Village Life

Typical housing in the rural areas. The first few days in Mozambique, I walked with one of our health promoters through the villages. I wanted to see if our work was in fact working. We focus on three health issues in Moz: cholera, malaria and HIV. Our work is in five...

At First Glance

A few photos to share. I promise to write the stories and give the detail behind these as soon as I can manage to sleep, eat and function in this time zone again. We were able to photograph all of the children and workers at the baby orphanage. They loved receiving...

Tucked In

I’m home! Actually, tucked into bed at this very moment with my laptop, a great book, a large glass of safe, sweet tap water, and about a dozen hours of prescribed sleeping scheduled pronto. Ironic luggage update: the bags were lost for five days. We found them...

A Dose of Much-Needed Happiness

I think I’m over jet lag. Not entirely, but getting there. I slept a hard 9 hours last night, waking up this morning to a rushed agenda. We were late and the car was leaving. I threw on my lucky baseball cap, grabbed my camera, brushed my teeth and changed my...

Searching for Change

Today I met with our staff, had a brief meeting and then went with a field officer into the village of Mbatwe. This village sits near the Beira airport, a few hundred yards from the runway. Although only a small handful of planes land here each week, it is safe to say...