In a country where nearly 75 percent of the people live on less than $2 (U.S.) per day, the people of Kirinda, Uganda are surviving amid extreme poverty. Within this village, it is commonplace to lack basic necessities, such as clean water and educational...
My name is Ege, and I was married when I was 14 years old. When the time came for me to give birth to my first child, I labored for six days. On the seventh day, I finally traveled to the hospital, but it was too late. My baby was dead and I had developed a condition...
The streets of Kigali, Rwanda, once bore witness to 100 days of systematic slaughter that ended the lives of an estimated 1 million people. Children left behind after the 1994 genocide, and those born soon after, emerged into a new Rwanda saturated by trauma, grief,...
After the Holocaust, the entire world was in a state of utter shock. Six million Jews . . . corralled together from across the nations and systematically wiped from the face of the earth. One of humanities darkest hours left an indelible mark on every man, woman, and...
The village of Kaboga, Rwanda, is found at the end of dirt path flanked on either side by sprawling green rows of banana trees. This is the humble home to 45 widows and their children. The shockwaves of the genocide that leveled the country two decades ago are still...
The Central African Republic (CAR) is one of the most underdeveloped nations in the world. More than 60 percent of the population lives well below the national poverty line—the majority earning less than $2 a day. In the past 30 years, the nation has experienced...