Electric Light Fund has introduced villagers to the transforming ability of solar powered drip irrigation in Benin’s remote sub-Saharan Kalalé district. To read the article, click here.

Featuring Solar Electric Light Fund a grantee of the Conservation, Food and Health Foundation.

GRANTEES IN THE NEWS

Source: The Boston Globe

The Boston Globe profiles the “More than a Number” exhibit taking place at the American Textile History Museum in Lowell, Massachusetts. Produced by Light of Cambodian Children, the exhibit highlights the experiences of Cambodian refugees who entered the United States between 1979 and 1985. Lowell has the second-largest Cambodian American population in the United States after Long Beach, California.

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Featuring Light of Cambodian Children, a grantee of the Theodore Edson Parker Foundation.

GRANTEES IN THE NEWS

Source: The Associated Press

As a survivor of the Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia, Buddhist monk Ly Van Aggadipo wrote poetry to help heal from the tragedy and pain he witnessed. The poems were discovered on the day of Ly Van’s death in 2008, and they are now being released as a book, O! Maha Mount Dangrek. A number of local individuals and organizations from Lowell, Massachusetts have collaborated to produce the book, including Light of Cambodian Children, Cambodian Expressions and Glory Buddhist Temple. The book will be celebrated on a cross-country tour stopping at fourteen locations with significant Cambodian American populations.

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Featuring Light of Cambodian Children, a grantee of the Theodore Edson Parker Foundation.

NEW BOOKS

Large scale infrastructure projects throughout the world typically discourage public input in the development process.  EarthRights International’s field schools in Burma, the Mekong, and the Amazon train citizens to challenge this norm. 

I Want to Eat Fish.  I Cannot Eat Electricity,  features writings from EarthRights Mekong School graduates that take an in-depth look at how citizens are advocating for more equitable development in the Mekong region.

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GRANTEES IN THE NEWS

Source: St. Louis American

The St. Louis American profiles Meds and Food for Kids’ effort to produce ready-to-use therapeutic food for infants in Haiti.

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Featuring Meds and Food for Kids, a grantee of the Conservation, Food, and Health Foundation.

GRANTEES IN THE NEWS

Source: Washington Post

The Washington Post references the Solar Electric Light Fund’s work to help developing countries leapfrog conventional energy sources.

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Featuring the Solar Electric Light Fund, a grantee of the Conservation, Food, and Health Foundation.