Regional Stories
Fabian Barracks, Jamaica
"Community health promotion has to include reaching our young people, and that means bringing health messages to them in a package they can appreciate and understand," says 29-year-old Fabian Barracks of Jamaica, who has written, produced and directed nine theatrical works that tackle various social issues. At the…
Nicole Griffith, Barbados, September 2018
For 28-year-old teacher and nutritionist Nicole Griffith in Barbados, teaching kids about how to eat healthy foods so they can lead healthy, productive lives leads to a special kind of personal satisfaction. "Especially when it comes to (kids with) diabetes," notes Nicole.
In addition to teaching at the…
Rose Anderson, Belize
Rose Anderson, from San Ignacio Town in Belize, is an avid advocate for health education and promotion in her community. For the last 15 years, she has been leading an initiative with the Health Education and Community Participation Bureau (HECOPAB) to train Community Health Workers (CHWs) in rural areas on topics such…
Roberto Valenzuela, Bolivia
The birthplace of 30-year-old Roberto Valenzuela, the Nuevo Amanecer neighborhood in El Alto, Bolivia, is more than 4,150 meters above sea level. Roberto is an urban artist, break dancer, and representative of the citizens´ collective of the Manq´a (“food” in the Aymara language) Cooking Schools.
The Manq´ a…
I came from Mutatá here to the city of Medellin looking for a job, I worked in several companies and then the companies broke with each other...
A mere mention of Costa Rica can conjure up images of tropical rainforests, beaches, volcanoes and some of the most diverse flora and fauna on the planet—a country that has placed itself squarely on the global ecotourism map. Yet there is one aspect of this Central American nation that is, perhaps, less known: its decades-long fight against…
Latin America is a world example in the fight against this disease. Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, and Mexico have already eliminated onchocerciasis, also known as river blindness. The yanomami territory in Brazil and Venezuela is the last stronghold for eliminating this disease in the region.June 2018
This downed tree over this house seemed to convey that in a way that other images couldn't. Huge and mighty, the soil became so saturated, even it's roots could not maintain grip. It toppled over directly on top of the home of Victor Sierra.
Hurricane Maria was one of the deadliest storms to devastate the Caribbean. When it touched down in Puerto…
