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WIO calls for more parental Care for African orphans

“The World Initiative for Orphans Foundation has released a message with urgency that  children without parental care are spreading quickly all over the world. More and more countries and their people are aware of the silent but devastating drama that is growing rapidly under our eyes every day. In the next two generations the world faces over 400 million direct or indirect orphaned and abandoned children. In quantitative terms children without parental care, constitute  one of the major...

Lovelines: My boss wants to sleep with me

Lovelines My boss loves me and wants to have sex with me. I am a girl of 20 being works for six months. I have a boyfriend who I love so much. The problem I am facing at the office is that my boss wants to have sex with me. If I don’t he is ready to send me away from his office.  I am the only child of my parents who is solely responsible (care) for them. Sukai This is just like an order (message) from a in-law and the death which needs to be delivered. If you don’t deliver your in-law’s...

Preventative Gout Foot Care

Learning how to stay on a successful gout prevention diet can be beneficial and so can knowing how to take care of your feet. Gout foot flare ups that are caused by foot injuries can be dramatically reduced if you make a regular effort to take care of your feet. There are many ways you can take care of your feet to prevent recurring attacks of gout. Here are some suggestions: Wear comfortable shoes - Comfortable shoes are shoes that provide your feet proper cushioning and arch support....

Poems - Meeting Point; The Junction

A beatiful bird in the AIR My thoughts astray here to SHARE The colours being one, commits me to CARE Eyes shining in uniqueness, becomes the soul’s comfort to ADMIRE Glittering through the sun’s rays reflects tranquility, source of belonging to ADHERE Sitting with ebon, the inspiration calminating without DESPAIR Yes, the junction is clarity and not to FEAR. My wisdom in solitude My creativity through nature My courage by my mistakes My songs through the singing birds Through my obstacles, ...

ZIMBABWE: Rainwater harvesting eases shortage

Residents of Zimbabwe's second city, Bulawayo, are harvesting welcome rainwater from their roofs after consistently low rainfall in the past few years forced the city council to decommission all but one of its six reservoirs and impose rigorous water rationing. "We had gone for almost 10 days without water because council supplies are only available once a week now," said Hlengiwe Ncedani, who had arranged a variety of receptacles under the roof of her three-roomed house in the working-class...

Adieu Grandpa

My granddad was like a big warm pillow, soft comfy and squeezable because he was always comfortable and Warm He reminded me of the glowing shadowy bright cold moon in space. My granddad was like a sweet brown coconut because He always smells of them. At night time he was always hugging and making me comfy like my big warm pillow and suddenly..... Lights up the dark spooky room like the shadowy moon. When my granddad was cross, he was like an earthquake halving...

Taking Care Of Your Bones And Joints

How many of us give even a second thought to the mechanisms involved every time we walk, bend, stretch or turn? Doing any kind of physical activity comes so naturally to most of us that we tend to take our musculoskeletal system completely for granted. The musculoskeletal system, which includes the joints and bones along with the surrounding soft tissues, is what keep us supple, agile and moving. The problem with taking it for granted and not giving it the care and attention it deserves is that...

Gunjur Health Centre Receives Boost

In its drive to complement government’s efforts in providing quality health care delivery to the people of the Gambia, the Kombo Sillah Association, a charitable Organisation founded by Gunjurians living and working in the United Kingdom last Sunday made a handsome donation of medical items to the Gunjur Health Centre, in Gunjur, Kombo South. Speaking at the presentation ceremony of the donated items, Mr Salifu Jassey, a member of the Organisation said the donation is geared towards the...

LIBERIA: Post-conflict dilemma – should health care be free?

It is 7 am in New Kru Town in the Liberian capital, Monrovia, and Redemption Hospital does not open for another hour. But a long line is already forming outside the doors. Some patients have travelled up to 60 kilometres to benefit from the free treatment. In February Liberia's Ministry of Health eliminated all user fees at Redemption and other government-run hospitals and clinics in the country, after several months of charging fees, which put health care out of the reach of many. Liberia,...

Gambia Govt. Launches Community Medical Doctors’ Initiative

As part of efforts to improve the country’s health delivery system and bring quality health care to the door step of every Gambian, the Department of State for Health on Friday launched a Community Medical Doctors’ programme to train community doctors. The programme is the result of a partnership agreement between the governments of the republic of Cuba and The Gambia. The programme, which is said to be the first of its kind in Africa, will seek to provide trainees from various communities the...