MAPUTO MOZAMBIQUE – Before I leave Mozambique I just wanted to write a bit about the people of Mozambique. This country was devastated by a 17-year civil war that ended in 1992.
A snapshot of village life in Bento, Chinde District, Mozambique
That might seem time enough for a good deal of healing to take place, and it has — Mozambique is a stable, peaceful, forward looking nation. But the scars are still here.
A grade 2 student (in Concern’s partner’s Chad-Et’s Center 1 school) with her brand new ABE Curriculum
It is great to be back in Addis Ababa to meet with the children I visited a year ago. It is inspiring to hear about what education means to them and to see it contribute to real change in their lives. Without programs like the one here, change could simply never happen. Read the rest of this entry »
Mother and Child in Mozambique
MAPUTO, MOZAMBIQUE – Have you ever seen an 8-month old baby vigorously drink water from a jerry can? No nipple, just a wide opening through which water is slowly poured, falling over the baby’s lips, then that familiar rhythmic sucking reflex. There is no crying, his eyes don’t even open – all of his energy is concentrated on drinking in every last drop. Read the rest of this entry »
My Concern guest house room, and everything I brought with me to the field.
DENVER, COLORADO - This is going to be an interesting trip: Denver to Washington DC to Rome to Addis Ababa. I arrived at my gate in Denver to find four other people travelling straight through with me to Ethiopia. Read the rest of this entry »
Installation of solar-panel driven pump systems gets underway
CATAPU, MOZAMBIQUE - I spent two full days visiting three sites where Concern and its partner AKSM are completing the installation of three solar-panel driven pump systems. Read the rest of this entry »
Map of Mozambique
MAPUTO, MOZAMBIQUE - “I have to tell you; camping in Chinde probably won’t be the most comfortable, but it’s only for a night.” Concern Mozambique’s Assistant Country Director for Programs, Sarah Allen, is giving me fair warning as we go through my itinerary for the next ten days here. Read the rest of this entry »
“These crops you see here during this dry season are the results of our club’s dedication and desire to see off poverty once and for all. We are now well equipped, thanks to Concern, to produce enough food – a thing which had eluded this village for many years.
In fact, we have given a ray of hope and confidence to many in this village who didn’t believe that with enough commitment and hard work, the beast called hunger can be defeated. We will not wait for Concern to come again to our rescue. They did their part and now we have a good foundation to tackle hunger.”
—Mr. Enock Mbeta, Treasurer, Mtisautsa Community Irrigation Club, Nkhotakota District, Malawi Read the rest of this entry »
The hope is that rain will come. It is now due: if it fails again, it will be devastating. It is no coincidence that the word for rain in the Maasai language is the same as that for God.
Kenya is currently in the grip of a severe drought that has killed crops, crippled the country’s production of food, and caused serious shortages of affordable food in urban areas. But the pastoralist communities in Kenya’s rural areas are being hit hardest and most severely. Read the rest of this entry »
Soldiers running together in daily exercise routine near the DRC border
Getting to Burundi
This is my second time now within the past two months that I have had to transit through Nairobi, Kenya en-route to the African Great Lakes countries (Rwanda and Burundi). Read the rest of this entry »
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