Stories from the field
Told with — and approved by — the people in them. Names are shared with permission.
The walk Grace no longer takes
For eleven years Grace walked to the river before dawn. This spring the new pump arrived 200 metres from her door.
A classroom that finally fits everyone
Forty-two pupils, one room, no desks. What changed when the community built a second classroom.
Inside the mobile health lab
How a converted van now screens 300 people a week for malaria and anaemia.
Mzee Joseph and the water committee
The 74-year-old who keeps the village pump turning — and the accounts balanced.
Play, after the rains
Why our new school feeding programme has teachers talking about attention spans.
Drilling day in Rubanda
Seventy-two metres down, the drillers hit water. A photo diary of a long, joyful day.
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