Rethinking global commitment on development issues Seeking honor and dignity in Pakistan Ethnic minorities in Vietnam Going back to Kurdistan Global South Development Magazine is a quarterly magazine published by Silver Lining Creation Finland. The magazine covers a wide range of developmental issues primarily of the developing world and is an initiative of freelance writers and development activists from different parts of the world. Editor-in-chief Promoters Manoj Kr Bhusal Som Chaulagai [email protected] ([email protected]) Assistant Editor Saila Ohranen Lawin Khalil Mustafa ([email protected]) ([email protected]) Regional Editors Marketing Manager Lingson Adam (East Africa) Dinesh Poudel ([email protected]) Khalid Hussain (South Asia) Ioulia Fenton (Latin America) Kristina Gubic (Southern Africa) Guest Contributors for this issue Catriona Knapman (The Middle East) Jennifer Harrison Siri Pitkänen Special Correspondents Seija Saarikoski-Silvla Mary Namusoke (Women’s issues in Africa) Roxanne Irani (Global environmental issues) Published By Sandeep Srivastava (Climate change) Silver Lining Creation ry-Finland Email: [email protected] Country Correspondents [email protected] Levi Tebo Mbah (Cameroon) http://www.silcreation.org Fady Salah (Egypt) Hannah Martin (Ghana) ISSN 1799-0769 Dr.P.V.Ravichandiran (India) Atik Ambarwati (Indonesia) Subscribe free to Global South Development Era Menchavez-dela Pena (The Philippines) Moses C Masami (Tanzania) Magazine at WWW.SILCREATION.ORG Kimbowa Richard (Uganda) Jasen Mphepo (Zimbabwe) Cover Design by Anup Khanal Land conflict & Mayan dignity in Guatemala Contents Global south in the frame 4 Global south in the news 5 Male circumcision: an answer to HIV prevention in Africa? 8 Thoughts and experiences of voluntary work in Africa 10 End poverty 2015: Where are we? 12 The Sri Lankan saga of unrequited justice and freedom 20 The Casino of Life: The odds of reducing inequality in a country like Bolivia 22 Floods in Pakistan: A special report 24 Sorrows of salt makers in India 32 Let’s talk about the MDGs 34 Global South in the frame Global South Development Magazine July-Sept 2010 Craving for knowledge Two boys in a flood affected area of Pakistan read their textbooks using a tiny space available to them. 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