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https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618201301-U5VMTW5EY6819QAVH0U4/BlackMamba_MG_0150.jpg The Black Mambas Black Mambas Felicia (left) & Joy, 2015. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618201258-FI5EY376QMD8C8MQSXOJ/BlackMamba_Zenzele_JuliaGunther.jpg The Black Mambas Black Mamba Zenzele, 2017. Zenzele's dream is to be able to support her mother, as well as her 11 year old son. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618201157-6CL89MZ8LA1HU3OTLH8V/BlackMamba_MG_2385_JuliaGunther.jpg The Black Mambas Black Mamba Leitah, 2015. "I am strong, I am a woman and I bite like a Mamba!" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618201318-P6Y6KO0GYNS0RR9QI718/BlackMamba_MG_0623.jpg The Black Mambas Black Mamba units regularly patrol more than 20km in one day, 2015. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618201150-DUG2V0CMKJX8MHIHT196/_MG_2555_JuliaGunther.jpg The Black Mambas L - R: Grietjie Team Leitah, Lukie (background), Nkateko, Cute and Qolile, 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618200938-LHJVR7NG2PU4EV8W9234/BlackMamba_MG_0101.jpg The Black Mambas Black Mambas Felicia (left) & Joy checking and reloading camera traps, 2015. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618201354-33ZZOTCHP40MKEEGB9AP/BlackMamba_Loveness_JuliaGunther.jpg The Black Mambas Black Mamba Loveness, 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618200951-N1RCUC8RXE0BJH4F2QSF/BlackMamba_MG_0539_JuliaGunther.jpg The Black Mambas Impala horn, 2015. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618201246-IYC7T9OY7LTYOL706V0K/BlackMamba_Thato_JuliaGunther.jpg The Black Mambas Black Mamba Thato, 2017. Thato joined in 2016 and is one of several drivers. She is responsible for getting the patrols safely to and from camp, as well as transporting equipment between the camps. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618200989-W5Q1119Y9WDR3P3BAF26/BlackMamba_MG_0791.jpg The Black Mambas Black Mamba Yenzekile reports the location of a dead Kudu, 2015. The Kudu had been shot, although it was not clear by whom. Balule consists of a number of smaller, privately owned parks, some of which allow hunting as a form of income for the park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618201403-B0KNHCXZI2L5WZVUNJ68/BlackMamba_MG_1731.jpg The Black Mambas Black Mamba Lukie, 2015. “Poaching is very bad. It is important that animals live. The next generation must know the rhinos and elephants in life. If poaching is allowed they will only see these animals in a picture. This is not right.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618201283-HDKV29E8TFLOESTYI92G/BlackMamba_MG_0992_JuliaGunther.jpg The Black Mambas Black Mamba Proud (left) & Yenzekile with snares, 2015. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618201057-V4UJ9E20R12MOZFE84E5/BlackMamba_MG_1422_JuliaGunther.jpg The Black Mambas Black Mamba Nkateko & Happy on their way up to hill top, 2015. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618201032-AN9OVG468F7GCJ1EUQ6A/BlackMamba_Nomsa_JuliaGunther.jpg The Black Mambas Black Mamba Nomsa, 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618201373-WZ36XBVEL1MSENXSCIU5/BlackMamba_MG_1457.jpg The Black Mambas Black Mamba Nkateko (front) & Happy on hill top. Balule Nature Reserve is a protected area in Limpopo Province which forms part of the Greater Kruger National Park as a member of the Associated Private Nature Reserves (APNR). As part of a wildlife conservation initiative, all fences separating APNR reserves- Balule, Timbavati, Klaserie, Umbabat, Grietjie and Kruger National Park have been removed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618201116-OTMK9UJ189OWY2LU5A1X/BlackMamba_Benlinda_JuliaGunther.jpg The Black Mambas Black Mamba Belinda, 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618201324-DLS5B5UB4WS6QIAZ7844/BlackMamba_Leitah_JuliaGunther.jpg The Black Mambas Black Mamba Leitah, 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618201312-FDV3FJU8XTZ3FVTPGBUC/BlackMamba_Nkateko_JuliaGunther.jpg The Black Mambas Black Mamba Nkateko, 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618201101-96KDLJAYSU7JOSMSRBP4/BlackMamba_MG_0498.jpg The Black Mambas Black Mambas patrol the reserve, 2015. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618201076-DKOC5NFNX3PF0JF5SX5S/BlackMamba_MG_0455.jpg The Black Mambas Black Mambas meeting, 2015. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618201177-EWIM2M11EU8CPJLFE8L9/BlackMamba_MG_0579_JuliaGunther.jpg The Black Mambas Black Mambas take a break, 2015. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618201145-F7TTID3WNHV3QGCLHM5Z/BlackMamba_MG_0565.jpg The Black Mambas Black Mamba Joy on a foot patrol, 2015. