Tag: Local Livelihoods

La Oroya, Peru: Workers Unite

La Oroya, Peru is home to the Doe Run smelter and is one of the world’s most contaminated cities. Thanks to community organizing efforts, the workers’ union has gone on strike to protest the mining company’s lack of transparency and accountability.

Africa: Former Grantee and Advisor Talks about Oil

The Guardian recently published an article by Korinna Horta and Delphine Djiraibe about the Chad-Cameroon pipeline and the impacts it has on local people.

Campaigning Against “Ship breaking” in India

Greengrants’ India Coordinator Madhumita Dutta’s work on the social and environmental costs of “ship breaking” in India was profiled in the December 1, 2006 issue of Lloyd’s List.

Anwar Fazal Wins Gandhi-King-Ikeda Peace Award

Former Greengrants board member Anwar Fazal has been named a recipient of the Gandhi-King-Ikeda Award from Morehouse College.

Pakistan: Fighting for People’s Rights in the Chashma Region

by Brendan Snow, Greengrants Intern _________________ MAUJ and the RURAL DEVELOPMENT POLICY INSTITUTE Greengrants has provided a series of grants to help these organizations in their work regarding the Chashma Right Bank irrigation project. The most recent grant was for $5,000 to Mauj in 2006. _________________ A huge irrigation project might sound like a great […]

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