Critical Role of Radio in Ebola Fight
Fatmata is from Sierra Leone and is an Ebola survivor, a widow, and mother of three children. Tragically, two of her children contracted Ebola, and she was accused of bringing the virus to her...
How a Little Solar Radio is Helping to Stop Ebola
Normal life ground to a halt for many in the three West African countries affected by Ebola. People were quarantined, or stayed at home. The threat of catching Ebola kept people indoors, and away...
Kerosene – A Burning Issue in Women’s Rights, Human Rights
Like many girls I’ve met in Africa, Rose’s dream is to become a teacher. The shy grade 6 student revises her homework at a rickety table in a tin shack in a Nairobi slum. A kerosene lamp fashioned...
Lifeplayer Debuts in Bulenga, Uganda
by Sarah Baird. Seven miles from the center of Kampala, down a busy highway clogged with the hum of motorbike taxis and vans is the village of Bulenga. It’s a 45- minute journey through a...
