AL-AZRAQ, SYRIASyria’s Mobile Cultural Bus: Championing Cultural Justice, Delivering Art and Literature to Children of War
In the Al-Azraq camp in northern Syria, 10-year-old Abeer Al-Qaddour sits, browsing a colourful book with intense focus and curiosity. Nearby stands a bus, elegantly inscribed with the words ‘The Cultural Bus’.
One in Four Migratory Species Under Threat, But Conservation Efforts Can Reap Rewards
Global wildlife is facing a deepening crisis as the latest United Nations assessment warns that nearly half of the world’s migratory species are in decline due to human activity, habitat destruction, and climate change.
Tanzanian School Launches Energy Club to Promote Clean Cooking
A cloud of steam rises from a giant aluminium pot as Maria Joseph, a middle-aged cook in a toque blanche and faded apron, plants her feet firmly on the tiled kitchen floor. With both hands clasped around a wooden paddle, she plunges deep into the mound of rice, threatening to burn at the bottom.
Baher Kamal, a dedicated IPS contributor journalist for several decades, passed away recently in Madrid where he spent several years of his life.
IPS journalists and colleagues worldwide recall with respect his IPS years of work on topics such as poverty, agriculture, environment, emigration and immigration, gender, health, children, education, trade and South-South and North-South cooperation, among other issues.
