Notebook
THE STORIES IN OUR NOTEBOOK FEATURE COMMUNITIES WHERE SOMEONE IN THE NIGHT TRAVELER NETWORK HAS BEEN TRUSTED AND EMBEDDED.
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BENKALA, BALI
In one village in the northern Bali jungle, deafness isn't a disability — it's a shared language. For seven generations, a naturally high deaf population has made Bengkala a place where nearly everyone signs: farmers, children, the mayor. They call it the "oneness." We've told this story before, for VICE.
INCLUSION • LANGUAGE • COMMUNITY • BELONGINGPUBLISHED (VICE) · ACCESS ESTABLISHED · DEEPER STORY WAITING
THE GAMBIA
For most rural Gambian communities, water means walking — and seven times out of ten, that walk belongs to a woman or girl. A network of locally elected women, led by Banjul's Lord Mayor, is changing that: 26 solar boreholes built, 100,000 people reached, and a plan for 100 more.
WATER · WOMEN'S RIGHTS · CLIMATE · ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENTURGENT · ACTIVE PROJECT · IMPACT CAMPAIGN · FILM-READY