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Wanted: Kiswahili Translators

The former executive director of Unicef once said that 80% of the children who die every day in Africa are Continue reading →

When the desperately poor help the less fortunate

As our van stopped on the red soil sandy road, the women came out in their colourful headscarves, singing an Continue reading →

What do Kenyans Need Most?

Given the range of needs in this country that people are struggling to address, we’ve asked community after community the Continue reading →

Elephant Orphans in Kenya

Yesterday I wrote about what Kenyan communities are doing to keep orphans in their own homes. The elephant orphanage we Continue reading →

HIV positive

Now I have a blouse and a skirt

It may not seem to be the case, but it was a joyous occasion. We had been welcomed to the Continue reading →

The Professional Face of Africa

This is not the Africa I expected. I am ashamed  of the assumptions I came here with. I was expecting Continue reading →

You ask me what my people need. I will tell you.

You ask me what my people need. I will tell you. We need water for our people. Water is the Continue reading →

Edward Nzinga’s Story

Soon it will be dark and I will have to leave this cyber cafĂ© in Machacos town – they say Continue reading →

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