Zimbabwe's public health system, like other sectors, has been hit by a financial crisis. With a population of around 16 million, doctors say there are only 12 public health psychiatrists in the whole country. Now, a group of grandmothers are using what they call "friendship benches" to help thousands of people suffering from mental health …
Bisi Alimi is a Nigerian LGBT advocate and HIV activist. The first person to ever come out as gay on Nigerian television, Bisi fled Nigeria for the UK after an attempt on his life in 2007. Here he vlogs for The Huffington Post UK marking 50 years since homosexuality was decriminalised in Britain, and how …
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/IQACYgWpnjI" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> The 6th World Sustainability Forum – WSF2017; January, 27, 2017. Cape Town, South Africa
We are happy to announce the 2017 Class of New Voices Fellows, including experts in Food Security, Infectious Disease, Development Policy & Finance and Health & Human Rights. —————————————————————– Development Finance Omezzine Khelifa Tunisia Omezzine is a Tunisian female activist, president and founder of “Mobdi’un – Creative Youth” association. She was born and raised …
When Kennedy Odede was a kid, he lived on the streets of a slum in Kenya. He'd grown up in tough circumstances. His stepfather was violent. There wasn't enough food to go around. He wasn't sent to school. A friend convinced him he'd do better out on his own. He'd have his freedom, he'd be …