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618201252-M26KQH3S8M5KW3XKE54L/BlackMamba_MG_0477.jpg The Black Mambas Lion tracks, 2015. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618201170-7ZDFV2OQ78X0IVTFM1J8/BlackMamba_MG_1198_JuliaGunther.jpg The Black Mambas Black Mamba Nkateko inspects a hole under a Balule Reserve fence for signs of poachers. As well as poachers, various species of animals will dig under the fence to either get out of- or into the reserve. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618201277-V0SWBN4TE0IK8JK92O8C/BlackMamba_MG_0615_JuliaGunther.jpg The Black Mambas Black Mambas waiting for a herd of elephants to pass, 2015. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618201336-OXSVFVAPO03ZK6DZ2O2F/BlackMamba_MG_2203.jpg The Black Mambas Black Mambas Belinda (left) and Dedeya, 2015. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618200945-PBA4OAH3A9XRN4YGIHJI/BlackMamba_MG_1232.jpg The Black Mambas Black Mamba Nkateko overlooks the reserve, 2015. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618201330-BHRZ20H3EJCCE5MCB14E/BlackMamba_MG_1646_JuliaGunther.jpg The Black Mambas Black Mamba Proud during a foot patrol, 2015. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618201007-CEQLLAP94976AU2VX0MW/BlackMamba_Lukie_JuliaGunther.jpg The Black Mambas Black Mamba Lukie, 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618201234-0LWUG551O095VJ7EFHMB/BlackMamba_MG_1414.jpg The Black Mambas Black Mamba Happy during a foot patrol, 2015. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618201227-DR4BLGB0Y726NARVWSGQ/BlackMamba_MG_1898.jpg The Black Mambas Three Black Mambas and their driver use the light of a full moon to look for poachers from their jeep. Full moon is when poachers are at their most active, making use of the moonlight to spot their prey. The Black Mambas use the same moonlight to hunt the poachers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618201271-L90EGMUQGSKAJ9PPHHSM/BlackMamba_MG_0246.jpg The Black Mambas The Black Mambas Anti-Poaching Unit logo on one of the vehicles at base camp, 2015. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618201069-Z0Y9LODPC7KTHSVGLYPD/BlackMamba_MG_1962.jpg The Black Mambas Black Mamba Felicia with flashlight during night patrol, 2015. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618201391-XL8UQANQ02GHXT9BX7RV/BlackMamba_Nomuntu_JuliaGunther.jpg The Black Mambas Black Mamba Nomuntu, 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618201215-Q73NPG3VSKWXMAHDLLRV/BlackMamba_Mirren_JuliaGunther.jpg The Black Mambas Black Mamba Mirren, 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618201184-HMNW3X4GKZELO5ALL5WA/BlackMamba_Thuli_JuliaGunther.jpg The Black Mambas Black Mamba Thuli, 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618200995-GKT94YTCM0Q16GTR480J/_MG_7220_JuliaGunther.jpg The Black Mambas Night patrol with Black Mamba Nkateko, 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618201013-QEPF1CEOKDMP2Z87B6WI/_MG_7125_JuliaGunther.jpg The Black Mambas Grietjie Camp by night, 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618201163-G1RSJY51N01ELW440WFC/BlackMamba_MG_1519.jpg The Black Mambas Black Mamba Yenzekile at the beginning of a night patrol, 2015. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618201367-8LAJB4I2P4NHLK66R3Q1/_MG_0662_JuliaGunther.jpg The Black Mambas Black Mamba Belinda is home schooling her daughter Acacia. Tamia reads along. Hluvukani, Manyeleti, 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618201026-9FIRR34MYKLBFADKFBC7/_MG_3265_JuliaGunther.jpg The Black Mambas Black Mamba Nkateko is folding the fresh washed school uniform of her younger sister Rirhandzu, Hluvukani, Manyeleti, 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618201063-00OLORGPOW6TSICZC7CV/_MG_7608_JuliaGunther.jpg The Black Mambas Black Mambas Leitah & Goodness play with Qolile’s son Renold at home, Hluvukani, Manyeleti, 2017. The Black Mambas are a close knit unit outside the reserve as well as inside. Several are related, or live in the same villages. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618201123-T1PNZNR6ICWVM8HX6FUX/_MG_3688_JuliaGunther.jpg The Black Mambas Black Mamba Everjoy in her family's kitchen, Hluvukani, Manyeleti, 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618201397-FXJHU6VI695L3M3ZIKH2/_MG_7759_JuliaGunther.jpg The Black Mambas Black Mamba Yenzekile in her bedroom that she shares with her sister Qolile, Hluvukani, Manyeleti, 2017. Yenzekile is about 7 months pregnant and on maternity leave. