[afro-nets] The courage and tenacity of the millions of older women

[Peter Burgess <Profitinafrica@aol.com>]

The courage and tenacity of the millions of older women
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Dear Colleagues

I think this is worth noting. It is old, but it still is rele-
vant.

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The hope of Africa - New vistas by JEREMY SEABROOK December 2002

A quote from the essay:

The bleakness of Africa is relieved, not by promises of a phan-
tom "international community", but by the courage and tenacity
of the millions of older women who have become carers of the
terminally sick, from whom a global market capriciously with-
holds basic drugs, in the name of freedoms which they find dif-
ficult to understand.
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These millions of older women deserve support..... and they are
not getting it either from the local national leadership, nor
from the international community. When we get the Afrifund Data-
base up and running, maybe these people will not be so com-
pletely left out.

Sincerely,

Peter Burgess
in New York
Tel: +1-212-772-6918
mailto:peterb@afrifund.com
http://www.afrifund.com
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