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Alex B. Hill

Alex B. Hill

health disparities, social justice, geography, food politics, medical anthropology

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Tag: VVOCF

vvocf education fund

17 June 2008Sphe and Nhlanhla helped me learn some more Zulu today with even more Swahili similarities coming to light. … More

Africa, education, South Africa, swahili, VVOCF, youth development, youth empowerment, Zonke, Zonkizizwe, Zulu

why there is no doctor: harsh realities in zonkizizwe (part 2) (11)

(photo: Zonke Testing Day banner on the back of a van used to transport people to the clinics) While working … More

Africa, apartheid, CD4, death, freedom fighters, health care, HIV/AIDS, Life Skills, Peace Corps, South Africa, traditional medicine, VVOCF, Western, WHO, Zonke, Zonke Testing Day, Zonkizizwe

why there is no doctor: harsh realities in zonkizizwe (part 1) (10)

(photo: Clinic #1 in Zonkizizwe, serving zones 1-4) From May to August of 2008, I interned with an organization called … More

Africa, ARVs, Bantustans, Germiston, Heidelberg, HIV/AIDS, Johannesburg, Natal-spruit, nonprofit, VVOCF, Zonke, Zonkizizwe

the barking dogs

As well as posting sections of my research based on my experiences in South Africa I will also begin posting … More

Alberton, ANC, ARVs, HIV/AIDS, Natal-spruit, Pretoria, South Africa, toyi-toyi, VVOCF, Zonke, Zonkizizwe, Zulu

why there is no doctor: hiv/aids in south africa (6)

(photo: Local staff and interns at VVOCF in Zonkizizwe) The first case of AIDS was diagnosed in South Africa in … More

Africa, HIV/AIDS, NACOSA, South Africa, Treatment Action Campaign, VVOCF

why are there no doctors?

(photo: empty waiting room at Zonke Clinic 2, no doctor) Over the past 8 years Africa, international development, and health … More

Africa, community development, field experience, HIV/AIDS, internet, James Madison College, South Africa, Vumundzuku-bya Vana 'Our Children's Future', VVOCF, Young People For, Zonke, Zonkizizwe

community organizing as an outsider

Previous posting and following day’s entries: eruptions from fault lines: race is class 19 May 2008 Nothing seems weird to … More

community development, community organizing, HIV/AIDS, VVOCF, Zonke, Zonkizizwe

steel villages and concrete fences

13 May 2008 Everyone waves from their steel-corrugated shacks, children smile and get excited, parents and elders are welcoming – … More

apartheid, ARVs, concrete fences, development, HIV/AIDS, Reconstruction and Development Program, South Africa, STDs, steel village, VVOCF, Zonke, Zonkizizwe

eruptions from the fault lines: race is class

What follows below is a chronology of my journal entries leading up to and during the violence. My thoughts and … More

African Unity, Alexandra, South Africa, The Sowetan, Thokoza, VVOCF, xenophobia, Xhosa, Zonke, Zonkizizwe, Zulu

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