June 2010Planting Trees Ate alé mwiono hisumbelo lya manyonyi. (Bembe) Mti ulio juu ya mlima (mbugani) ni pahali pa mkutano wa ndege. (Swahili) Un arbre sur […]
June 2012Raising Children It takes a whole village to raise a child. Igbo and Yoruba (Nigeria) Proverb Sunday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday […]
April 2010Persevering in Hardships like Floods and Drought Makiume sasurwet ak kebet. (Nandi) Huwezi kutumia majani ya mgomba wa kichakani kujizuzia mvua na baada ya mvua […]
April 2009Challenge Our Leaders to Reconcile Kushayw’edonsayo. (Zulu) The lead cow (the one in front) gets whipped the most. (English) Zulu (South Africa, Swaziland) Proverb Sunday […]
April 2010Making Healthy Choices to Prevent Malaria Bahana owo gulimu. (Haya) Aonywaye na kufuata ni Yule mwenye roho tulivu. (Swahili) A person who is not disciplined […]
April 2012Sacrifice Ngoko ya ng’wana itamilaga igino. (Sukuma)Kuku mwenye vifaranga hamezi funza (nyungunyungu). (Swahili) The hen with baby chicks doesn’t swallow the worm. (English) Sukuma (Tanzania) […]
March 2010United Efforts “Pita uko,” si kuenda. Kwenda ndi “Tiyenda kuno!” (Sena) “Vai nesta direcção” não é andar. Andar significa “vamos embora juntos!” (Portuguese)“Aller dans cette […]
March 2009Small Events Have Great Gifts Akbar na:r min asgar shara:r (Arabic) Le grand feu debute par le premier etincele. (French) Great fires erupt from tiny […]
March 2012Equality Mukaji utu wasangana nzubu, katu wasangana biuma. (Luba-Kasai) Mwanamke hupata nyumba likiwa tupu, sio likiwa na utajiri. (Swahili) La femme trouve une maison vide, […]