Posted By:  maseral Posted On:  Sep 29, 2008	507. Mozambique!
Uriel - Mozambique ... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Aug 30, 2008	The Monetary Cost Of HIV/AIDS In The Bahamas
Million-Dollar Annual HIV Bill: By Macushla N. Pinder - Nassau, Bahamas: The government spends more than a million dollars a year on antiretroviral medication for approximately 1,600 people living with HIV in The Bahamas. Health officials say, though, that expenditure could skyrocket...... [view]

Posted By:  vanessamason Posted On:  Aug 18, 2008	Traveling without knowing the destination
One of my favorite parts about traveling, especially if I am staying for more than a few days, is that inevitable moment when you realize some daily practice or activity is missing or is profoundly different in the country you are in. Let’s call it a Well, Duh moment. I’m not...... [view]

Posted By:  Muhate Posted On:  Jul 20, 2008	Are young people prepared to assume the leadership of countries?
This is one of the main issues for discussion of current affairs in my country (Mozambique), a country where the largest age group of the population is young and where there is high levels of poverty. With the National Independence (1975), the opening to the world and with the development, more...... [view]

Posted By:  vanessamason Posted On:  Nov 30, 2007	Rejection
I know that rejection is a fact of life. You can’t always get what you want. Yes I stole that from the Rolling Stones. But there are some things in life that you think are given. Free refills (if you are from the South), wearing flip flops around Christmas time (again if you are from the...... [view]

Posted By:  vanessamason Posted On:  Dec 2, 2007	Cholera? Now? Here?
While the United States has worried about outbreaks of salmonella and E. coli over the past year, there has been an outbreak of cholera here in Mozambique. And not just in a rural, remote part of Mozambique. Here. In Maputo, both in the city and the province. I learned about the outbreak from...... [view]

Posted By:  vanessamason Posted On:  Dec 2, 2007	About World AIDS Day
I wanted to write something about World AIDS Day on the actual day but I didn’t quite know what I wanted to write. I have heard all of the statistics before. (Although in recent news , those statistics are a little less dramatic that previously thought.) Being here has started to...... [view]

Posted By:  vanessamason Posted On:  Dec 4, 2007	Chasing windmills?
While talking to my mother on the phone last week, she remarked that I am fiercely independent. She also said that she doesn’t know where I got that from. I don’t know why she is surprised. Both my grandmother and mother have a history of achieving great things in spite of some...... [view]

Posted By:  vanessamason Posted On:  Dec 8, 2007	Looking for holiday spirit
I am having a hard time accepting that it is the holiday season. Maybe it is the weather. It is becoming increasingly warmer here. But I am not sure that is the culprit. I have had some unseasonably warm Christmases in Texas (sidebar: it seems weird to make the word Christmas plural). There...... [view]

Posted By:  vanessamason Posted On:  Dec 10, 2007	When less is more, sometimes it really is still less
The last few days have been good, even beyond Mozambique standards. Part of living here means learning to take pleasure in little things. Often, the major issues are just so massive that they are paralyzing, and frankly a little depressing. My long lost packages actually arrived last week,...... [view]

Posted By:  vanessamason Posted On:  Dec 10, 2007	How not to give a health warning
This is an email that I received from the American embassy about the still growing cholera outbreak. Keep in mind that today is December 10 and this outbreak has been growing since October. Oh and lest I forget, over 500 people have been diagnosed and seven people have died. I guess compared...... [view]

Submitted By:   Muhate Event Date:  Oct 24, 2008 Event Location:  Inhaminga [view]

2º Encontro Nacional da Juventude