Five and a half years ago, I boarded a flight to Uganda. For all the political histories and journalists’ accounts of Africa I’d read, I knew nothing could prepare me for what awaited me and I did my best to keep my imagination from running wild. Continue →
Tag Archives: poverty
Evelyn Marsters on poverty & the Ebola crisis
The Ebola (EBV) crisis is now a public health emergency of international concern. As of August 18, 2014, the World Health Organisation (WHO) reported a total of 2,473 suspected cases and 1,350 deaths in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia and Nigeria. Continue →