Matador - poverty

The Situation in Tajikistan

Jay Martin — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 00:22:14 -0600

Surrounded by Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Afghanistan, Pakistan and China, the littlest "stan" - TAJIKISTAN - cannot stay warm.

Babies freeze to death in their cribs as an energy crisis grips this nation of 7 million. Babies die in maternity wards by candlelight, yet the government...

Thank Allah It's Over: Volunteering in Bangladesh

MikeyLeung.ca — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 13:16:52 -0500

It is with pleasure and pride that I am finally wrapping up my time as a VSO volunteer in one of VSO's most difficult countries. What do I have to say?

Thank Allah it's over.

While it is true I do say that with a sense of great relief, I also say it without an ounce of regret. As a volunteer, I have truly...

Tenderloin

ccamerota — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 18:25:39 -0600

The Tenderloin district in San Francisco is notorious for its poverty-stricken, aesthetically unappealing composition. Its name, at least so I am told, derives from the police officers of yesteryear being paid more to work its dangerous streets...so much more, in fact, that they could afford more...