Aid workers fight baby boom to prevent poverty in Katine - The Observer 23rd March 2008

Tuesday, March 25, 2008

Veronica Akol is a typical Ugandan mother. She is 37 and has seven children with no plans to stop. 'I will continue having children, maybe until my womb finishes producing them,' she says, blowing dust from the head of the latest addition to her family, six-month-old Anna. Akol recently attended a training session by the African Medical and Research Foundation (Amref) for village health team members at Atirir trading centre in Katine sub-county, where The Observer and the Guardian are co-funding a three-year development project.

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