Stories by Leslie Josephs
In Soccer, A Glimmer of Hope Haiti's national U-17 women's soccer team makes emotional appearance at regional championship.
For the girls of Haiti's Under-17 national squad, it's more than just a game. Every member of the 20-girl team was left homeless after the 7.0-magnitude earthquake ravaged their country on Jan. 12. In March, the team competed in the U-17 women's CONCACAF championship in Costa Rica, giving their fellow Haitians back home a small sign of hope and recovery in the wake of death and destruction.
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Categories: Haiti, Costa Rica, Watch, Poverty and Development
New Digs Pollution and poor planning forces Peruvian mining city of 70,000 to relocate
Life in Cerro de Pasco – a gritty mining town high in the Andes – has always been hard. But after a century of corporate mining that has left the soil saturated by toxic waste, safe drinking water scarce, and rancid fumes floating in the thin air, it has become unlivable.
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Categories: Peru, Watch, Listen, Blogs, The Environment, Human Rights, Poverty and Development
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