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The dichotomy of this story used to be that countries where drugs are produced suffer the imposition of laws by those countries where they are consumed. But now's that's shifting. As economies grow in Latin America, and people have more to spend, the consumption of drugs is also increasing rapidly. http://www.elciudadanoweb.com/?p=72481
The same is true of Afghanistan: http://www.afghanistan-un.org/2010/06/unodc-reports-major-drug-abuse-in-afghanistan/I'd like to see more about this shift from drug producing to drug consuming countries
13 Oct 20102 -
Video PitchKashmir and Climate Change
Divja Gupta writes how climate change is effecting the water levels in the rivers in Kashmir, which in turn is "creating massive water, livelihood and power related instability on both sides of the Line of Control." It would be great to see a more in-depth story on the effects of climate change on this conflict.
12 Oct 20102 -
Child labor is a serious issue in so many countries, but there doesn't seem to be much we can do about it. If you buy from companies that employ child labor, you're rewarding them for doing so, but if you don't buy from them, the children will be out of a job and unable to help their families. How do you help?
06 Oct 20102 -
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Es un tema muy importante. Los datos del proceso y los resultados de la migración en Bolivia, altamente significativos. Excelente propuesta!
07 Apr 20111 -
Video PitchLA MISION DE LIBERAR A LOS NIÑOS DE LAS CARCELES
El proyecto es simple, crear guarderias para que los niños que vivían presos junto a sus madres salgan de las cárceles, resulta que por decadas un promedio de 200 niños crecieron purgando en una carcel un delito que no cometieron, hasta que fueron llevados a este plan de guarderias de la Vicepresidencia de la República, una medida tardía pero necesaria, aunque aun no se garantiza que funciona en en todo el pais...
02 Mar 20111 -
Video PitchDesplazados: cómo reconstruir tejido social
Cali recibió a 500000 desplazados por la violencia, casi 90% negros, víctimas de paramilitares y guerrilleros. Sus raíces culturales y económicas están perdidas. Luchan por sobrevivir en barrios-miseria. ¿Cómo recuperar su identidad?
12 Feb 20111-
ONG's de varios lugares del mundo trabajan arduamente en estos proyectos, pero la dimensión del problema social, supera todos los esfuerzos.
12 Feb 2011
Trabajaremos con una familia desplazada, cuyos hijos crecen sin los valores culturales y éticos que tenían en la región pacífica, antes de perder a varios de sus integrantes, que fueron asesinados violentamente.0
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Cecilia: Quedó muy bien interpretado este problema, que sufren niños y adolescentes en Bolivia y otros países del mundo. Me encantó la edición, el trabajo de cámara y la forma tan creativa y respetuosa como mostraste a los niños
12 Feb 20111 -
Video PitchFirst open-air jail in central India
The first open-air jail in Central India, which allows prisoners to live with their families, became functional last month.
Built in an area of 17 hectares at a cost of US $ 7,42,000 , the prison, the first of its kind in the area, presently houses only 25 selected prisoners.
The jail also has facilities for providing education to children of the prisoners to help them lead normal lives in the prison premises. Employment-oriented programmes which can help prisoners become skillful and take up jobs upon being released are also being run in the jail.
04 Feb 20111 -
Video PitchZimbabwe 2011
The official lifespan of the unity government comes to an end this year. Tensions are already flying high at various levels politically, will the referendum and possibly elections go down smoothly given the not so enviable situation of 2008. What will happen to the economy, the ordinary person, will violence flair up again etc..
03 Feb 20111
