Stories written by Jinty Jackson

Money for Salt: How the Country of the Young Is Failing Its Elderly

By Jinty Jackson
Carolina Poalo strikes the dry earth over and over with her hoe, her frail body bent almost double. She is determined to begin planting. During the long, dry season in Mozambique, she and her two young grandchildren have eaten little but cassava leaves.

Selling Ethanol Stoves in Mozambique to Generate Carbon Credits

By Jinty Jackson
Along a dirt road in Mozambique’s Sofala province, a long line of men on bicycles stretches into the distance, each carrying an impossibly big bag of charcoal strapped to his bike.