The Circle of Her Arms

The shadow of the first community health clinic in Guinea Bissau stretches far into the humid late afternoon, silent. She sees children at play; Mothers setting out large family-bowls of rice for theRead More

What Needs to be Said

“How? How do we do this? Can this be done? Are we the ones to do it?”“Can we measurably improve healthcare in Guinea Bissau?”“Are we able to build enough schools to make aRead More

Guinea Bissau: First Contact

It was February 27, 2020.  Our small commuter plane had just landed at Zinguinchor Airport, nothing more than a small landing strip in the small river-port town in southwestern Senegal. Our final destinationRead More