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At Practical Action, we believe that tackling the climate crisis requires recognizing and strengthening the leadership of indigenous peoples, who are key players in the conservation of the Amazon.

At Mawaza Primary School in Gwanda, Zimbabwe, Bokang Mleya has seen how technology is changing education. Since 2021, she has been teaching Grade 5 and leading the school’s ICT program using tablets powered by solar energy.

In Ward 8 of Gwanda, Zimbabwe, Royal Nare sits at the intersection of tradition and resilience. As the chief overseeing Wards 8, 9, and 12, his responsibilities stretch far beyond cultural leadership - he is a community advocate, a mediator, and often, a messenger to the state.

Latin America is home to around 800 Indigenous Peoples, with an estimated population of nearly 58 million people. Today, many of them are facing the direct consequences of deforestation and climate change, which threaten their territories and livelihoods.

Kelebone Ndlovu is a farmer from Gwanda Ward 19 in Zimbabwe. She is also the chairperson of the Mankonkoni Irrigation Scheme. Farming has become her way of life and her way of providing for her family and others around her.

On a rainy afternoon in 2024, Nasima welcomed me at her home – a modest 6-by-5-foot room in the Faridpur Municipality quarter, which she shares with her daughter, a university student. The small space was neatly arranged with essentials – a bed, a reading table, a small wardrobe, and a sewing machine resting on top. Despite the room’s darkness and dampness, it exuded a sense of order, resilience, and quiet dignity.

This seven-part discussion series on Faecal Sludge Management for Sustainable Sanitation in Bangladesh brings together voices from government officials, NGO leaders, academics, and private sector experts.

We hiked over a hill ravaged by monsoon-triggered landslides in Helambu Rural Municipality, located in central Nepal, making our way to Dalit Basti.

In March 2023, the rains brought by Cyclone Yaku devastated more than 24,000 hectares of crops and destroyed nearly 11,500 hectares along Peru’s northern coast, including the regions of Lambayeque and La Libertad.