Davinder Kumar

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MundoÁfrica,

Nine-year-old Jean has lost almost all of his sight. His condition started when he was very young and progressively got worse. After several visits to a local healer, his parents took him to a medical doctor in the city hospital. They were asked to pay $120 for a surgical procedure to restore Jean’s sight. Unable to afford the fees, they abandoned his treatment.

Now, Jean is left with minimal vision in just one eye. Living in an urban community in Togo, he pulled out of school two years ago as he could no longer navigate his way without assistance. He is routinely harassed by other children and adults in the community for his disability.…  Seguir leyendo »

MundoÁfrica,

Earlier this month, away from the shadows of the Group of Eight and distinctly apart from its power and profile, African nations quietly entered a pact to make history.

At a meeting of the African Union in Addis Ababa, African ministers made a pledge to end hunger on the continent by 2025. They agreed on a raft of measures, from national policies to dedicated funding, with a hope and promise of unleashing an agriculture revolution Africa has desperately waited for decades without much success.

Through the Addis declaration, the African nations have committed to opening their doors to import ideas from countries like Brazil, China and Vietnam which have successfully tackled hunger.…  Seguir leyendo »

MundoÁfrica

For a woman in her 50s, Madina Daff still cannot get over her teenage years. She suffered all of them in agony and shame.

Madina, barely in her adolescence, was subjected one of the most severe forms of female genital mutilation (FMG) — infibulation. This involves cutting parts of the vagina and repositioning exposed tissue to create a seal that narrows the opening of the female organ to a tiny hole that just about allows for passing of urine and menstrual blood.

Madina was too young to understand what was happening to her. Like all other young girls in her ethnic Fulani community in Mali, she was required to go through this rite of passage before the onset of puberty.…  Seguir leyendo »

ReflexionesSocial,

Huyen, 16, of Hanoi and Hakima, 13, of Kampala have traveled nearly 30,000 km between them to get to U.N. Headquarters in New York.

Both want answers to their questions. They want to know what the world is doing to resolve the problems they face in their daily lives just because they are girls.

In Huyen’s community, girls are constantly harassed by boys and men in their neighborhood. They cannot go out after dark and regularly face sexual advances by strangers and sometimes by those known to them. Hakima, on the other hand, is fighting hard to make schools safe for girls in her community.…  Seguir leyendo »