Traditional Zambian Lunch
Just had a traditional Zambian lunch, which included guinea fowl, beef, pork trotter, and all manner of veg, some of it which was ground up with peanuts. Delish. My colleagues Emily and Anjali: And our...
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We hear a lot about public health campaigns falling on deaf ears or being lost in translation, but what happens when awareness campains literally fail to reach their target audience because they...
View ArticlePhotography Class
Kids at the Fountain of Hope street Children’s Centre in Lusaka enjoyed playing photographer for the afternoon
View ArticleFountain of Hope
I spent this afternoon at the Fountain of Hope centre for street children, thanks to Save the Children who set up the visit for us. I spent much of the time doing an impromptu photography class, and...
View ArticleSunset over the Zambezi
The last few days of the trip have been spent off the grid, visiting some of the more remote parts of the country including the incredible Macha Research Trust, where some of the most cutting edge...
View ArticleCOSAFA CUP CELEBRATIONS
Last night, Zambians the country over were celebrating their 2-0 victory over Zimbabwe in the Cosafa Cup final. Loads of the kids were in face paint like Marjorie who was at the boat club with her...
View ArticleLove Games try to help raise awareness of HIV in Zambia
Love Games try to help raise awareness of HIV in Zambia A blog post for SciDev.Net
View ArticleJournalism in Zambia: Self-censorship, blocked websites, and social media...
Brandishing placards asking passing traffic to honk in the name of free press, Zambian bloggers will today take to the streets of Lusaka for the second time in a fortnight to protest against the...
View ArticleBuilding labs in shipping containers
In Zambia, I visited Barry Kosloff from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine who is the lab manager on the ZAMBART project in Lusaka. He’s been working on developing high containment labs...
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