What a year
While taking a stroll along a street; a street arched by tall leafy trees; a street covered by mud from the down pour two hours earlier, I walk circumspectly lest I get my shoes muddied; a street in a town I called home for a year; the year I did my Global Health Corps (GHC) […]
How viable are technological inventions for social transformation in Africa today?
This blog is partially inspired by my belief that Africa has within itself the ability to self-propagate into the beautiful and successful continent that so many have dreamt of, and partially by a TED talk from a brilliant handsome Kenyan boy called Richard Terere. A TED-talk, I highly recommend to all those who seek solutions […]
Getting to zero new HIV infections: Would mandatory testing get us there?
“A lion that kills, is one that does not roar”, goes a famous Savannah grassland African saying. “It is one that crouches and lays quietly in the calmly swaying savannah grasses, patiently crawling behind its unsuspecting victims”, goes the saying with further elucidation. The savannah grassland residents’ question then is, “what if we burnt down […]
She falls down, but she gets up.
Have you ever heard the song “We fall down, but we get up” by Donnie McClurkin? Maybe not, but if you were born before the 90’s or have a taste for rhythm and blues, then I am sure you have heard “I will get there” by Boyz II Men. These two songs came alive for […]
Heroes in no-man’s land; Angels in Bwera Hospital.
Having been brought up in a rather modest but very disciplined home, I learned quite early to be quick to offer gratitude and honest praise to anyone that affects my life positively or deserves the gratitude. I know how revitalizing and inspiring a simple thank you can be to others’ efforts. I, however, also want to […]