For the past 9 months, I have been working with a group of Grannys (in South Africa they are known as Gogos) to form a health education group. Often the ones left to cook, clean, and care for young babies while their own children go to cities to...
I took this photo in Naas, South Africa on March 23, 2011. The woman pictured is the grandmother or Gogo in siSwati of a client that I work with. Gogos have frequently become the primary care givers in a country where many children are orphaned as...
A gogo (grandmother) eats porridge and fruits and veggies before taking her TB medicine while her grandson waits, curious about the camera. The persistent runny nose of the child is a possible sign of TB.
A gogo (grandmother) takes her TB medicine with food during a visit by a home-based care worker on the morning of June 16, 2011, while her grandson sits across the table. She is one of the many people in South Africa affected by both HIV and TB....