http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu Tapping experts in climate, geology, oceanography, ecology, sustainable development, global health, energy, food and water, State of the Planet captures stories of how the Earth works and how we can sustainably make our lives better. Fri, 24 May 2013 19:28:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/08/14/community-health-workers-spokes-of-change/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/08/14/community-health-workers-spokes-of-change/#comments Sun, 14 Aug 2011 12:40:17 +0000 Adam Yukelson http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=16850 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 [...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/08/14/community-health-workers-spokes-of-change/feed/ 0