Stalin’s Dacha, Tskaltubo
One of the many dachas (country or holiday houses) that were built for Stalin across the Soviet Union, this one was used when he visited the mineral springs dotted across the town.
The Registan
The Registan was the main shopping area of Samarkand long before any buildings were constructed there. Back in the day, all travellers and merchants looking for a hot bath, somewh
Sauran, Kazakhstan
Every now and then you will arrive at an area that could have been designed around the question, WTF? When we were asked to scout the ancient city of Sauran ‘because we were in
The Right To Play.
What do girls dream of? Â And what happens when a supportive environment is created where girls are empowered and given the opportunity to learn and dream? The Right To Play merges
Valim-babena
Firecracker photographer, Lee-Ann Olwage recently travelled to Madagascar on assignment for Geo Magazine. Valim-babena refers to the idea of gratefulness and recognition that we ow
The Faroe Islands
The Faroe Islands do get rather a lot of bad press and I was repeatedly asked why we would visit, given some of these. Freedom of choice and the ability to make one’s own mind up
Cool Beans
Clare Mukankusi is a bean breeder in Kampala, Uganda. She works at the Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (or CIAT, from its
Leaving no one behind.
Doctors Without Borders (Médecins Sans Frontières) has been working in support of the Mozambique government on HIV since 2003. When HIV treatment was first rolled out, the govern
Dr. Nonhlanhla Yende-Zuma
Growing up in a rural community with high rates of HIV and TB, Dr Nonhlanhla Yende could have been just another statistic. Instead, she became a world-class statistician, one whoâ€
A Celebration of Death.
Death is part of life, and the journey to the land of the dead is very important in Ghana. Funerals in Ghana are a celebration of life and the Ashanti region in the east of the cou