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ACCRA, GHANA – Abigail Bentil Holton, 26, is blind. But she says that, despite her disability, she has achieved a lot.
Holton attained her Bachelor of Arts in political science and French at the University of Ghana. She is currently working with the African Forum Secretariat, an office associated with the Ghana Blind Union, part of the Ghana Association of the Blind, a nongovernmental organization, NGO.
BULAWAYO, ZIMBABWE -- Locked in a filthy cell that was built for eight inmates, but filled with more than 25 women, Nyasha Maphosa, 32, a sex worker based in the town of Gokwe in the Midlands province, writhes in agony as the torture of the previous night takes its toll on her diminutive figure. She has endured 48 hours of detention after being picked up by the Zimbabwe Republic Police patrol team. The charge: loitering for the purposes of prostitution.
NAIROBI, KENYA -- Bishop James Okombo, 51, stands more than 6 feet tall with a white collar around his neck. At first, he looks like an ordinary pastor.
But unlike other bishops, Okombo uses the pulpit to preach the message of hope, tolerance, and access to medication and condoms for people living with HIV in Kenya.
ACCRA, GHANA -- Abigail Bentil, 25, is intent on proving to the world that disability is not the same as inability.
Bentil is a university graduate, a member of the Youth Advisory Panel for the United Nations Population Fund in Ghana. She is an executive member of KERAPA — a national youth and adolescent network for development in Ghana. She is also blind.