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618201348-1TY92XVNBI8IFI9S1OLF/_MG_7934_JuliaGunther.jpg The Black Mambas Black Mamba Mirren and her daughter Tracy at home, Hluvukani, Manyeleti, 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618201342-5FXRKAQXTA9YDSVXC817/_MG_7848_JuliaGunther.jpg The Black Mambas Black Mamba’s Leitah, Yenzekile, Mirren with her two children, Goodness with Qolile’s baby Renold and Qolile walking towards a field to pick up some vegetables in their home village, Hluvukani, Manyeleti, 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618201264-345FEJPGFI29UQJESJQ5/BlackMamba_MG_2118.jpg The Black Mambas From left to right: Black Mambas Mirren, Winnie, Belinda & Dedeya, 2015. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618201094-Z9PYBIWFRGDBB5CZC5AT/BlackMamba_MG_0614_JuliaGunther.jpg The Black Mambas Back to base, 2015. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618201132-DAH1DOC55HK2NA0B0TS4/BlackMamba_MG_2183_JuliaGunther.jpg The Black Mambas Black Mamba Winnie, 2015. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618201082-O53UKI6XJ67EK3OTVQNY/BlackMamba_Proud_JuliaGunther.jpg The Black Mambas Black Mamba Proud, 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618201088-03JKEXGKYMHCPNL0ND2S/BlackMamba_MG_1278.jpg The Black Mambas Black Mamba Nkateko, 2015. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618201307-REVN7ET1BM3AE6RG94ZO/_MG_8115_JuliaGunther.jpg The Black Mambas Black Mamba Leitah with her son Clayton at home, Hluvukani, 2017. Many of the Black Mambas are single mothers, who only get to see their children for the nine days they are home on leave every month. Most children stay with relatives, or in communal houses that multiple siblings share. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618201139-T5SCFS8CVX9HGQSB50OG/BlackMamba_MG_0937.jpg The Black Mambas Black Mambas Yenzekile & Proud, 2015. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618201045-6J3CD6V25KAB923LZVAN/_MG_8644_JuliaGunther.jpg The Black Mambas Black Mamba Lukie & her mom Leah, Hluvukani, Manyeleti, 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618201380-PV3237SSSEIE5WGC7DOL/BlackMamba_MG_1461.jpg The Black Mambas Black Mamba Nkateko (left) & Happy on hill top, 2015. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618200971-M0KU3J5KRWT31S80AB1N/BlackMamba_MG_2371.jpg The Black Mambas Black Mamba Qolile, 2015. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618201196-EGWSN21MWTEL5J7QAB4T/BlackMamba_MG_2276.jpg The Black Mambas Black Mamba Camp, Balule Nature Reserve, South Africa, 2015. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618201208-TEOS3MR2J55WI73PQEMJ/_MG_9591_JuliaGunther.jpg The Black Mambas Bush Babies education officer Lewyn Maefala arrives at Mhala Mhala Primary School, one of ten that participates in the Bush Babies Environmental Education Program, 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618200958-JETI7F0G5261UKVGZI65/_MG_9821_JuliaGunther.jpg The Black Mambas Bush Babies education officer Lewyn Maefala stands in front of the class, Mhala Mhala Primary School, 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618201221-L3W4E69PSM3QRX7CVO30/_MG_0087_JuliaGunther.jpg The Black Mambas Students take notes, Mhala Mhala Primary School, 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618201289-J2HCJ338JMTE23KYGHDF/_MG_0123_JuliaGunther.jpg The Black Mambas A student listens intently, Mhala Mhala Primary School, 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618201202-T0M87XUQ8VZWZ4WRG4ZG/_MG_0372_JuliaGunther.jpg The Black Mambas Students at Phalaborwa Primary School crowd around Bush Babies education officer Lewyn Maefala who carries a plastic box filled with elephant dung, 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618201107-Q7CRPT5JXIZFP5MTUL4V/_MG_0547_JuliaGunther.jpg The Black Mambas Students wait to answer Bush Babies education officer Lewyn Maefala’s question, Phalaborwa Primary School, 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618201001-XC1SG5USLCWP69L0GFP5/_MG_0401_JuliaGunther.jpg The Black Mambas Bush Babies education officer Lewyn Maefala shows a student a dried ball of elephant dung, Phalaborwa Primary School, 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618201385-FGY3ZHX2C0VA0JDRABCZ/_MG_0162_JuliaGunther.jpg The Black Mambas A student’s notebook during a class about mammals, Mhala Mhala Primary School, 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618201051-3ZTP5AN455U1SAFJ4DUS/_MG_0165_JuliaGunther.jpg The Black Mambas Mhala Mhala Primary School, 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618201038-L2WN139LF2PE58Z93HFP/_MG_1146_JuliaGunther.jpg The Black Mambas Morning prayer, Foskor Primary School, 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618201361-NTV2Q4A2OCRMA5NHHBL5/_MG_1201_JuliaGunther.jpg The Black Mambas Students listen to Black Mamba scout Nkateko Mzimba talk about poaching, Foskor Primary School, 