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‘Integrity Idol’ winner vows to use prize to train health workers in post-Ebola Liberia

Reporting by James Giahyue; Editing by Katy Migiro and Astrid Zweynert. This article was originally published by Thomson Reuters Foundation. The winner of Integrity Idol, a Liberian reality TV show, plans to use his prize money to train health workers as the country is still reeling from the world's worst Ebola outbreak. Pharmacist Bocakarie Sakilla beat 1,000 other contestants to win a $2,000 prize, presented to him by President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. "I see it as a victory, especially for our pharmacist profession," Sakilla told the Thomson Reuters Foundation. "In Liberia, pharmacists are not known, they are always at the back... [...]

2017-02-06T00:00:00+00:006th February 2017|

One year later, rebuilding lags in quake-hit Nepal – aid groups

By: Sebastien Malo. This blog post was originally published by Thomson Reuters Foundation. A year after a deadly earthquake flattened cities and villages in Nepal, rebuilding efforts must be speeded up to lift millions of survivors out of misery, aid groups said on Wednesday. Reconstruction is just getting underway in many areas of the tiny Himalayan nation, and some three million people are living in temporary shelters with tarpaulin roofs, according to Save the Children, CARE International and others. The earthquake that struck on April 25, 2015 killed some 9,000 people and injured more than 22,000 others, according to the [...]

2016-04-21T00:00:00+00:0021st April 2016|

Accountability innovations we love: No.7-17

By: Blair Glencorse. This article was originally published by the Thomson Reuters Foundation News. Any views expressed in this article are those of the author and not of Thomson Reuters Foundation. In mid-January, the Lab was lucky enough to be in Mumbai for a conference hosted by various programs at Stanford University and the University of Mumbai. The discussions brought together over 100 social activists, change-makers, donors, thinkers and ICT-experts for two days of discussions about the ideas and tools that can improve governance through the use of technology. We learned a huge amount about how to creatively engage citizens in accountability and [...]

2021-03-16T18:23:34+00:004th February 2014|

Graft-busting tours of Nepal and Liberia to showcase grassroots activism

By: Stella Dawson. This article was originally published by Thomson Reuters Foundation News. WASHINGTON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Civil society group Accountability Lab has come up with a new way to raise awareness of how to combat corruption – bus tours. The non-profit is developing a series of tours of its grassroots work in Liberia and Nepal to give travelers a different experience of local culture, while helping to fight bribery, graft and promote transparent government. “Instead of tourists visiting slum dwellers, I want to show positive things that people are doing to change the quality of their lives in [...]

2013-10-04T00:00:00+00:004th October 2013|
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