THE KAERU KID: Go, going, Ghana

Editor’s Note: This is the first of a two-part series. Where? The lure of a fantastic low airfare offer and a chance to stay with couch surfers to save on accommodation costs hooked me, a sucker to travel anywhere I have not been before. A relatively expensive visa was required, as well as a yellow […]

Solving hunger and poverty, one tree at a time

THE MANGROVE TREE: PLANTING TREES TO FEED FAMILIES By Susan L. Roth and Cindy Trumbore (New York: Lee and Low Books Inc., 2011, 36 pp., $19.95, hardcover) Dr. Gordon Sato, a scientist, wanted to help villagers in Eritrea on the African coast. His efforts to ease hunger and poverty involve planting mangrove trees by the […]

Kyplex Cloud Security Seal - Click for Verification