To me, this photo taken at the Noma center in Niamey, is both a heartbreaking and sweet photo. Heartbreaking because it reminds…
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STORIES
This Sub-Category reports an account of inspiring past events which took place in someone’s life or in the development of something. These many empowering stories are from very different parts of the world and they are here to help raise awareness and give a better visual on how others perceive life.
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Doubara, a nine-year old orphan from the village of Jadiri. Doubara has NOMA, or facial gangrene. I met Doubara during my last…
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Fati goes to school 2 or 3 times a week if she is lucky. She likes school. A lot. She has big…
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In this photo, Fati sews a dress for me, while her niece Fati babysits her lastborn son, Abdoulkarim. This photo is meaningful…
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Fatima’s family is originally from the Azawak and Sai. They lost most of their livestock during the successive droughts of 1973 to…
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Fati and I met one February morning in 2005 as I was walking to CARE’s office in Niamey, Niger’s capital. She and…
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I obtained such a kind reaction to my last post on Fati, that I am now going to continue her story. In…
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Some of you may have already read the first post I wrote about Fati, but I felt it was worth publishing again.…
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Photo: Me with some of my adopted children of the Azawak. They count among those that have become the “indirect victims” of…
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Sadouan was the first to greet me when I arrived in the temporary Tuareg camp that eventually settled to be Tangarwashane. She…
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