Global News by Tag: Zambia
LUSAKA, ZAMBIA – Nancy, 21, who requested to go by her middle name to protect her privacy and her family, says she almost died after undergoing an illegal and unsafe abortion recently.
LUSAKA, ZAMBIA – Comfort Mwansa, 26, says she is working on rebuilding her life after leaving the sex industry in Lusaka, Zambia’s capital.
The middle daughter in a family of three children, Mwansa says her parents’ divorce followed by the deaths of her mother and her sisters drove her into sex work.
LUSAKA, ZAMBIA – When Veronica Sampa was growing up, she dreamed of establishing a career in marketing. But now, in her late 20s, she has realized that her passion is fashion.
Sampa is one of the leading fashion designers in Zambia. She has a company that designs and sells items from clothing to jewelry. She has participated in various regional and international exhibitions, and her face can be seen on posters around Lusaka, the capital.
LUSAKA, ZAMBIA – Ireen Mpundu, 17, works as a tailor and sells tomatoes, vegetables and sweets at a market near her home in Garden, a compound of Lusaka, Zambia’s capital. Mpundu says she has to earn money to look after her young brother and herself because both their parents died from HIV.
“My mother was the first to die,” she says with teary eyes. “She died in 2008 when I was 14 years old. Then, several months later, my dad also became very ill and passed on.”
LUSAKA, ZAMBIA – Echoes of jubilation filled the city Friday when President Michael Sata, 74, of the Patriotic Front political party was declared the winner of the 2011 presidential election 35 minutes after midnight.
LUSAKA, ZAMBIA – Justina Banda, 44, says that because she is HIV-positive, it makes her extra prone to tuberculosis, TB. She has had TB three times, most recently last year.
Though she has completed her TB treatment, she says she stills feels sick often. She is scared that she might have another relapse. She is going for a TB review in a few days.
LUSAKA, ZAMBIA – Dennis Ngoma, 25, does not know how it feels to feed himself or use the toilet on his own. He says he has been dependent on his aging mother for his entire life. While he has always wished to learn a skill to sustain himself, no one has been willing to help him.
Ngoma lives with his widowed mother, Tesaine Ngoma, 56, in the heart of Zambia’s capital city, Lusaka.