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618201295-5WJ5LTOJPD2JK86JNFEA/_MG_2118_JuliaGunther.jpg The Black Mambas Bush Babies education officer Lewyn Maefala talks to children at Maseke Primary School, 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618201240-VZX206EEW9IK4SZP6IUC/_MG_2050_JuliaGunther.jpg The Black Mambas Black Mamba Nkateko Mzimba talks to children at Maseke Primary School, 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618201190-QJI60AQOSEKXKH6KS7SV/_MG_2083_JuliaGunther.jpg The Black Mambas Black Mamba Nkateko and Bush Babies education officer Lewyn laugh after realizing that three of the students in their class are the children of fellow Black Mambas, Maseke Primary School, 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618200981-G3FIJQTHRR3UGONE6VQ6/_MG_1343_JuliaGunther.jpg The Black Mambas Black Mamba Nkateko Mzimba leaves the classroom to show students how to properly stand at attention, Foskor Primary School, 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618201020-Z61CGBF8SD5OBQGIHK4Y/_MG_1798_JuliaGunther.jpg The Black Mambas Black Mamba Nkateko Mzimba demonstrates how to shout orders to a group of school children, Foskor Primary School, 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618200965-0YKZH83FDI6DZ6JCXTSB/_MG_1772_JuliaGunther.jpg The Black Mambas Black Mamba scout Nkateko Mzimba shows students how to properly stand at attention, Foskor Primary School, 2017. https://www.juliagunther.com/rainbow-girls daily 0.75 2025-10-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618208276-YGCQRD23Z4Q3WMG4WFLG/13_vee.jpg Rainbow Girls Contestant Vee, Miss Lesbian Beauty Pageant, Khayelitsha, 2012. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618208306-P04B87M2IPV8UIMUM0EF/RainbowGirls_Vee_Nana_JuliaGunther.jpg Rainbow Girls Contestants Vee (left) and Nana backstage, Miss Lesbian Beauty Pageant, Khayelitsha, 2012. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618208300-7LWSBIRT0UKY4BHZ1DJ2/RainbowGirls_DSF1473_JuliaGunther.jpg Rainbow Girls Vee, Castle of Good Hope, Cape Town, 2022. "During this 10 years I grew up you see. This Vee, the youngest Vee and the innocent Vee and shy Vee, who did not want to stand up for what was happening around me and around my friends, is different now because I was shy before this. I was reluctant to talk but I had to learn to change that in 10 years. " https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618208230-PUWM9YWUF1WITKJ134H5/siya.jpg Rainbow Girls Siya, Gugulethu, 2012. “I’m 28 years old and I was born and raised in Khayelitsha.
I have been volunteering since 2010 at Free Gender, a black lesbian organization based in Khayelitsha. My job is to develop young people’s skills in the community like painting & cooking and also teaching primary school kids. I have a full time job working at a phone company but I make time ‘cause I want to help.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618208223-PA16VK1GU0A4JVZN7PDC/RainbowGirls_GettingReady_JuliaGunther.jpg Rainbow Girls Contestants getting ready backstage, Miss Lesbian Beauty Pageant, Khayelitsha, 2012. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618208236-H8FPKEZY67V0Y4NMJ9DQ/RainbowGirls_DSF1098_JuliaGunther.jpg Rainbow Girls Siya, Castle of Good Hope, Cape Town, 2022. “The Siya of 10 years ago was angry. She was too disappointed and she felt betrayed. … I changed to be that person I wanted in my life. I became that thing I wanted in my life. I was that shoulder I wanted in my life. I became something that I wanted from other people.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618208184-L9D8FUHNYMSPYGNK8LHU/01_terra.jpg Rainbow Girls Terra on Long Street, Cape Town, 2012. “My name is Terra and I got kicked out of the house when I was 16 years old because I’m a lesbian. Up until then I lived a secret lesbian life and living a lie is very difficult; you have to come out and be yourself. I started then living with my grandparents who were very strict and taught me to be disciplined. Life was hard but you always have to remember - if I’m not gonna make it through this - who is going to make it for me?” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618208262-8KR65XRVLCZFYHEVMZ2F/RainbowGirls_LineUp_JuliaGunther.jpg Rainbow Girls A lineup at the Miss Lesbian beauty pageant in Cape Town’s Khayelitsha township in 2012. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618208249-9TP89NTGAW6ORAYESQEL/RainbowGirls_DSF1263_JuliaGunther.jpg Rainbow Girls Terra, Castle of Good Hope, Cape Town, 2022. “I encourage the LGBTQ community to drive themselves to live a meaningful life. … I would like to say to our parents, allow LGBTQ community members and to allow their children to be what they want to become. You gave birth to them not to live your life, so let them live their lives.