I can't let go just yet
Each recollection reminds me why I once poured so much of my life into a cause greater than my own ambitions, and how that devotion carries a special kind of heartbreak.
I’m Ben Eveslage, a global health strategist and photographer. For over a decade, I’ve partnered with communities across 45+ countries to strengthen HIV programs and public health efforts.
Each recollection reminds me why I once poured so much of my life into a cause greater than my own ambitions, and how that devotion carries a special kind of heartbreak.
This World Children’s Day, I remember the children I met in Mozambique—Ana, Melva, Nuro—whose lives hinge on the adults around them. We create the barriers, but we also carry the solutions. Their stories show what it truly takes to keep a child healthy.
Taking pictures might be the simplest thing anyone can do, yet it’s the one that still makes me the most unsure of myself.
Day #4 outside the Accra Metropolitan Assembly, Ghana
Day #37 in the reflection of a car in Nairobi, Kenya
Amid stigma, burnout, and shrinking support, one nurse’s calm offers a glimpse into Ghana’s HIV response under pressure.