ISSN 2754-0707
ISSN 2754-0707
Removing barriers of marginalisation, building bridges to empower communities
Summer’s upon us and so is the tenth issue of Barriers to Bridges – a small but significant milestone . It’s against many odds, that we’ve produced this issue – our European correspondent has left, due to too many other commitments.
There has definitely not been a shortage of articles or discussions on the concept of ‘woke’ in the last few years.
The first poem deals with the social anxiety I faced while travelling in the metro and how visualising the rasas helped me cope with my anxiety and depression. The second poem also talks about my anxiety and how I took the decision of choosing an open university for further studies.
Within every culture there are communities which generate different reactions or approaches throughout wider society.
If you are a relatively well-informed person, staying up to date with world news, you are likely to be aware of the present refugee crisis, currently at a staggering 108.4 million displaced or stateless people according to the UNHCR, 50% larger than the UK population.
He still remembers the day he left the hospital. In a wheelchair, facing a new world—a world where walking to school and playing on legs were no longer possible.
Summer’s upon us and so is the tenth issue of Barriers to Bridges – a small but significant milestone . It’s against many odds, that we’ve produced this issue – our European correspondent has left, due to too many other commitments.
Natural therapies and medicines have been around for thousands of years and have originated from many cultures from every corner of the planet.
There was apparently a belief among Africans that the strange, pale-skinned, straight-haired people captured them for food, in the same way as Africans fished, or bred cattle.
It’s an early summer’s afternoon in the community garden; bees are exploring the first electric blue cornflowers of the year, while a steady hum of activity weaves around a space filled with planters at one end and picnic benches at the other.