Lesson learnt: I’ll never make it as a teacher in a Zambian school

Lesson learnt: I’ll never make it as a teacher in a Zambian school

I think anyone who knows me would say that I am a pretty loud person. A question I regularly get asked by my friends is:…

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#ZambiaHealth - The challenge of HIV and TB co-infection

#ZambiaHealth – The challenge of HIV and TB co-infection

HIV and TB co-infection is now a major area of concern in countries like Zambia. People living with HIV, who have impaired immune systems, are…

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#ZambiaHealth - Changing lives on the streets of Lusaka

#ZambiaHealth – Changing lives on the streets of Lusaka

Sometimes when you’re out reporting in the field it’s easy to become a bit cynical. When all of the facts and figures are thrown at…

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A flavour of Zambia

A trip wouldn’t be a trip without me banging on about the food and during a break from reporting on #ZambiaHealth, I got the chance…

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#ZambiaHealth - Empowering women in the fight against HIV

#ZambiaHealth – Empowering women in the fight against HIV

“We are like a person on a dark night, hunting frantically for a lost key under a light. Not because that is where the key…

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Afternoon tea at the Mount Nelson Hotel on our #SAroadtrip

As anyone who reads this blog regularly will know, I believe every grown up gap year needs a few luxuries along the way – no…

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If We Can Do It, So Can You with Jodie from The Little Backpacker

If We Can Do It, So Can You with Jodie from The Little Backpacker

I always say that you can take a grown up gap year no matter what your age and sometimes the travel bug takes hold and completely changes…

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A lesson in forgiveness – A trip to Robben Island in South Africa

I don’t know about you but there have been a few times in my life when I have been so angry with someone I have…

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