Teaching Senior Citizens to Spot Misinformation
New York Times, August 28, 2020 [My article above in The New York Times was cut for space. It appeared in the At Home section, which has articles with a […]
Category Archives: Education
Strength in Numbers: StrongMinds looks to break the cycle of depression for women in Uganda and beyond.
Stanford Social Innovation Review August 2018 Harriet Nakalyango sells water and farms a small plot of land to make a living on the outskirts of Kampala, Uganda’s capital. After she married at age 16 […]
Men Teaching Men To Be Better Husbands And Dads
NPR June 15, 2018 Jean Marie Rukundo did not accompany his wife to the clinic the first two times she gave birth. Here in rural Rwanda, that was considered the […]
An ambitious African-science project is getting into its stride
The Economist AFRICA is home to what may be the world’s oldest counting tools. The Ishango bone from the Democratic Republic of Congo (both sides of which are pictured above) […]
A Mission to Stop Genital Cutting
New York Times International November 9, 2017 KEUR SIMBARA, Senegal — Demba Diawara is an unlikely advocate for women’s rights. The imam, now in his 80s, has lived all his […]
New Yorker Redesigns Her Life To Help Kids In Ghana
NPR July 24, 2017 AMY YEE Pat Wilkins didn’t plan to live in Ghana. But the former New Yorker is now so much a part of the society that, as […]
She arrived in Senegal 43 years ago – and is still there working on social issues
Christian Science Monitor July 20, 2017 Molly Melching founded the nonprofit Tostan, which operates in a number of African countries. It’s known globally for alleviating poverty, as well as for […]
The Other Reason Africa’s Elephants Are Dying
Foreign Policy May 9, 2016 Kenya is trying its best to deter illegal poachers, but revenge killings by farmers and herdsmen can be the bigger problem. NEAR AMBOSELI NATIONAL PARK, […]
Autism Research’s Overlooked Racial Bias: Despite popular belief, white kids aren’t the only ones on the spectrum.
May 4, 2016 Minority families often miss out on treatment or get left out of research — an ethical failure. New projects are illuminating autism’s diverse shades. http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2016/05/autism-research-overlooked-racial-bias/481314/ Each Tuesday […]
IT Freelancing Grows in Bangladesh
Voice of America April 1, 2016 DHAKA – Sultana Parvin is a mother of two living in Dhaka, Bangladesh’s capital. She is petite, soft-spoken and wears a colorful headscarf. She […]
