Africa is a beautiful continent. Unfortunately, contrasting this beauty, Africa is being plagued by the largest wave of forced migration. In fact, the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) reports that post-1994, Africa has seen its largest waves of forced migration...
Refugees in Tanzania find a safe life in a stable country whose government and people are welcoming. But the intense demands they’ve placed for decades on a sensitive, rural landscape is degrading the environment and causing relations to deteriorate. When refugees and...
I’m not the average person who would be interested in purchasing the newest edition of the Harvard Business Review but walking around the airport in September, the newest addition caught my eye. The title of the September 2015 issue was The Evolution of Design...
Housed in an abandoned former textile factory, Barikama Yogurt is a glimpse into what happens when people are forced to create their own opportunities. This micro-income project produces and sells organic yogurt in the Rome vicinity. In a brightly lit room with...
Raise your hand if you’ve ever heard the phrase “Put yourself in someone else’s shoes.” It was one of the most common expressions my parents used when I was growing up as they tried to get me to look at a situation from a different point of...
