And the children. Cover the mother and the children. That is the strategy for hanging bed nets. Our malaria program gave free bed nets to all pregnant women and children under one in every area we assisted, which covered a population of eight million people. Then we went and hung nets in a few areas. …
I took this photo during a focus group we held in Kasai Central as part of our research during the development of our behavior change communications program. Magic 292/365, Listen to the Mothers, Kasai Central, DRC 2015
This little baby brings so much joy to my heart. There is really nothing better than seeing a happy, healthy child in a health center. It is an indicator that we are doing our jobs. We are getting health to the people who need it most. We still have a long way to go, and …
A young woman poses in a safe house in North Kivu after telling me her story of survival. Magic 287/365, A Safe House, DRC, 2017
This is Asha Wanda. I spent valentine’s day of 2017 with her and three other survivors of sexual violence in Walikale, a small village in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo. They shared their stories with me and I was overwhelmed by the positivity they exuded despite the atrocities they had experienced. For the full …
Light. Beautiful, sweet light. It’s something we take for granted. I learned this during my travels in DRC because most of the country remains in the dark once the sun goes down. But thanks to my awesome fiancee, Antonio Nevada Martinez, and the amazing project we worked on, ASSP, these people in Kawadje, just outside …