Word: lesotho
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Dates: during 2010-2019
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...Gates Foundation’s implementation of efforts to treat HIV/AIDS produced mixed results. Some of these findings call into question whether Gates’ initiatives create even a net-positive impact. The negative effects include an epiphenomenal dearth of qualified clinicians in other parts of Africa like Lesotho or Rwanda, also known as “brain drain,” the weakening of local systems of health due to a shift in focus, and a diversion of attention and personnel from other health-related issues, such as basic care...
...Inspired by his online accomplishment, Matador flew to Africa the following year to help unload aid containers in Swaziland and volunteer in a feeding center for orphans in Lesotho. "It was the only meal they were going to have that day," he says. Back in Canada, he collects and refurbishes laptops for donation and recently helped raise $7,500 for a Ghanaian orphanage. "I learned you don't need to save the whole world," he says. "You just need to do one little thing...