Anders Kelto

During the three-day lockdown, the government of Sierra Leone is sending teams of workers door-to-door to talk to people about how to protect themselves from Ebola.

Workers Hand Out Soap And Advice As Sierra Leone Locks Down

Anders Kelto

Under the country's three-day experiment to control the deadly Ebola virus, people must stay home while health care teams go door-to-door to spread the word on prevention.

She's a mother talking to another mother — and both are HIV-positive. That's the mentoring role played by Phelokazi Tinzi, who works for mothers2mothers in South Africa.

A Happy Marriage, A Terrible Secret, A Healthy Baby

Anders Kelto

They were married in South Africa. The next day, he told his bride he was HIV positive. Soon after, she tested positive. And she thought nothing in her life would ever go right.

You Won't Catch Ebola From A Giraffe In Tanzania

Anders Kelto

Fear of the virus has raised worries about travel to Africa — for safaris in Tanzania, for school programs in South Africa. But London is closer to the outbreak's epicenter than Johannesburg is.

Facing A Toxic Dump In South Africa, He Cleaned Up

Anders Kelto

Desmond D'Sa fought a landfill that took over a beautiful valley and sickened residents with its awful smell. He lost his job but won the battle — and the Goldman Environmental Prize.

What If The World Cup Were Awarded For Saving Trees And Drinking Soda?

Anders Kelto

We thought you'd get a kick out of seeing how the four teams in the final World Cup matches stack up in global health and development.

Amputees in Sierra Leone have started their own soccer league.

He Never Really Liked Soccer Until He Made A Movie About It

Anders Kelto

Juan Rendon was not a fan. Then he co-directed This Is Not a Ball, a documentary that took him to the slums of Brazil and to an amputee league in Sierra Leone.

2010 World Cup Helped South Africa Attract Latin American Tourists

Anders Kelto

Brazil's World Cup soccer stadiums and hotels are packed. But events like that don't pay for themselves. South Africa hosted the last World Cup and the country wasn't left entirely empty handed.

A team of paralegals interview former miners in a primary school in Bizana, in South Africa's rural Eastern Cape province. The legal team is screening miners to see if they have lung disease. It's part of a class-action lawsuit against South African gold mining companies.

Decades Later, South African Miners Sue Employers

Anders Kelto

Lawyers are filing lawsuits against South Africa's three largest gold mining companies on behalf of former employees who now have lung diseases. A recent court ruling has paved the way for the cases. Under apartheid, poor, black miners often labored under difficult conditions.

After hyperinflation in 2008, Zimbabwe abandoned its own currency, which included notes of 50 billion Zimbabwe dollars and even trillion-dollar notes. The main currency is the U.S. dollar, though the South African rand (on right) is also used in some places.

How Crumbling U.S. Dollars Bailed Out Zimbabwe

Anders Kelto

Back in 2008, Zimbabwe's inflation rate was estimated at 79 billion percent. To cure hyperinflation, Zimbabwe ditched its own currency in favor of U.S. dollars. There's only one problem: Those constantly circulating dollars are now filthy and falling apart.

A miner works in the Mimosa Platinum mine in February. A strong mining industry has helped Zimbabwe recover from disastrous economic conditions a few years ago.

After A Free Fall, Zimbabwe Finds A Bit Of Stability

Anders Kelto

Zimbabwe suffered out-of-control inflation four years ago, and it ravaged an economy already in decline. Today, the economy has stabilized and the shops are full, though many Zimbabweans are still struggling.