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618208319-FB2G87ZCZQY83W2X5M5H/09_visitor.jpg Rainbow Girls Visitor, backstage, Miss Lesbian Beauty Pageant, Khayelitsha, SA, 2012. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618208338-FNP5E0VC9OXE5B2GNQEQ/RainbowGirls_Terra_Long_JuliaGunther.jpg Rainbow Girls Terra on Long Street, Cape Town, 2012. “There are people who discriminate and criticise me when I walk down the street with my girlfriend. Community can break people’s heart by being harsh with their presumptions but we all have to fight hate crime otherwise I think we will always be the victim. We have our own freedom and shouldn’t live in fear.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618208198-3XA0TU5R8N2G16TE4Y3N/11_sino_nana.jpg Rainbow Girls Contestants Nana (left) and Sino backstage, Miss Lesbian Beauty Pageant, Khayelitsha, 2012. Terra in 2012: “Even though they hate us, rape us and kill us - all we have is love!
 We love each other and they can’t break us ‘cause we are gonna fight - new generations like us. We are able to respect and love and people here in our community, in our townships need to know this.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618208332-TOD9XGDJUFN075KJHRM9/14_sino.jpg Rainbow Girls Contestant Sino, Miss Lesbian Beauty Pageant, Khayelitsha, 2012. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618208282-KFMDGPQDOJVAM6RHGH9Q/RainbowGirls_Zintle_Inga_JuliaGunther.jpg Rainbow Girls Contestants Zintle (left) and Inga Miss Lesbian Beauty Pageant, Khayelitsha, 2012. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618208255-YWKQOWS6BDJQDZIKT3K8/RainbowGirls_DSF2343_JuliaGunther.jpg Rainbow Girls Sino, Castle of Good Hope, Cape Town, 2022. “I have been trying, going to the community, street by street, carrying our flags. But, people do not want to listen. … They always say a girl is a girl. A man is a man. A woman must have a relationship with a man.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618208269-400WMCWGNIBD5RSL96KK/RainbowGirls_IMG_0277_JuliaGunther_1707x2560.jpg Rainbow Girls Tsidi, backstage during the Miss Lesbian beauty pageant, Khayelitsha, 2012. Tsidi in 2022: "The township we are living in, especially at Mfuleni, it is not safe for us lesbians. The guys there are against us for falling in love with other girls — they think that girls are supposed to fall in love with them. … You have to be vigilant and look after yourself." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618208289-ALHVYAZ625E0YY6EC55O/RainbowGirls_DSF2061_JuliaGunther.jpg Rainbow Girls Tsidi, Castle of Good Hope, Cape Town, 2022. Tsidi in 2022: "Our own brothers are the ones who are hurting us. The worst part is that the police are doing nothing about it. You can go and report that person, and they’re arrested. But at the end of that week, you meet again the same person who got arrested at the corner. We are still not safe." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618208217-JTF0PTBNN9HOLQ3MQMG7/RainbowGirls_IMG_0331_JuliaGunther_2560x1707.jpg Rainbow Girls Hlomela, backstage, Miss Lesbian beauty pageant, Khayelitsha, 2012. Hlomela in 2022: "If somebody is mistreating or abusing you because you are gay or whatever, speak up. … Go out there and seek help. Do not stay in that situation. When you know you are not happy, when there is someone that’s taking advantage of you, speak up." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618208191-BR98GQYUTYYN4F3HUAVY/RainbowGirls_DSF2304_JuliaGunther.jpg Rainbow Girls Hlomela, Castle of Good Hope, 2022. “I live my life as Hlomela; not Hlomela the lesbian. I say continue living your lives. … Don't let anyone convince you otherwise. You want to be Gay you want to be Straight or Bisexual and Transgender. … Continue with your life. You won't change who you are. … I am not going to change who I am because you rape me or you hate me." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618208204-NLADJNQUSAZLPUXTK226/15_inga.jpg Rainbow Girls Contestant Inga, Miss Lesbian Beauty Pageant, Khayelitsha, 2012. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618208295-UZ0SGWYBECJX8S8LLCEI/10_spmumeze.jpg Rainbow Girls Contestant Siphumeze, Miss Lesbian Beauty Pageant, Khayelitsha, 2012. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618208312-21QUXEDX2XYWCVWZ9GX4/RainbowGirls_Terra_Home__JuliaGunther.jpg Rainbow Girls Terra at home, Gugulethu, 2012. “The name Terra is a butch name and it gives me respect where I live. I’m not safe living in Gugulethu as a black lesbian. I’m not safe in my community. 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Divas in Cabaret was a lip-sync group formed by Chedino. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618231836-QLVGS388R7P0UA07BFYL/IMG_1856_JuliaGunther.jpg Chedino Britney Misty Daniels performs as part of Divas in Cabaret, Fergus Inn, Elsies River, 2012. