Archive for 'Stories of our Challenges'

Water Queue

Water Queue

Residents of a Johannesburg township line up for water at a communal tap.

Government Service?

Government Service?

A woman with child awaits for the opening of a government office in Mwanza, Tanzania.

Crossing

Crossing

A man crosses the busy and dangerous Thika Road near Ruaraka in the outskirts of Nairobi.

Fast Food

Fast Food

A woman sells boiled maize (corn) along a street in Nairobi’s Eastlands area.

Enjoying Sunset

Enjoying Sunset

“In many African families having albino is a stigma hence drawing little attention on their affairs, including social protection. They also experience social segregation in many aspects of life e.g. life skills and education. Moreover, this albino society, is a victim of witch-craft beliefs by being killed by witch-craft practices  who believe that body parts [...]

Mitumba

Mitumba

A man loads a hand cart with a package of used clothing (mitumba) to transport it to the market in Mwanza, Tanzania.

The Maize Seller

The Maize Seller

A woman sells roast maize (corn) along the outskirts of Eldoret Town in Kenya.

A Hidden Embu

A Hidden Embu

Rooftops of semi-permanent structures within Embu Town in Central Kenya.

A Load Too Heavy

A Load Too Heavy

A woman carries her wares at a market in no-man’s-land at the border between Uganda and DR Congo near Bwera.

The Burning Fields

The Burning Fields

The grasslands between Sandton and Pretoria are ablaze as a means of generating fertile pastures in anticipation of the Spring rains in South Africa. Slash and burn tactics in agriculture have been traditionally been used around the world as a means of generating fertile lands.

The Burning Fields

The Burning Fields

The grasslands between Sandton and Pretoria are ablaze as a means of generating fertile pastures in anticipation of the Spring rains in South Africa. Slash and burn tactics in agriculture have been traditionally been used around the world as a means of generating fertile lands.

Return From School

Return From School

A girl walks back home from a day in school in the Rwenzori Region of Western Uganda.

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