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“You might not know much about Congo,” Elie said, “but I assure you: every one of you carries a piece of Congo in your pocket.” Dear friends and supporters, Elie Mastaki, a young Congolese change-maker, spoke with quiet strength about his country’s breathtaking beauty; fire-spitting volcanoes, the world’s second-largest rainforest, mighty rivers, and vast lakes.
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kanthari blog – Justus Muhwezi – Uganda “Good morning, Muhwezi. I heard Sabondo, your brother, is no more. He died last night.” This is the message I received while I was in India attending the Kanthari leadership course, far away from my family. I was born and raised in Kabale District, southwestern Uganda, in the
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kanthari blog – Alfred Ngulo – Tanzania That day, my body became a broken compass spinning in pain, directionless, beneath a mango tree. I had tried to walk, but my legs had turned to water and my sight to fog. Just as I surrendered to the silence, a stranger appeared and gave me a second
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kanthari blog – Esther Oke – Nigeria I was in my third year, trapped in a lecture hall I hated. The professor was talking about complex formulas, but all I heard was noise. I felt like a fraud pretending to be a student. I looked again at the photograph of our village’s only clinic at
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kanthari blog – Adelaide Bih – Cameroon Imagine overhearing your grandparents worrying about where to borrow money so you can go to the hospital while you’re lying sick in bed? That was me as a child. I felt like a burden. My grandparents had spent everything they had, but my health just wouldn’t improve. I
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kanthari blog – Archford Kiwiti – Zimbabwe In 1997, at a CITES conference held at the Harare Sheraton, a young woman’s powerful voice captivated the room. Her singing moved dignitaries, diplomats, and even the president, capturing the heart of the nation and unsettling one man confined to a life of limitations. When I approached her,
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Lessons from Matibi -Gilbert Rupere – Zimbabwe Every story has a beginning, and mine traces a journey across continents, cultures, and hard-won transformations. Raised in a small mining village by my grandparents, I spent my childhood herding cattle with friends under the Matibi sun, blissfully unaware of the burdens that would soon come. My father
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Stitched from Struggle: Sewing Hope Into the Future For over a decade, Emmanuel worked in fashion houses, draped not in glamour, but in silent frustration. He was the skilled hand behind someone else’s vision, the mind bursting with creativity that no one ever asked to hear. While others cashed in on his long hours and
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