Nam ist working for COPE, a not-for-profit organisation in Vientiane, Laos. COPE is providing rehabilitation services to people in Laos who lost bodyparts due to cluster bombs. There are still 78 million active cluster bombs in Laos, injuring and killing several hundred people each year. The COPE visitor center in Vientiane is definately worth visiting … Continue reading
5 minutes with Hari – a Javanese sulpher miner. The work in a sulpher mine is hard and dangerous – but someone has to do it…
In our current installment of “5 minutes with…” we talk to Leh – a Komodo dragon guide on Rinca Island in the Komodo National Park.
In our next installment of “5 minutes with…” we speak to Gede, an Indonesian fisherman from Bali (Lovina). Although we voiced our concern for the dolphins (up to 20 motorboats trying to locate them in one morning), we would like to emphasize that it is important to pay fair prices to local people (this is … Continue reading