The project began with a series of workshops on Poverty and the MDG agenda in 2009. TY students wanted an action that would reflect their frustration and disappointment with the progress in the United Nations MDG programme. Two schools came up with a book project and Self Help Africa facilitated
Should people boycott Israeli products based on the siege of Gaza, stalled peace talks and expulsion of farmers from land in the West Bank?
Ten years after The Economist declared that Africa was ‘a basket case’ it was back with another headline: ‘Africa Rising…the hopeful continent’. If Africa is rising can it continue to do so, or will the many problems it still faces render its rising ‘a false dawn’?
South Africa 2010 For the first time in history, the FIFA World Cup was hosted on the continent of Africa, in South Africa. There was much to celebrate about – or was there? The country embarked on the mammoth task of upgrading and developing its infrastructure in order to ensure
With his encyclical Laudato Si: On Care for Our Common Home (available online as a long-form letter) Pope Francis has entered the fray not just on the environment and its future but also more broadly on the ethics and impact of dominant models of economic development and ‘extreme’ consumption. His
‘In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.’ – Martin Luther King Jr. The horrifying image of the little boy drowned trying to flee Syria has gone viral in the last twenty four hours. People are outraged and rightly so.
I was out walking the dog this morning. It was a particularly hot morning as the rains haven’t quite taken force. It was lovely and quiet with very few people around. Kampala is always quiet on weekend mornings. Snoopy is 15 years old, so for an Mzee (old man) of
Now at the tender age of just 14 years, beloved by students and ‘instant experts’, intensely disliked by many teachers and examiners; refuge of lazy journalists – one of the world’s top 10 internet sites and, without doubt its most popular general reference source (one of the top 20 websites
Technology has changed activism. From public opinion campaigns to e-petitions, technology has changed the meaning of activism, and created a new sphere of online action brought right to one’s living room couch. It is easier now more than ever to take ten minutes out of your day and partake in
‘Making a murderer’ is the new Netflix series that YOU HAVE TO WATCH. The documentary follows the story of Steven Avery who, after spending eighteen years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit, is arrested for murder. I said no spoilers but I think it’s fairly obvious that presentation
This photostory was produced by Tendayi and Cynthia Kureya; PANOS; SAFAIDS Zimbabwe and photography by Tendayi Kureya My name is Hegger Ndagurwa. I am a care facilitator with Holy-Ghost Home Based Care (HBC) programme. The programme is based in Nyachityu village in Mutare South District in Zimbabwe. This is a
My name is Blessing Chiwata. I am 20 years and I head a household of four. I stay with my siblings, Peter, Likane and Maskida. Our father passed away in 2001 when I was 11 years old and our mother passed away three years later when I was 15 years old.Everyone in my community knew that my parents died of a HIV related illness.
My name is Dorothy Nkoma. I live in Chinhoyi in Zimbabwe. I have been living with HIV for at least fourteen years.
This photostory was produced by Tendayi and Cynthia Kureya; PANOS; SAFAIDS Zimbabwe and photography by Tendayi Kureya
Meet Danny Lungu born on 22nd October 1962 in Lusaka, Zambia. In a country where one out of every four people is infected with HIV and Danny is one of those Zambians living with HIV/AIDS.
Charity Ndhlovu is 46 years of age. She is a farmer and lives in a farm house nicknamed ‘hospitality house’ by the many relatives that stay with Charity and her family in Lusaka West in Zambia. Charity is married and has 4 children – the youngest now 11 years old. She is also HIV positive.
My name is Lizzy and I am 29 years old. I am married with four children. At 08:00hrs I walk to my stone-selling site along Mungwi Road and commence work. Poverty led me into the ‘Stone Crashing business’.
Peter was diagnosed with HIV in 2000. Peter campaigns for organisations and health facilities to establish Voluntary Counselling Testing (VCT) centres in compounds around the city so that individuals can be encouraged to know their HIV status
The following story, written by Mwnya Yambayamba and Taonga Tembo from Zambia, explores how individuals experience their local environment. It focuses on Kanyama Compound in the capital city of Lusaka, Zambia. The story follows Sangwira Asani who lives in Kanyama and looks at what life is like for residents of Kanyama- how they live, what they go through every day, the risks of infection, etc., all linked, according to the authors, to not caring for our environment and the world at large
Tom O’Connor reports from County Kajiado, Kenya, on a local community’s response to female genital mutilation (FGM). Sometimes in life, we get an opportunity that 99% of other people will never experience; a chance to meet somebody who you regard as an inspiration, a hero. It is one of those
Vicky Donnelly reflects on working with third-level students on the issue of debt justice. Working with third-level students last year on the issue of debt justice, we considered Thomas Sankara’s powerful portrayal of the debt as a weapon, wielded by “technical assassins”, as part of a, “cleverly managed reconquest of
Back in May of this year I wrote a blog about the 10,000 unaccompanied child refugees who have disappeared since reaching Europe, travelling without the care of an adult thereby making them highly vulnerable. I said that the blog would be a starting point for me on the issue of
Wow! What a year it’s been so far, and judging by the daily news feeds across mainstream and social media – ‘it ‘ain’t over, not by a long shot,’ as the American’s might say. While we continue to reel over the realities and future uncertainties of what ‘Brexit’ may pose
Africa was on the cusp of change when the book first came out in 1958. A handful of African countries had already achieved independence, but few people could have predicted the change that was to take place on the Continent. Set amid the scramble for Africa in the 1890’s, Things
From 31st October 2011, it is claimed that seven billion people are inhabiting the earth. The report uniquely looks at the trends—the dynamics—that are defining our world and shows what people in vastly different countries and circumstances are doing in their own communities to make the most of their world.
With less than five years from the target date for achieving the 8 Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the progress to date has been uneven. This UN report shows how some countries have made great strides towards reaching their targets, including some of the poorest, most notably, sub-Saharan Africa. This report
The British journalist Michela Wrong has made a name for herself writing about African corruption and western complicity. She has been reporting on Africa for the last 15 years for Reuters, the BBC and the Financial Times and has written three non-fiction books on the Continent. Born in 1961, she
Each of the ten lessons in this resource has a theme and a keyword which provide a focus for the lesson. Learning objectives outline the knowledge, attitudes and skills that are developed during each lesson. A list of necessary resources is provided along with posters and worksheets. An ‘introductory activity’