Archive for March, 2011
Bring the Light
By Yang Qiu It is 7:00am Eastern Standard Time. I am on the plane bound for Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, yet still unsure how a trip to another state within the continent of North America can change the course of blindness prevention across the Pacific Ocean in People’s Republic of China. Twenty-four hours later, I would [...]
Trash, Trash Everywhere: Unregistered Slum Life in Mumbai, India
By Laura Nolan Khan The trash. It was the first thing that hit me upon my arrival in Mumbai, India. Both times. Trash, garbage, rubbish, refuse whatever you prefer to call it. Piled high, strewn all over and sometimes collected into little mounds for clean-up. As with most public health hazards there’s more trash in [...]
