“My silences had not protected me. Your silence will not protect you.” – Audrey Lorde
At the age of 13, I learned the hard way that there are times when silence becomes a piercing scream. When my grandmother was diagnosed with leukemia, the silence was deafening. Over a decade later, I still recall her sense of defeat as she painfully transformed from a strong woman, full of wisdom to solve […]
Global Health Work in Africa: a Passion or a Calling?
Development work in Africa for many is a calling to help people met by a commitment to provide solutions for poverty-related issues. For some, their work in Africa is in response to a call or request to provide special expertise in an area of desperate need. For me, it was a glorious fight for a […]