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Photos courtesy Rebecca Cohn
Residents of the rural Zambian village Ufwenuka gather under a mango tree to discuss rumours that investors have discovered minerals underneath the ground near their homes. The residents fear that they will be displaced in favour of the investors.
UXBRIDGE -- A team of health professionals, including Uxbridge doctors, were offered gifts of thanks for two weeks of treating patients at five villages in Ghana during November.
Submitted photo
Children living in Malawi orphanages greet visitors with a smile.
Jason Liebregts/Metroland
PICKERING -- Brigitte Muleka came back a month ago from a trip to Africa with New Hope for Africa. She collects clothing, presents, etc. to send over to Africa about four times per year. Aug 21, 2007
Above, Robert Honsberger, Neel Joshi, Juraj Kobzik, and Devin Singh, partially blocked, move blocks which will be used to build the walls of a classroom. The blocks were purchased through fundraising. In the photo at top, Sheneil Black has a visit from a local villager while working at the site.
Photo submitted by Robert Cook
UXBRIDGE -- A teacher in Tanzania, Africa, shows a young student how to use a digital camera. Earlier that same day, the teacher was instructed on how to operate the device by a local team including Uxbridge's Robert Cook. July 30, 2007
Visitors with a camera attract smiling children at the poverty-stricken Mulenga Compound in Kitwe.
Suzanne Blake and Shirley Guppy are Parish nurses at Pickering Village United Church, they are planning a trip to Zimbabwe in April to help aid the understaffed workers of Howard Hospital. Photo By Ron Pietroniro March 15, 2005
Tara Embrey and friends
Photo courtesy of Matthew Walton
Matthew Walton, 25, of Whitby is on a six-month volunteer placement in Nairobi, Kenya working to provide locals training in HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention, and general computer skills. He is pictured visiting a drop-in centre for orphans and HIV/AIDS patients, where he helped purchase and deliver a new television and DVD player as a Christmas present.
Photo courtesy of Mark Simmons
KUMASI -- Eben and Eliza Sebohia stands at their home with Mark Simmons in Kumasi. Oct. 19, 2005
Photo courtesy of Mark Simmons
KUMASI -- Mark Simmons celebrates his birthday with the staff and volunteers at West Africa Aids Foundation. Oct. 19, 2005
Photo courtesy of Mark Simmons
KUMASI -- Mark Simmons eats a traditional Ghanaian meal.. Oct. 19, 2005
Sunglasses and prescription eyewear, donated by Uxbridge area residents and optometrists, recently made the 8,750 kilometer trip to the Buduburam refugee camp in Ghana, West Africa. Sunglasses help protect the refugees from the blazing sun that can lead to many vision problems including blindness.
Photo courtesy of Mark Simmons
KUMASI -- Mark simmons, left, with Eddie Donton, executive director of WAAF. Oct. 19, 2005
Mark Simmons spent five months in Africa working with an AIDS organization. Photo By Ron Pietroniro
