Farai Tendai (40) from Gokwe, Midlands Province in Zimbabwe, has four children who are all girls and was married in 1993 to a man who was a long distance bus driver. Things were good in her home...
As presidents and prime ministers gather in New York at the UN General Assembly, secretary general Ban Ki-moon has launched an unprecedented special initiative called Education First. This is driven...
1992 was a time when it seemed fairly futuristic to talk about environment degradation, climate change, green economy but twenty years later with ever more alarming statistics on poverty and hunger...
Maison Shalom (House of Peace) is a huge project that has literally changed the face of Ruyigi town, and the powerhouse behind it is Maggy, a very determined woman.The project started as a way to...
Like many people in Afghanistan, as a child I was forced to leave my home and seek refuge in the relative safety of Iran and Pakistan. It was then that I witnessed just how vulnerable poor...
When 10-year-old Badasa Hussein’s dad ran away, he was left to look after his mother and four sisters. School meals are all that keep his family alive.
We’ve driven approximately 250km from Isiolo to Sericho. Along the way the landscape gets drier and starker. A quarter of the way through our journey we are stopped by a herd of around 300 camels...
