Archive for July, 2007

Traditional water mill technology helps boost livelihoods

Traditional water mill technology helps boost livelihoods

Sitting in a tiny water mill, popularly known as a ‘ghatta’ in Nepalese, 65-year-old farmer Ram Sharma waits for his customers to come with their wheat and maize to grind flour for a small fee. Sharma built his ‘ghatta’ two years ago after he lost all his farmland and property in flash floods that devastated […]

July 6, 2007 | By admin | Reply More
Sun setting in Agunmukha river

Sun setting in Agunmukha river

The Agunmukha river in Golachipa, which is situated in the coastal belt of Bangladesh. An unbelievable calm and quite in a winter season with a nice sun setting landscape. It also become a very furious in rainy season. As the place is very nearby at Bay of Bengal. So tourists can be enjoy this place […]

July 5, 2007 | By Md Shahidul Islam | Reply More
Digital Photo Studio in School telecentre in Bangladesh

Digital Photo Studio in School telecentre in Bangladesh

Author: Nazrul Islam of Relief International, Bangladesh Let me share a story about how a school based telecenter in a Bangladeshi village has recently turned to a digital photo studio. Relief International -School Online set up an Internet enabled telecenter in Chowra Girls High School in Chowra Village in Comilla district in early 2005 as […]

July 5, 2007 | By admin | Reply More
In South Asia, almost 30 per cent of the population is still living on a dollar a day

In South Asia, almost 30 per cent of the population is still living on a dollar a day

South Asia is lagging behind in achieving the United Nation’s Millennium Development Goals, particularly with regard to women and children, and almost 30 per cent of the people in the region are still living on a dollar a day. These are the findings of the Millennium Development Goals Report 2007 that was released Monday (2nd […]

July 3, 2007 | By Editor | Reply More
$100 magic wand seeks to change Nepal kids’ lives

$100 magic wand seeks to change Nepal kids’ lives

A magic more enchanting than any of the Harry Potter tales will sweep through Nepal soon, thanks to a pair of students who are working to take $100 laptops to children in the country’s remotest and most underdeveloped villages, where there is no electricity or even books. The “magic pencil” that will write such plots […]

July 3, 2007 | By admin | Reply More