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Resource Type: Poster
Compiled by Isabel Carter. There are many ways of helping couples to space their families. The most suitable method depends on what is available, the needs of the couple and their beliefs about which methods are appropriate.
Resource Type: Poster
by Martin Price. Gardening is possible in small spaces as long as water (including waste water) is available. Grow vegetables that will add flavour and nutrients to the family diet. Herbs, onions, tomatoes, peppers and dark green leafy vegetables such as spinaches are ideal.
Resource Type: Magazine
A discussion about population growth, family planning and other relevant themes
Resource Type: Interviews
An interview with Rajan Samuel and Mathew Titus. How does access to credit help the poor in their overall development?
Resource Type: Articles
Action Aid operate a very successful loan fund in the Gambia. The fund is not revolving, in that it has been given by supporters for relief work. So this credit scheme instead seeks to use this money imaginatively to build up communities. The objective is to build up savings within each community so that people eventually have their own capital to invest.
Resource Type: Articles
In Benin recently, I came across this good idea for making an incubator for hatching chickens’, ducks’ or other poultry eggs.
Resource Type: Articles
by Gideon Yong Njini. Management is the ability to organise and control teamwork, to direct and inspire, to create contacts and to handle problems which may arise. Management channels resources to achieve pre selected objectives.
Resource Type: Articles
by Elgin Saha. Can development goals be achieved without any credit system to help the poor begin income-generating activities? For many years this has been a difficult question for us in HEED, Bangladesh. We have discussed and deliberated. While the poor waited patiently…
Resource Type: Articles
by Steve Finamore.Credit schemes are becoming increasingly important. They are a very useful tool for encouraging development, but a number of things can go wrong. Even when they run smoothly, they are not the answer to every problem faced by the poor.
Resource Type: Articles
Sleeping sickness (trypanosomiasis) is a disease carried by tsetse flies which affects an estimated 55 million people in 36 African countries. It causes severe pain, suffering and death in mainly rural communities. A WHO specialist has described the situation in many parts of Africa as a ‘time bomb’ under constant threat of exploding. Here is recent information from a Footsteps reader, Dr Paul Fountain…
