“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 – 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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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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Alick Mandandi grew up in rural Zambia, where he saw hardworking men, like his father, struggle with poor health and neglect after retirement. Witnessing his father’s decline due to untreated chronic illness deeply impacted him and inspired the Men’s Healthy Initiative. Through this project, Alick aims to provide elderly men with healthcare, nutrition, and purpose.
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Heritage and Struggles of a Tribal Life Tudu belongs to the Santhal tribe, one of the largest tribal communities in India. It is a tribe with its own language, cultural heritage, and religion. In school, he faced discrimination from students of other castes. In his own village, he observed serious problems such as alcoholism, poverty,
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Gloria Anne Achieng’s life was shaped by an upbringing in the slums fraught with hardship – domestic violence, the loss of her mother to suicide, and her own battles with depression and anxiety. With no clear path forward, she was on the verge of dropping out of school, until a supportive faculty helped her regain
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