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Tired of Being Mzungu in Tanzania

Tired of Being Mzungu in Tanzania
By on January 7, 2013

I leave Tanzania in three days and it’s time to go. It’s been three months of cold showers, upset stomachs, and tough lessons, perhaps the toughest of which was this: I will forever be a tourist here

Fighting Stigma with Love

Fighting Stigma with Love
By on February 8, 2011

Before I arrived in the country most affected by HIV and AIDS, I realized that I would not be able to prepare for what I would find in South Africa. The stigmas that surround HIV and AIDS are still as damaging and devastating as the disease itself. Few people were willing to speak about it because so many had such close ties to it