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March 2016

Irish Independent Article about poverty

Here is an excerpt from an  written by Miriam Donohoe that was published in the Irish Independent on May 4th 2015. She was volunteering in a hospice in Kampala, Uganda. You think your life is bad until you see true poverty: Rose is 29 years of age and has advanced cervical cancer. From a small village outside Mbarara in Western Uganda, she was diagnosed last September after complaining of abdominal pain and heavy bleeding. If she was living in Ireland – or… Read More »Irish Independent Article about poverty