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618231569-URHJK1PHJUJ1VR4BM97P/IMG_1378_JuliaGunther.jpg Chedino Chedino, Divas in Cabaret, Elsies River, 2012. The group performed covers of songs by Whitney Houston, Gladys Knight, and Tina Turner. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618231842-6KYV28PJ814EUA7PY03I/_MG_7616_JuliaGunther.jpg Chedino Chaz, photographed at Alanzo’s house, Matroosfontein, 2014. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618231867-MB8QX16BAZ6209OK76GW/_MG_6025_JuliaGunther.jpg Chedino Chedino cuts the hair of a friend at Miss Whall’s house, Ravensmead, 2014. Aside from her job in a call center, Chedino worked as a hairdresser to earn extra money. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618231890-6U67PNZ7C77K8ATL66PW/_MG_6332_JuliaGunther.jpg Chedino Chedino’s friend Miss Whall, photographed in a bar in Gugulethu, 2014. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618231691-DNNXU9ATB7MCNXIDWDZQ/_MG_6863_JuliaGunther.jpg Chedino Chedino at her mother’s house, Heideveld, 2014. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618231679-ETZDX48ZIPNFM63OKK19/_MG_1626_JuliaGunther.jpg Chedino Chedino’s younger sister Nikita at home, Heideveld, 2014. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618231656-2IETQWXPWD47FAZW7VH5/_MG_9340_JuliaGunther.jpg Chedino Chedino & Alicia backstage during the Miss Temptation pageant, Athlone, 2014. Chedino performed during the pageant breaks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618231755-WR6XDVMTQGL3YLSUC96H/04_Chedino_JuliaGunther.jpg Chedino Alanzo, one of Chedino’s oldest friends, Matroosfontein, 2014. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618231963-TZVL7OM538D66UTDG1DE/_MG_0571_JuliaGunther.jpg Chedino Chedino's friend Alicia performs part of Divas in Cabaret, Rosie's Inn, Elsies River, 2014. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618231668-AS43FWEQUEZFFCQPJW54/_MG_8794_JuliaGunther.jpg Chedino Chedino orders a drink during the Miss Temptation pageant, Athlone, 2014. By this time, Chedino was no longer allowed to take part at the pageant, as she had begun her hormone treatment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618231920-ZRVJEM109HCKFOE94SB5/_MG_8615_JuliaGunther.jpg Chedino Chedino at her mom's house, cutting the hair of her cousin, Heideveld, 2014. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618231639-57W8OBY5P2NUCL6VM9PO/2014_MG_0029_JuliaGunther.jpg Chedino Chedino with a hangover, Ravensmead, 2014. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618231969-BZRVNH8J4S3BETE8SJ7W/_MG_5780_JuliaGunther.jpg Chedino Chedino reads through the paper work that she received from Groote Schuur Hospital in preparation for her gender-affirming surgery, Heideveld, 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618231711-EB5EM8JPH6N6KECUHM9M/2017_MG_5531_JuliaGunther.jpg Chedino 3 days before her gender-affirming surgery, Chedino poses in the home she shares with her fiancé Keagan and his Deaf parents, Hanover Park, 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618231784-6R7XETPONELQG0CWJWCS/_MG_4531_JuliaGunther.jpg Chedino Chedino and her fiancé Keagan, Hanover Park, 2017. Chedino spends most of her time at Keagan’s home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618231994-TA8JZI7GI6UW2MAU7E3T/_MG_6217_JuliaGunther.jpg Chedino Chedino arrives at Groote Schuur Hospital for check-in, Cape Town, 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618231872-Z5F34NRKZA9S6HV2EQSS/_DSF3111_JuliaGunther.jpg Chedino Dr Kevin Adams, a senior specialist in plastics and reconstructive surgery, photographed outside his office, Claremont, Cape Town, 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618231883-A3GYNK1UM8PQ6U1L1XE8/2017_MG_6346_JuliaGunther.jpg Chedino The day before Chedino’s surgery, Dr Gertrude van Niekerk (center) and Dr Kevin Adams (obscured by van Niekerk) drop by for a last check up as well as to discuss the position and outline of Chedino’s breasts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618231723-6LSIKXROB7T713EC6JR3/_MG_6695_JuliaGunther.jpg Chedino Chedino cries in a waiting room, moments before being wheeled into the operating theatre, Groote Schuur Hospital, 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618231583-ER2EH59H293ZOF9BDXQZ/_MG_7093_JuliaGunther.jpg Chedino The right hand belonging to Dr. Kevin Adams, during the five-and-half hour gender-affirming surgery of Chedino, Groote Schuur Hospital, 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618231861-UMGNU02KSX1SJ8OODI5I/_MG_7008_JuliaGunther.jpg Chedino The surgical information board lists the procedures that were carried out on Chedino during her surgery. The bandages were hung up and counted to make sure none are left inside the patient. