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1 of 84 million: Sifa’s life of despair and displacement, resilience, courage and hope

1 of 84 million: Sifa’s life of despair and displacement, resilience, courage and hope

by Kristine Pearson | Jun 20, 2022 | Africa, By Kristine Pearson, Refugees

I met an extraordinary woman in the maily Congolese Rwamwanja Refugee Settlement in Western Uganda whose story has stayed with me ever since.

The boy who adopted me

The boy who adopted me

by Kristine Pearson | May 13, 2021 | By Kristine Pearson, Refugees, Rwanda

Like so many children in Rwanda at that time, this sweet adolescent boy was the head-of-his-household and responsible for raising his siblings on his own.

Try not to sprain your ankle in Ethiopia – Highlights of 20 years working in Africa

Try not to sprain your ankle in Ethiopia – Highlights of 20 years working in Africa

by Kristine Pearson | Mar 13, 2019 | Africa, African progress, By Kristine Pearson, Working in Africa

A few years ago while photographing Speckled Mousebirds of my hotel in Addis Ababa, I fell and sprained my ankle. No doubt aided by the altitude, it was swollen and sore, but I didn’t think it...
A Cow Doesn’t Give Me Information: How Radio Played a Role for Children in Post-Genocide Rwanda

A Cow Doesn’t Give Me Information: How Radio Played a Role for Children in Post-Genocide Rwanda

by Kristine Pearson | Oct 4, 2016 | By Kristine Pearson, Children, Power of radio, Rwanda

When asked if he had to choose between his wind-up radio or his cow, he didn’t hesitate. Fordward, an 18-year-old Rwandan head of household said, “I shall choose my radio, because a cow doesn’t give me information.”

Who Would Have Imagined Rwanda 25 Years On?

Who Would Have Imagined Rwanda 25 Years On?

by Kristine Pearson | May 10, 2016 | Africa, African progress, By Kristine Pearson, Justice, Rwanda

World headlines fixated on one event – the culmination of the long march to democracy in South Africa and the inauguration of Nelson Mandela. As Western media seem to feature one African story at a time, another African event was a footnote: an ‘African tribal war’ in a country not many had heard of.

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