A Gay Kenyan’s Gang Rape (Part 1): The Blessing

Tweet On the morning of Dec. 11, 2007, Anthony Adero decided to leave his hometown forever and head to the capital, because he wanted to kiss a man for the first time in his life. He packed the few essentials needed for his five-hour trip, little things that carry weight, like family photographs and a [...]

Personal herstories Lihles story

Tweet First part – Inkanyiso My name is Lihle, (not real name). I chose not to use my real name for this story because I was scared of being victimized. Even though I’m not ashamed of the fact that I’m living with the virus. I’m not ready for the stares, and some people will over [...]

Remembering Busi

Tweet Busi died on the 12th March 2007.  One of the few poems she published on her blog “My Realities”  was “Remember Me When I Am Gone” – This year I forgot the day but not Busi.  I think of her often as she was.   In November 2006 she wrote “No one can take [...]

Cholera and Healthcare in Haiti

Pediatric Clinic Cite Soleil

Tweet It is impossible to talk about health care in Haiti without mentioning the 2010 earthquake and the subsequent cholera epidemic which so far has affected 630,000 people and taken the lives of 7,500.  It would be easy to believe that cholera was a direct result of the devastation of the earthquake and the heavy [...]

Haiti: Occassional Musings – 6

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Last week I visited two clinics in Cite Soleil. The first was a pediatric clinic which is part of a complex run by the Catholic church for the past 37 years. In addition to the clinic which sees pre-natal mothers and children up to 5, there is a free primary school and a women’s training and work center. Despite the media’s representation of Cite Soleil as a dangerous space, I have always found it calm and friendly and have yet to meet anyone who says otherwise.

#16Days – Living with HIV

their series on 16 Days of Activism Against Violence Against Women. The last day of the series focuses on the work of South African photographer Leonie Marinovich who has been photographing and speaking with people in rural communities who are living with HIV.

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