“God gave burdens; he also gave shoulders.” Yiddish proverb This is, appropriately enough, Mental Health Awareness Week, and people around the globe are working to come to terms with the unwelcome burden of stress on their shoulders, thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic. A little kindness from others has never been more important for our daily […]

Most of us are absorbing a tsunami of news bulletins and articles about COVID-19 on a daily basis. From China to Italy, and then in our own communities, we have followed the alarming progress of the pandemic through the Global North. But from now on, we may see increasing media coverage of how the virus […]

‘Komera’ is the Rwandan word for courage; these words were spoken by a genocide survivor who has seen her share of catastrophes. She doesn’t underestimate the challenge posed by the coronavirus, but she has a sense of perspective that not all of us share at the moment. Many people in Africa are not surprised when […]