Already a subscriber? Log in to hide ads. April 05, , a. But her passion is teaching prostitutes to cook and run a business so they can exit the sex trade.
When the war ended in she was able to return to school — a gift that she now tries to pass along to others. Sesay says she has helped more than 40 women leave the sex trade.
Berlin: Once a month young tech entrepreneurs gather to enjoy an unusual form of entertainment: They listen to three or four of their peers talk about their worst business mistakes.
Politely known as Failure Nights the series actually has a more vulgar name , the practice is part of a worldwide movement that started in Mexico and now has spread to more than cities in 80 countries. The idea is to learn from the errors of others. But in Berlin the event has particular resonance, one participating entrepreneur told the BBC. Houtong, Taiwan: A decade ago, this former mining town appeared to be fading away. According to the Nikkei Asian Review, families began leaving Houtong after the local mine closed in , and some left behind their pets.
The remaining families fed them, and soon the stray cat population swelled to — twice the size of the dwindling human population. When cat photographer Jian Peiling visited the village in she fell in love with the cats and began publishing their photos. Monitor journalism changes lives because we open that too-small box that most people think they live in.
