State of the Planet

News from the Columbia Climate School

Author: Adam Yukelson

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  • Community Health Workers: Spokes of Change

    Community Health Workers: Spokes of Change

    Three years ago, Irene Gaundi was living with her parents in the Millennium Village of Bonsaaso, in Ghana.  She had completed her last year of secondary school, moved home, and was helping her mother sell second hand clothes. Each day, Irene and her mother walked along the rust-colored roads, beneath the hot sun, balancing clothes…

  • Community Health Workers: Spokes of Change

    Community Health Workers: Spokes of Change

    Three years ago, Irene Gaundi was living with her parents in the Millennium Village of Bonsaaso, in Ghana.  She had completed her last year of secondary school, moved home, and was helping her mother sell second hand clothes. Each day, Irene and her mother walked along the rust-colored roads, beneath the hot sun, balancing clothes…