Student protest
More info When three students enrolled on a higher education course in Fiji, they hoped it would improve their career chances.
Emergency Help
More info Kamal’s* anxiety increased with the heat of the day. His 11-year-old daughter had injured her head and urgently needed medical attention. He faced a heavy dilemma: pay an illegal backhander, or risk the health of his child.
Restoring hope
More info Fadzai’s aunt managed to save enough money to buy the child a school uniform. Little did she know at the time, that was the start of her troubles.
Slum Evictions
More info Slums. Overcrowded, unsanitary and dangerous. A Moroccan family found themselves homeless when a new national programme to improve the lives of slum dwellers demanded illegal fees of them that they were not able to pay.
Citizenship matters
More info Being documented means our communities now have access to the same assistance as urban residents
Protecting public money
More info Much-needed public funds for health, education and other essential services were being lost.
Corruption Clinic
More info Established to increase health access for Zimbabwe’s poor and vulnerable, clinics like these are supposed to offer a range of free services to children and the elderly; and affordable treatment for others. But the reality can look different.
Power of the crowd
More info After a bribe is refused, a maternal health clinic in India is threatened with closure until the community stands up to be counted.
Fighting back
More info When a school in rural Honduras closed because the teacher had been unjustly transferred, a group of parents refused to be silenced.
Caught on camera
More info When Hoda tried to renew her work contract, the official wanted to force her into a relationship. She had other ideas.
Health problem
More info Blind in one eye, and visually impaired in the other, Little Ayan* urgently needed an operation to correct her vision. But without money or connections, her family could do little to help.
Police whistleblowers
More info When two respected police officers found evidence that traffic offences were being wiped and interfered with, they did what their job demanded of them.
Who is to blame?
More info After a fatal fire at a nursery, despair turned to anger. Reports emerged that the state-funded nursery was privately run by the wives of two local officials, and had passed safety tests despite allegedly not meeting the criteria.
The price of justice
More info Your shop has been burgled. You go straight to the police, but as soon as you start explaining what’s happened, the on-duty officer stops you. He can’t write anything down, he says, until he’s been paid.
Parents’ nightmare
More info Nyasha* was only nine years old when she was raped on her way to school in Zimbabwe.
Healthcare under threat
More info At a rural emergency clinic eight nurses received an unexpected pay cut. When they protested, their bosses threatened to close down the centre.
Pension Scam
More info “If I were to go to the office, they demand one month’s salary as bribe … it’s like a mafia there.”
Corruption derailed
More info When a new city mayor took office in 2010, he contacted the team to ask for their help in rooting out corruption in the transport office.
Keeping schools clean
More info The head teacher and governing body chair of a school in Soweto, South Africa were accused of stealing public funds. With the help of local authorities, we took action.
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