About "Charting Change"
A monthly blog about innovative projects in the developing world presented by Canadian Geographic and Canada’s International Development Research Centre
A woman weaves Jamdani fabric in Bangladesh. The fabric, which UNESCO has recognized as an item that represents the intangible cultural heritage of humanity, is one of many handicrafts on the Artisan Hub website. (Photo: Shutterstock)
A computer displays a picture of the brain of someone undergoing a magnetic resonance imaging scan at the neuroimaging unit of the Edmond and Lily Safra Center for Brain Sciences at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel. Researchers at the center are collaborating with colleagues in Canada and India on brain research. (Photo: Bruno Charbit)
Madelaine Artavia Sotela at a construction site in Costa Rica. Artavia Sotela started her own construction company in 2002 and has since watched it grow, thanks in part to the WEConnect International program. (Photo: Madelaine Artavia Sotela)
Members of Adalto Bianchini’s research team pick through samples pulled from the Atlantic Ocean to determine the environmental damage wrought by the 2015 Samarco mine disaster. Bianchini’s research is helping Brazil rewrite its rules on water quality. (Photo: Fernando Moraes/Rede Abrolhos)
Nepalese women use a handheld sheller to remove kernels from corn cobs. The shellers are just one of the simple, low-cost tools included in Sustainable Agriculture Kits (SAKs), which are helping improve the lives of Nepal's terrace farmers. (Photo: Dr. Tejendra Chapagain, University of Guelph)
Researchers in El Salvador are investigating how to make riding the country’s notorious public transit buses a safer experience. (Photo: Óscar Gómez, Communications Executive (FUSADES)
Teresa de Jesus Palacios, 42, a beneficiary of Mexico’s Prospera project, checks her mobile phone on her porch in Tres Picos in the state of Chiapas. A new branch of the project, called Prospera Digital, aims to make Prospera benefit payments to women such as de Jesus Palacios more efficient by using mobile e-banking. (Photo: IDRC/James Rodriguez)
Lorne Babiuk at the University of Alberta, where he developed a five-in-one livestock vaccine that could improve the lives of millions across Africa and beyond. (Photo: Richard Siemens)
The collapse of a garment factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on April 24, 2013, killed more than 1,130 people and prompted an ongoing reevaluation of one of the country's most important industries. (Photo: Jaber Al Nahian/Wikimedia Commons)
Adult black soldier flies on a plant at the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology in Nairobi, Kenya. Scientists at the facility are studying how to use insects such as the black soldier fly in fish and poultry feed. (Photo: Courtesy of ICIPE)
