Posts Tagged: Women

The Great Hope of the Forest Until recently, Soavinera, 51, had lived all of her life in the heart of Madagascar’s great northern forest. She comes from the village of Andranomilolo, a place surrounded by over 300,000 ha of rivers and rainforest. This past week, Soavinera left her village to set out on the adventure […]

Seven Malagasy grandmothers have been trained as solar engineers in India, thus helping to prevent logging for firewood and reducing destructive slash and burn activity. And they are finally learning to read. Written by Martina Lippuner / Photos by Louise Jasper Lydia carefully slides the wire into the solar lamp and applies the hot tip […]