Katine women

Anne Enright visits Katine, the African village whose stories are being heard regularly in the Guardian, and writes this beautiful thing.

The Guardian is also sponsoring its own aid appeal for Katine. You can donate through the site.

This is happening today

Masvingo, Zimbabwe: Children and their parents pick up single corn kernels that have fallen from trucks carrying maize imported from South Africa (from the Guardian)

Sex for sanitary towels

The Guardian has this Katine project, where they are sponsoring various development projects in a Ugandan village, and reporting stories from the work that's going on there, and also stories from the lives of the villagers. This one: stories of teenage girls, sexuality and finance, struck me, today.