Geeta Dangol Maharjan is from Nepal. She grew up in a Nevari family in Kirtipur, a town next to Kathmandu that is famous for its traditional beauty. Suddenly, there were bombs everywhere, and Nepal was no longer safe. The Nepalese Civil War (1996 to 2006) started due to political conflicts and left Nepal in a
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Aisha Abdullahi Bubah addresses an important topic: the state of mental health in today’s society. Her home country, Nigeria, with a population of over 212 million people, offers only 250 psychiatrists and an even lower number of psychologists. Roughly, only one out of a million Nigerians has access to mental health support. Aisha’s organization Idimma
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Precious Kiwiti is from Zimbabwe. She was known as a strong woman, running restaurants and catering services successfully, and starting a kindergarten for single mothers. But hardly anyone knew about her well-hidden tragedy. In one of her marriages, Precious was raped, choked, and chained. She even became the victim of a mock execution, where her
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Imagine. During an armed conflict, you are tied to a tree, which makes it impossible for you to escape violence. You see death hanging on the shoulders of angry men in the form of a rifle. Your heart is racing, and you fear for your life. Nematullah Ahangosh comes from Afghanistan and is now unable
Shivani Shivani Kumari is from Jharkhand in the east of India. Her partial loss of sight made it difficult for her to keep up with mainstream expectations. But she found inner strength within nature. Shivani promotes natural agriculture, creates awareness regarding indigenous and uncultivated crops (native and free from biotechnology) and fosters harmonious living with
Abhilash John is originally from Kerala in the South of India, but he grew up in Ahmedabad, in Gujarat. Locked in a cage of constrains and expectations, Abhilash was not able to dream and follow his personal path. A street child helped him to challenge his fears, to set him free to explore his strengths
Frank Ekow Arkorful comes from Ghana. Growing up in the slums, Frank’s teenage dream was to become a gang leader. But observing the hard work of his mother to save her three boys from becoming criminals, he became a women’s activist. Frank is interested using the Shea butter production, a sector mainly occupied by more
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Joseph Christophe Kone is originally from Liberia, West Africa. At age seven, Joseph witnessed rebels capture the city of Gbarnga in Liberia. His mother fled together with him and his sister to a village, where he was forced to watch how the rebels committed atrocities against women. The little family sought refuge in a nearby
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Niwas Kumar is from Bihar in the north of India, and he is focused on a rather sensitive topic that is right in the heart of Indian culture, which is very much characterized by gender norms. From early childhood onwards, every aspect of daily activities is clearly defined to girls or boys, men or women.
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By Mirranda Tiri, Zimbabwe During a camping trip in Namibia, my parents found paradise in a place that Livingstone once described as ‘the garden of Eden.’ It was a beauty, with amazing scenery, wildlife, and pristine surroundings. The only human-made structure there was a little mud hut. We spent so much time on mokoro (canoe)
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