I came across this beautiful woman and her children at the foot of the mountain depicted in yesterday’s post. To me, we…
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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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The Old Meets the Young: Wodaabe Climate Refugees Here, an elderly Wodaabe medicine man exchanges salutations with a young Wodaabe. Wodaabe men…
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These children have been left to care for themselves while their parents are on climate-induced exodus. They have limited access to food…
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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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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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