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618231988-I413DAFO5DX74IYXYO98/2017_MG_6919_JuliaGunther.jpg Chedino Two teams of surgeons worked on Chedino during the procedure: one team focused on the "top" surgery while Dr. Adams carried out her "bottom" procedures, Groote Schuur Hospital, 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618231938-MAVMRM7P3ST1YS2Q4S6Y/_MG_7611_JuliaGunther.jpg Chedino Keagan visits Chedino on her first night after the operation, Groote Schuur Hospital, 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618231704-XIU09RIN6H9H38BGO6AA/_MG_7340_JuliaGunther.jpg Chedino A nurse checks Chedino’s dressings, a day after her gender-affirming surgery, Groote Schuur Hospital, 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618231557-Q0E2Y2X2MRKK431ZWONQ/2017_MG_7546_JuliaGunther.jpg Chedino Chedino shows off her new breasts to Keagan and his mother (right) and a few of her friends, Groote Schuur Hospital, 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618232021-H5B80Y063VFOQVB3Z2EK/_MG_8109_JuliaGunther.jpg Chedino Chedino cries out in pain while lying in bed at Keagan’s home. Together with Maria, Keagan’s mother, they would nurse Chedino through the first few weeks after surgery, Hanover Park, 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618231544-0IE37YYPW7ASND8GWLXI/_MG_8603_JuliaGunther.jpg Chedino Keagan operates a braai during Chedino’s welcome home party, Hanover Park, 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618231563-GSNJQ2AD196U2BN7SGMV/2017_MG_8808_JuliaGunther.jpg Chedino Keagan organised a party to welcome Chedino home after she was released from hospital. Chedino leans on her friend Coco, for support, while Sandra Dee (left) looks on. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618231976-PQMIZHC5J3R64VWKUA3F/_MG_1273_JuliaGunther.jpg Chedino Keagan slides the last of three wedding rings onto Chedino’s finger during their marriage ceremony, Marriage Office, Department of Home Affairs, Cape Town, 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618231762-8HDYSUUSDAQDZYGL3UFZ/_MG_1436_JuliaGunther.jpg Chedino Diana, one of Chedino’s bridesmaids, careful unpacks Chedino’s wedding dress so that she can steam and iron it, Heideveld, 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618231956-Z3PPW55HSN31BHLBVS8P/_MG_2979_JuliaGunther.jpg Chedino Surrounded by curious neighbours Chedino gets into the limousine which will take her to the wedding venue at Muizenberg Civic Centre, Heideveld, 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618231673-2YUTRUTFK0HX8Z9XMEPC/_MG_3012_JuliaGunther.jpg Chedino Chedino at Claremont Gardens, a famous spot for wedding pictures. But the weather was so bad that Chedino decided not to go ahead with her pictures, and told the driver to take them straight to the venue. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618231810-K6RYR250W4LWJJ7HPOLL/_MG_3153_JuliaGunther.jpg Chedino A private moment between Chedino & Keagan in the limousine on their way to Muizenberg Civic Centre, Cape Town, 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618231684-76RRT1BXWAQU7KSCSSMP/_MG_4070_JuliaGunther.jpg Chedino From left to right: Chedino’s cousin Keyoma, Melissa, Chedino’s sister Nikita, Chedino, Diana, Wilma & Jada, Muizenberg Civic Centre, Cape Town, 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618231803-G3OY5FOKCUP02MIFEN38/_MG_4562_JuliaGunther.jpg Chedino Chedino shows off her new fake eye lashes, Hanover Park, 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618231651-HPB36C7FM39316TZTTSI/_MG_4438_JuliaGunther.jpg Chedino Chedino & Keagan relax in bed on their one year anniversary, Hanover Park, 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618231944-LIXP3SN4MFQIWW8RHT2Z/_MG_4636_JuliaGunther.jpg Chedino Chedino & Keagan enjoy a quiet moment, St. James Beach, Cape Town, 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618231824-R2GYSGOTPA6V8CV3FJWV/_MG_1043_JuliaGunther.jpg Chedino Chedino rehearses a dance routine with her dance partner, Shane, in the living room of her aunt Michelle (background middle), Belville, 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618231749-KH0DL9UE9YRKILK5XCMG/_MG_1926_JuliaGunther.jpg Chedino Mjay (right) marks lines and points on the self made tailoring template of the future dress for Chedino. Mjay is a 2022 Calendar Girl contestant and made third place. