Blog and Portfolio by Crystal Stafford
I love photos like this, a true representation of the world right now. A healthy baby, bright-eyed and vibrant… and in this case a little confused. It is true, child mortality is high in Congo compared to most of the rest of the world. In 2016 the rate was 94 deaths per 1000 live births compared to the United States where it was only 5.6 that year. But what about 30 years ago? In…
This little girl was making waves in Goma, DRC. She was a young activist for women’s rights and she had just read a poem for her…
I took this photo on the way down to the local water source in Mutoto, a village a few hours away from Kananga in Kasai Central.…
This picture was only the beginning of a long day of mishaps during a field mission in Nord Ubangi, an equatorial region on the northern border…
I traveled to this little village in Nord Kivu to interview women who have survived sexual violence. The only way to get there was by UN…
I first moved to DRC for a job managing bed net distributions in the rural interior of the country. I was thrown into the fire with…
There’s not a lot to do in little village towns like Kananga. I think that’s why people work six days a week instead of five. So…
I knew I had found the best job in the whole world when my country director, Larry, walked into my office and told me he wanted…
There is a lot of focus on women and girls in my line of work and for good reason. We should definitely keep focusing on women…
This awesome lady was such a pleasure to spend the day with. She was one of the bright stars our nutrition team found in Kalonda West…