A ray of hope to patients with heart problemsA Kampala resident Nina Nahabwe underwent an open heart surgery in the United States of America in 2003 when she was 11-years-old. Nahabwe’s parents would not have afforded the cost of the heart surgery, had the Kampala and Kyambogo Rotary clubs in collaboration with Gift of Life International (GOLI)
Poor sanitation plagues Kampala’s slumsPatrick Odongo emerges from a latrine, a one storey structure erected approximately two meters from the ground. Standing in front of haphazard, ramshackle dwellings, there is no fee charged for using this latrine, reserved for the residents of Acholi quarter in one of Kampala’s sprawling slums. Parts of the latrine’s walls are damp, with a stinging smell permeating the environment.
Seven-year-old Mohamed herds his family cattle in Afar region in Northern Ethiopia. Afar Region, where he lives with his family, has a population of more than 1 million, and is one of the poorest regions of Ethiopia. Infrastructure there is minimal, and an estimated 90 per cent of school-age children are not in school, far worse than the already poor national average of 43 per cent. Photo by Boniface Mwangi.
A government doctor shows a young Maasai Moran (warrior) how to use a condom in preventing transmission of HIV/AIDS deep inside Oloibortoto forest. Sharing is a major way of the Maasai life; they share everything, including wives. The migration of Morans to town and city centers, in search of job employment exposes these young people to a bigger risk of contacting the HIV virus. Photo by Boniface Mwangi.
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