Ching Li Chan

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Ching Li Chan is a former intern with Global Envision. She has lived in 10 different countries, including India, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, and Indonesia. She has witnessed first-hand the struggle of those living in Third World countries and hopes to work in the field of International Development. Ching loves animals and as an alternate career path could see herself as a beluga whale trainer.

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Recent Posts

Oct 20, 2008 - Hippos Help Alleviate Poverty in Ghana
Oct 1, 2008 - Chinese Muslims Seek to Join Global Islamic Food Industry
Sep 11, 2008 - Going Green with Cabs in Cairo
Sep 5, 2008 - From Piles of Trash Kibera’s Organic Farms Relieve Hunger
Sep 4, 2008 - Battling the Food Crisis: Brazil's and Argentina's Opposite Approaches
Aug 19, 2008 - Green Hunger: The New Food Crisis in Ethiopia
Aug 13, 2008 - India’s Next Generation Left Behind?
Aug 7, 2008 - Cooking Up Hope: Empowering Women through Community Kitchens in Peru
Jul 24, 2008 - Afghanistan's War on Poverty
Jul 11, 2008 - India's Begging Question


Stories We're Watching

As Growth Slows, India Awakens to Need for Foreign Investment

International Herald Tribune - Wed, 02/08/2012 - 07:19
India’s central bank and economic analysts predict that growth will fall sharply to 7 percent this fiscal year and remain sluggish.

Social responsibility and a new world order

Washington Post - Innovations - Tue, 02/07/2012 - 07:56
Just before the New Year, the London-based Center for Economics and Business Research announced that Brazil had overtaken the United Kingdom as the world’s sixth largest economy. Furthermore, it predicted that by 2020, India and Russia will also have overtaken all the European economic powers.

Aid for trade policy rears its ugly head

The Guardian's Poverty Matters - Mon, 02/06/2012 - 01:41
The UK government's dismay at not being granted the contract for Typhoon fighter jets in India is an indication that its controversial aid for trade policy is still very much alive.

Liberia's battle to put the lights back on

The Guardian's Poverty Matters - Sun, 02/05/2012 - 23:00
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has set ambitious targets to restore the country's electricity supply. But will it meet them by 2015?

As Africa's consumers rise, so does inequality

Yale Global Online - Fri, 02/03/2012 - 10:17
Kenya struggles to spread the wealth from rapid growth.

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