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September 30, 2010

Giving Hope to Children with Disabilities

by Nichole Johnston, Mail & Guardian, South Africa - In an almost forgotten corner of Zimbabwe, the BaTonga people try to scratch a living from the dessicated earth of the Binga district. The region has experienced little development and the chronic poverty of the people plays itself out in the health of mothers and their children, many of who are born with disabilities that might be prevented or easily treated in more affluent societies.

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