It was the promise of education in Addis Ababa that led 11- year-old Eleni to take the fateful decision to leave home.The young girl from a small town in Ethiopia’s Amhara region, packed up and left for the capital in the company of her older neighbour, who said that her relatives there would welcome her […]

By Yasin Kakande KAMPALA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – At first, Sarah Nakintu was grateful to her friend for alerting her to job opportunities in marketing and retail in Dubai. Nakintu, a 27-year-old woman from the Ugandan capital Kampala, trusted her friend, who had worked in the United Arab Emirates and seemed successful with plenty of […]

Alaska Airlines flight attendant Sheila Frederick achieved true hero status when she became alarmed at the sight of a young, disheveled teenage girl flying with an older and well-dressed man on a flight from Seattle to San Francisco. When Frederick tried to speak to the two, the man seemed defensive and answered for the girl. […]