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Category: Asia
Bangladesh Human Creativity in Adapting to Erratic Rains: Floating Garden Interfish in Bangladesh
Bangladeshi farmers are making floating gardens out of bamboo framers, water hyacinth bedding and mud.
A Man and his Wife: Making a Living in Bangladesh on a Tiny Bit of Land
Something like 165 million people live in Bangladesh in about the land area of Wisconsin. People count their land holdings in terms of 21 foot X 21 foot little blocks called decimals. Shukumar and his wife, Kojalrani, impressed me with their resourcefulness as they strive to make a living. World Renew has a fancy name…
A Widow’s Ducks
She’s caring for her daughter’s baby and for her aging mother. Her husband left her for another woman, effectively leaving her a widow. How can she earn her own livelihood, as a poor widow in northern Bangladesh? Well, it turns out that Bangladesh has a lot of water. Many ponds last through the dry season…
Laos: Deep Desire to Learn What happens to that hunger in the USA?
In the remote mountains of northern Laos World Renew works with people who, until this generation, never had the chance to go to school. Now, we are able to bring elementary schools to the villages! The Akha women in this picture of a village development committee meeting are using photos to help them prioritize their…
Calendars and Time: How We Organize Our Lives
If you click on the picture below an amazing world of village life in among the Rshi people we work with in northern Laos opens up for you. Thanks to a wonderful photographer, Ari, for sharing this photo collage calendar. Love0 Share Share Share Pin
Where do Chickens Come From?
My dad had two “coops” in the back yard. One for keeping about 20 chickens and one for keeping about 20 rabbits. It was my job to take care of them all. So, I got to know some of the peculiar…
A Long View: Cambodians Telling the History of Christians in Cambodia
Every people has a story. And, it’s often and inspiring thing to listen to people tell their story or their history. In this case I’d like to share some snap shots of the story young Cambodian Christians shared with us a couple of weeks ago. It’s a timeline story of colonialism, persecution, war, refugee camps,…
What Does Our Search For “The Beach” Really Cost?
One of the themes of this blog is wonder, especially the sense of wonder and awe at our amazing Creator, the amazing creation and the amazing people in the creation. I think that there is a longing within us all to experience places and people that fill our need to wonder. In developing countries ecological…
Freedom From Opium: Changes Gender Relationships
One of the scourges that keeps people poor everywhere in the world is addiction to drugs. World Renew encounters this addiction and poverty, especially in Laos and we are trying to help people gain their freedom from this addiction. This article is written by Joe Oh, a Calvin College student who recently studied in northern…
You’ll Never Imagine What These Giant Jars in Laos Were Used For
Once in a while, we encounter something from the past that makes us wonder: What did they do with that? One of the regions that World Renew works in Laos, is adjacent to a mysterious place called the Plain of Jars. The times I’ve been there it’s been a plain of mostly dry grass. It’s…