Yet, what amazes me in this time of challenge, is the constant reminder of an equal and opposing force of hope that is always at work, often presenting itself in subtle ways. It is never difficult to find examples of strength, courage and movement forward in everyday life here. by Christina Clausen
Archive for 2006
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PIUMA met the day after the detention of its advisor, Jackson Mbogela, and drafted the attached letter demanding an explanation of this flagrant contravention of his human rights.
"We are relieved that Mr. Mbogela is no longer being kept in jail," said the General Secretary of EAWM, Gottfried Mernyi, "but we are angry that his human rights are being so flagrantly denied by police authorities. "
This year I did an internship at PIUMA. In the matter of HIV there is an incredible and very fast development! by Fabian Wirnsperger
Two more members of PIUMA die as care continues to deteriorate in Bulongwa
Terry’s Tanzania
In January 2006, Montreal’s famed Gazette cartoonist Terry Mosher (Aislin) traveled to the Southern Highlands of the East African nation of Tanzania to visit Highlands Hope.
He captured the beauty, the heartbreak and the courageous determination of Highlands Hope activists like nurse Betty Liduke, community-organizer Jackson Mbogela, and the men, women and children who make the Makete and Njombe Districts of Tanzania a very special place.
