Kang-Chun Cheng

2 months ago | nytimes.com | Kang-Chun Cheng |Stephanie Nolen

Over the past year, Muanema Fakira noticed something odd about the eyes of her 1-year-old daughter Sumaya. Her left eye was cloudy. It did not gleam with curiosity or glint in the sun. When the problem persisted, Ms. Fakira made the rounds to health clinics in their town in central Mozambique. Doctors said they could not help. But they knew of someone who could, if Ms. Fakira could take Sumaya, now 2, on a 100-mile journey to the coast.

Jan 12, 2025 | aljazeera.com | Kang-Chun Cheng

Dec 16, 2024 | csmonitor.com | Kang-Chun Cheng

Devastating flooding – the South Sudan region’s worst in 60 years – has been forecast through at least December, and tiny Panpandiar sits in the country’s most flood-prone region. One of Daniel Anyang’s weekly site visits there on this day is with Angeth Nhial. Her 12-year-old son, Majok Garang, who has a cognitive disability, can’t feed himself and has difficulty swallowing. He sits constantly beside his mother, who has nourished him for his whole life with milk and soft foods.

Dec 5, 2024 | csmonitor.com | Kang-Chun Cheng

The weekly radio show “Spot On: Kalikonse Tikadziwe” takes on topics that are taboo in the village of Undi and throughout Malawian society. Today’s subject is menstruation. Lee Chatata, a producer for Farm Radio Trust, reads from a script, engaging a group of assembled women with questions about the stigma related to having a period. “What challenges do girls face when they’re menstruating?” Mr. Chatata asks.

Dec 5, 2024 | everand.com | Kang-Chun Cheng

Seated beneath the branches of a massive African fig tree, the audience of nearly 25 women is listening intently. A solar panel set up not far away powers the devices that Lee Chatata, a producer for Farm Radio Trust, is using to tape the program in this makeshift recording session. Called “Spot On: Kalikonse Tikadziwe” (meaning “To Know Everything” in Chichewa, the local language), the weekly radio show tackles topics that are taboo in the village of Undi and throughout Malawian society.