Christchurch, New Zealand
Africa is beautiful.
But behind the beauty there's a lot of suffering. "Life is hard," her people will tell you. And it's true.
The good news, though, is that a lot is being done to make life a little less hard and communities are being transformed. They've still got a long way to go however, and my visit to Paskazia reminded me of this.
One of my first thoughts on meeting her was how tiny she was for an almost-9-year-old - skinny except for that ...