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Women do twice the work for little social recognition
Nzima Tango Tamala lives in Makwatata with her two children. She is just 20 years old, but her children are aged 11 and 8. They are cared for by their grandmother, as Nzima is studying to be a teacher in … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Culture, Development, Health, Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), Poverty, Women, Zambia
Tagged custom, education, equality, health, makwatata, pregnancy, self help africa, teenage, women, zambia
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Suffering HIV alone
Esther Sakara is forty years old. Her face is drawn, and her eyes distant. In her thin arms she holds her two year old daughter, whose gestation brought Esther the news that she was HIV positive. “When I was pregnant, … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Education, Health, HIV/AIDS, Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), Poverty, Women, Zambia
Tagged AIDS, disadvantage, discrimination, education, health, HIV, illness, mdgs, self help africa, women
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Traditional birth attendants deliver new life in rural areas
As a traditional birth attendant, Christina Chulu has assisted in the delivery of approximately 500 babies in the villages surrounding Makwatata over the past fifteen years. “I am on duty 24 hours a day,” she says. “When a woman goes … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Development, Education, Health, Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), Poverty, Tradition, Women, Zambia
Tagged agriculture, childcare, health, maternal health, mdgs, opportunity, poverty, self help africa, services, zambia
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Digging a Well at Chimtengo Village
The people of Chimtengo village take their water for washing, cooking and drinking from a water hole shared by pigs, cattle and goats. Last week, one of the villagers found a dead dog floating on the surface. Water borne diseases … Continue reading
Teenage marriage ends in divorce and social stigma
Because of a lack of adequate sex education, 16-year-old Chazoso Soko didn’t realise that she could get pregnant. “My boyfriend told me that we were just practicing. I didn’t know very much about sex then,” she says. When she fell pregnant, … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Culture, Development, Education, Health, Poverty, Tradition, Women, Zambia
Tagged discrimination, divorce, education, girl, health, marriage, poverty, pregnancy, rural community, self help africa, stigma, teenage, women, zambia
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Irish Aid’s work in Zambia
While visiting the Embassy in Lusaka last week to hear about the work of Irish Aid in Zambia, the Irish Ambassador Tony Cotter proudly explained to me the long-established connection between Ireland and Zambia, which stretches back to the arrival … Continue reading
Posted in Agriculture, Development, Education, Enterprise, Farming, Health, HIV/AIDS, Markets, Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), Poverty, Zambia
Tagged agriculture, charity, development, education, health, HIV, irish aid, MDG, poverty, self help africa, support, zambia
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A Village in Africa 