Against a backdrop of drought, internecine warfare and an AIDS pandemic, it ‚s difficult to
know where to start when attempting to reduce suffering in sub-Saharan Africa. Canadian …

Is there something wrong with the way the world responds to famines, earthquakes and
floods? Ask Josephine Kachebe. The 83-year-old grandmother from Tiki Mwiinga …

11 October 2011 was a dark day. Faith Keneko (MDC 09/10) suddenly passed away. Her
husband and little children lost a caring person, Uganda lost a committed health …

Poverty is one of the greatest challenges facing the world today. While countries of the West
are working to eradicate it within their circles, others in the rest of the world are still …

This study is concerned with the traditional health knowledge which underpins the home-
based use of traditional medicinal and food plant resources among local women in rural …

“Xiiiii!” Susana exclaimed as we chatted in her neatly swept yard.“Malawi was not like this!” I
was listening as she and her mother compared the NGO programs being implemented in …

The anatomy and physiology of poverty are very complicated. Also complicated is the
therapy of poverty. Many of the problems in Nigeria (including greed, avarice, election …

The setting for this case is that of Mozambique where the dependency of centuries of
colonialism, war, and more recently, the scourge of AIDS has wreaked havoc with the …

That poverty is widely but not evenly distributed across the world is beyond question. There
are hungry and homeless people in Kivu in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and …

Sub-Saharan Africa is repeatedly painted as a failure in achieving the Millennium
Development Goals (MDGs). This article focuses on MDG4 (reduction of two thirds in the …