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The mango season is coming to an end, but the heat persists. It's 35 degrees Celsius, inside the office! Sweat is dripping down my face, down my arms, down my back. There is nowhere to escape the heat. So I alternate between typing, drinking water,...

Ntabamhlope is one of my favourite clinics. And it’s not just the fascinating name that I enjoy. It’s the cross-country journey we take to get there. It’s the ancient, broad trunked tree in the corner of the compound. It’s the way someone has...

The mango season is over here in Gweru, but everything else, for me, is just beginning. The slow learning of language and landscape that makes me feel like an infant again. Adjusting to a climate that finds me shivering in the early hours and then...

How do you feed a baby with no maman? To most of us, the answer to this question is not complicated: formula milk. When I ask this question in Central African Republic(CAR); peoples expressions become serious and dark; "impossible". I started asking...

I come from a country with a good healthcare system. I come from a country where resources seem endless. I have come to a place where nothing is certain and everything is complicated. It has been a huge adjustment to work here. Working in Boguila is...