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Building Brighter Futures by Saving Sight

By the time she was six years old, Treasure Winner Mafau Azemafack’s family had already fled violence three times. Originally

In her village in west central Burkina Faso, 34-year-old Kacoara Dahourou, a mother of four, knows firsthand the hardships of

Five years ago, a difficult economic situation forced Thaimu Banugura to leave his hometown, Jaiama Nimikoro Kono, in the Eastern

In rural communities across Sierra Leone, limited access to nutritious and diverse food has been a constant concern. 33-year-old Mariama

Women are the cornerstones of many families. They oversee home life — raising the children, preparing meals, even fetching water

We recently spoke with Anita Agartha Kargbo, a program officer for nutrition in Sierra Leone. Anita has been part of

Nothing can stop rising star Mollika Biswas, an award-winning farmer. The 17-year-old lives with her parents and her older brother

Hawa Sissoko is a housewife in Kéréko, a small village in Mali. She, like many of her neighbors, would have

52-year-old Bishwo Nepal and his wife Gayatri Nepal remember almost losing their whole harvest the first year they farmed. Only

In a small community health clinic in Matotoka township in the northern provinces of Sierra Leone, 25-year-old Kadiatu Bangura cradles