In Dharamsala and in all Tibetan areas in India and Bhutan preparations have already started: Losar, the Tibetans’ New Year, lasts 15 days and will begin on February 22nd. In Chinese Tibet, the situation is still tense
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A portrait of McLeod Ganj, the Indian home of the Dalai Lama
Friday, Feb 10 2012 Posted in: Articles, Countries, India, Reportage
After days of intense heat, the mountains of Himachal Pradesh are a relief. The journey to get to McLeod Ganj, the seat of the Dalai Lama in exile in India, does not give much chances of comfort. You can choose a private car, possibly
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Plastic bags become purses to save widows in Zambia
Friday, Jan 27 2012 Posted in: Countries, Other Countries, Reportage
Widows are one of the categories more at risk in many developing countries. Chikumbuso is one of the projects that try to help them, as well as other women in danger in Zambia. Linda Wilkinson, the founder of this project, is an American woman who has dedicated her life to the association for years. There are many components in the project
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The National Research Centre on Camels in Bikaner
Tuesday, Jan 24 2012 Posted in: Countries, India, Reportage
Camels play an important role in the Indian army: they are one of the main means of transportation for paramillitary forces guarding the desert areas of the Northern border. Since the animals also have a role in the socio-economic development of the region
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Painting favelas, the dream-come-true of two Dutch artists
Monday, Jan 16 2012 Posted in: Articles, Brazil, Countries, Reportage
Colours can make people’s lives better. This is anyway the idea in which Dutch artist duo Haas&Hahn believe. In 2006 they started the project of “painting Brazilian favelas”.
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Typhoon “Washi” brought terror in Cities of Mindanao
Wednesday, Dec 21 2011 Posted in: Countries, Other Countries, Reportage
Cagayan de Oro (Bobby Lagsa/NPPA Images)
From our correspondent Flor Victoriano
The victims were found with their hands up as if they were trying to ask for help. Even survivors had difficulties identifying their relatives since nearly all bodies only have number tags and they are already in decomposition stage in an open dumping site where they were temporarily placed
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A hundred years of Delhi capital
Monday, Dec 12 2011 Posted in: Countries, India, Reportage
Humayun's Tomb
New Delhi marks the hundredth anniversary since it became the capital of India. On December 12th 1911 the British King George V made it the administrative center of the Subcontinent that was before in Calcutta.
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In the slums of Bangalore
Wednesday, Nov 30 2011 Posted in: Articles, Countries, India, Reportage
Economic development and extreme poverty are two concepts difficult to associate. However India today is represented perfectly by this approach. Despite the macroeconomic data showing strong growth
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Violence against women in South Africa: the experience of Mama Pilisani and CESVI
Friday, Nov 25 2011 Posted in: Articles, Countries, Reportage, South Africa
Mama Pilisani
On the day that was proclaimed by the United Nations for the Eradication of violence against women, even in developing countries the situation continues to be tragic. In particular in South Africa where there is still a male subculture that justifies the brutal abuses
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Italian artists in China: The Experience of Area-17
Wednesday, Nov 23 2011 Posted in: China, Countries, Reportage
Runhua office, Jinan
Andrea Iacono was born in Ragusa in 1975 while Enrico Tomidei in Forlì in 1977. Both graduated in Firenze in Architecture and started working together in 2000. They opened Area-17 in Beijing in 2007,
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