by jean | Apr 16, 2020 | covid response, Kenya, Social Action
Masked, but not silenced A Kenyan response to the COVID-19 crisis In Kenya, more than 80% of the working population are engaged in informal employment, and it is the livelihoods of these informal labourers that are devastated by COVID-19 related Public Health...
by jean | Apr 16, 2020 | covid response, Social Action, South Africa
AE South Africa Covid Response As of the 15th of April 2020, South Africa had 2,415 confirmed coronavirus cases, the highest number in Africa. Although the novel coronavirus pandemic has not yet caused widespread devastation in South Africa, there is serious concern...
by jean | Apr 1, 2020 | Rwanda, Story
Rwanda: Shadows, Past and Future. As of the 1st of April 2020, Rwanda has 70 confirmed cases of COVID-19. The number of these cases would be likely to increase exponentially, as has occurred in so many countries across the globe. While the health systems and economies...
by jean | Apr 1, 2020 | Story, Zimbabwe
Let us not fail Africa. As nations all over the world race to respond to COVID-19 to protect their own citizens, looking to other countries needs can seem too much. Africa inevitably will take a low priority for many. Yet while physical borders close, the virus itself...
by jean | Apr 1, 2020 | Foxfires, Impact Stories - Foxfires, Story, Zimbabwe
What changed his “bad guy’s” heart? Dear friend, At 15 years old, Alexis Gezani (pictured 2nd from the right above) from Zimbabwe was not on the right path. “I was a bad guy who took pleasure in bullying others,” Alexis remembers. But something changed the path of...
