By Nancy Wesson, LABE Program, Advisor/Peace Corps Volunteer. An estimated 34 million people are living with HIV/AIDS in Africa and 59 per cent of those above the age of 15 are women. Of that 34 million, roughly 10 per cent are children below the age of 141 Women and girls are physiologically two to four … Read more
t’s 5:30 in the morning and the air is full of distant sounds… I have a feeling some of them are originating in my old noisy stomping grounds. Crickets – now that’s nice, something that sounds vaguely like the call to prayer, a rooster off in the distance and for a while something that sounded … Read more
Today was an interesting day – I went in a bit late because I was told everyone would be busy readying for a meeting with the funders and I would meet-and-greet. So I dressed accordingly, though by the time I tried to iron my clothes the electricity was off again, prompting me to put on … Read more