The unlikely rise of Nollywood
Is Nigeria's booming film industry pioneering an Afrocentric cinema or just grinding out third-rate pulp? Jonathan Kiefer| October 2006 issue Nigeria’s film industry—or Nollywood, as it’s been dubbed by the media—is the third largest in the world, behind the United States’ Hollywood and Read More...
Save the children
Mary Kafuko gets kids off the street in Uganda Tijn Touber | Jan/Feb 2006 Read More...
The pilot who said no
Yonatan Shapira stood up for peace inside the Israeli Air ForceRobert Hirschfield | Jan/Feb 2006 issue Many in Israel are still trying to make sense of Yonatan Shapira, an Israeli Black Hawk helicopter pilot who in September 2003 made public a “pilots’ letter of refusal” which he authored Read More...
Why I am proud to be an American
Ode's executive editor Jay Walljasper on why real patriots are in the streets, not in the White House. Jay Walljasper | July 2004 issue As a child learning lessons at school, I believed that my country was the greatest in the world. We had defeated Hitler in World War II, and we were now ridding Read More...
What the world needs now are better stories
We think the world is in trouble. But the reality is that every day all over the world at every moment, people are solving problems. That's why all of us should try to spread those stories that make the world a more beautiful place. Jurriaan Kamp | April 2006 issue Before Ode was founded in 1995, I Read More...
Megaphone for the voices of street kids
In India, millions of children live hard lives on the street. Jeroo Billimoria created an emergency hotline so they can get help. Tijn Touber | June 2004 issue WHO? Jeroo Billimoria WHAT? Childline, a 24-hour telephone hotline for children in distress WHERE? Mumbai, India WHEN? 1996 Read More...
More than good intentions
Peter Daglish set out not to just help to Nepal's street kids, but to hand them opportunities. Tijn Touber | June 2004 issue WHO? Peter Dalglish WHAT? Street Kids International, helping street kids start a new life to realise their potential WHERE? Kathmandu, Nepal WHEN? 1988 WHY? No Read More...
Poor people's hidden wealth
Poor people often stay poor because laws are stacked against them. For 20 years, Hernando de Soto has been hard at work to change this Bram Posthumus | June 2004 issue WHO? Hernando de Soto WHAT? Instituto Libertad y Democracia (ILD), an international think tank that registers the property of Read More...
The disabled are people too
Erzs Tijn Touber | June 2004 issue WHO? Erzsébet Szekeres WHAT? Alliance Industrial Union, providing care, training and housing for the disabled WHERE? Hungary WHEN? 1982 WHY? Disabled people deserve economic opportunity and maximum of independence When Erzsébet Szekeres went in search Read More...
Type in: problem Find: solution
Theresa Williamson collects solutions to the day-to-day problems of poor peolpe all over the world. How does she do it? By looking at what works in other poor communities. Tijn Touber | June 2004 issue WHO? Theresa Williamson WHAT? Catalytic Communities, a virtual network to share solutions to Read More...