by aku1203 | Jan 31, 2013 | Revelations from Africa, STM Team Updates, Blog
Heather knelt and held the hand of a sick and weak young girl named Caroline. The small hut was so dimly lit, that at first, Heather hadn’t noticed the young 14 year-old AIDS patient laying on her mother’s sofa. Three years later, Heather can’t forget her. On that...
by aku1203 | Mar 12, 2013 | Revelations from Africa, Blog
It was my first day in Zambia. After an hour-long ride down rural roads in which “bumpy” is a gross understatement of a description, our team now followed a group of widows as they led us down to their gardens. It was hot, sticky, and grasses scratched at...
by aku1203 | Apr 2, 2013 | Revelations from Africa, Blog
I met a lot of women when I was in Africa. I mean a LOT. We were visiting one to two communities a day and in each one, we were greeted by dozens and sometimes hundreds of singing women. I met young women, old women, women with disabilities, women with HIV, women with...
by aku1203 | Apr 24, 2013 | Revelations from Africa, Blog
About the Author: Heather Emmons has been a Visionledd donor for over ten years and wanted to see for herself the impact our work made on the field. This February and March, she accompanied us on a Vision trip, where we visit several communities to monitor projects...
by aku1203 | May 7, 2013 | Revelations from Africa, Community Updates, Project Updates, Blog
It was the sixth WOW Community in Malawi I had visited that week, and the sixth rape crisis support group I was meeting. These women, like the other ones I had met, beckoned me to sit in their circle as they recounted stories of healing, horror, and progress. I heard...
by aku1203 | Jun 11, 2013 | Revelations from Africa, Blog
Author: Cheryl Martin “Community” is a fairly common word. We use it to describe the towns we live in, centres we have recreational activities in, and networks of people who share a common faith or interest. Community is a loaded word, a word I thought I...
