The king made international news today. His wives went shopping for new dresses to celebrate his upcoming 40th birthday and the 40th anniversary of Swaziland independence. Sounds innocent enough, however when you consider that he sent nine of his wives on a private plane to the Europe and Middle East, it becomes clearer why there were [...]

It is the time of the day right now where the sun is hitting the tips of the sugar cane like a mini flashlight is inside each of the stalks lighting them up from the bottom. This is the view I have from the design room where we are currently camping out with our [...]

The Women in the Mountains
Yunis was the first woman I spotted in the crowd of fifty or so women gathered around a tree in what seemed to me the middle of no where. But the women in Lamgabhi and the other sites where Gone Rural trades knew exactly what day and time to assemble [...]

This is 20-year-old Sharon Makoni of Chilimboyi, Mumbwa District, in rural Zambia.  Last week Sharon joined SolarAid’s first Solar Training Workshop in Zambia.  She learned how to construct a simple battery recharger with a small solar panel, and in the photo is seen testing this on a converted kerosene lantern.
I’ve recently started a six-month assignment [...]

Gonzalo Aramayo, is a Bolivian that joined MBA’s Without Borders to help three art craft companies in Cape Town, South Africa. He hopes that his knowledge in marketing, product development, and ICT’s, his previous experience in Development projects, his ability to laugh and his passion to teach will be useful for the assignment starting in July. Gonzalo will be working as a Business Development Associate for Streetwires, Mielie and Kunye in Capetown, South Africa, supporting the organizations in developing a marketing and sales strategy, information and knowledge systems, cost and price analysis, as well as improving the operations efficiency of the South African art-craft work.