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618231982-FTW7R1NTMUFW1OU2W1R0/_MG_2296_JuliaGunther.jpg Chedino Chedino's mom 60's surprise birthday party, Alanzo's house, Matroosfontein, 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618231589-4RK3RCV0WV35SF72AD01/_MG_4421_JuliaGunther.jpg Chedino Chedino marches against gender-based violence during the first Delft Pride parade, Delft, 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618231926-GH44LW4TAC2VI3X7E7P1/_MG_9174_JuliaGunther.jpg Chedino Getting ready for the Miss Gay Arabella 2022 pageant, Hanover Park, 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618231830-XJNJPOU0KQDU199QEEGV/2022_MG_9526_JuliaGunther.jpg Chedino Taking a break from her duties as head judge, Chedino cheers as drag queen Emogen Moore performs during the Miss Gay Arabella pageant, Grassy Park Civic Centre, 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618231932-JOAPCZQ3TQBJ44AFBN3U/2022_MG_1785_JuliaGunther.jpg Chedino Chedino sorts out her friend Jada's hair, a contestant at the Miss Gay Legacy Extra Over 40s Only pageant at St. Mary's Church, Retreat, 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618231849-W7H9X73JS4GIGDMRAT9X/2022_DSF2947_JuliaGunther.jpg Chedino Chedino poses for a portrait in the outfit that she wore when she won Miss Transgender South Africa 2020/21 at the Governor's Office in the Castle of Good Hope, Cape Town, 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618231741-JVDC16Q7D42LGBFCNAML/2022_MG_5155_JuliaGunther.jpg Chedino Chedino prepares the crowns for the winners of her Miss Calendar Girl beauty pageant at the Retreat Hotel, 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618231878-AQ1P2A99ETCDTLSTTC7M/_MG_8899_JuliaGunther.jpg Chedino Chedino walks in Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens, 2022. The last time she was in Kirstenbosch, Chedino was still in primary school. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618231576-BDLMHW4XNOPC4YGZPHV5/2022_MG_7399_JuliaGunther.jpg Chedino Chedino poses for a portrait as part of her Miss Trans Africa beauty pageant submission. She would go on and win the pageant. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618231999-FLPGYF4VL09X6CX52AO4/Jul+28+2023_MG_8445_JuliaGunther_2560x1707.jpg Chedino 3 days before the start of Miss Trans Global, Chedino goes for a walk in a nature reserve, Guildford, U.K., 2023. This is the first time Chedino left South Africa and compete at an international pageant. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618231771-U046VTC0D7M4AWQBKH6C/Jul+31+2023_MG_0085_Chedino_JuliaGunther_1707x2560.jpg Chedino Miss South Africa, Chedino Martin on the first day of the Miss Trans Global pageant, backstage at the Rhoda McGaw Theatre, Woking, U.K., 2023. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618231605-6L3ZIKY1QVDF9SOZ5MKQ/01_chedino_2560x1707.jpg Chedino Chedino showers at the Travelodge Hotel where all contestants are residing, Woking, U.K, 2023. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618231662-1KRHMNTCLBMPQN3XPB7K/Aug+03+2023_MG_7106_Chedino_JuliaGunther_1707x2560.jpg Chedino Chedino holds on to her corset as MTG director Miss saHHara loops and tightens its laces, backstage, Rhoda McGaw Theatre, Woking, U.K., 2023. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618232007-R30Y3SO0T9UKKG8T7Y8M/Aug+02+2023_MG_4729_JuliaGunther_2560x1707.jpg Chedino During Chedino's 'About My Country' Q&A with the judges, Rhoda McGaw Theatre, Woking, U.K., 2023. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618231915-JBK8A2918JUOXKQ21DYO/Aug+01+2023_MG_1799_Chedino_JuliaGunther_2560x1707.jpg Chedino Chedino and her fellow MTG contestants use the Underground to travel to central London for a sightseeing trip. From left to right: Miss Nigeria Alexandra Etim, Chedino and Miss Thailand Piano Akaros. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618231550-O8C9J218IR26RS6N7EKG/Aug+03+2023_MG_5849_JuliaGunther_1707x2560.jpg Chedino Miss France, Miss Argentina, Miss Nigeria and Chedino wait to begin practicing their preliminary evening stage walks. Due to organizational issues, the contestants were often left to rehearse on their own. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618231817-8XZ85FQN8TMTJK2WIJIK/Aug+04+2023_MG_8276_JuliaGunther_1707x2560.jpg Chedino Miss Trans Global contestant Miss Wales, Eva de Jesus, in her quinceañera ball gown, Rhoda McGaw Theatre, Woking, U.K., 2023. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618231734-I0HAO386LW0HJH1R5KML/Aug+03+2023_MG_7153_JuliaGunther_1707x2560.jpg Chedino Miss Trans Global contestant Miss France, Kevhoney Scarlett, shows off her black swimsuit backstage, Rhoda McGaw Theatre, Woking, U.K., 2023. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618231619-5FIA97ME7TPIMNQ6ZC7A/Aug+04+2023_MG_8112_JuliaGunther_1707x2560.jpg Chedino Miss Trans Global contestant Miss Canada, Diana Dee Barrera, in her quinceañera ball gown, Rhoda McGaw Theatre, Woking, U.K., 2023. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618231777-IKMFVBAUERZ4ZMNQ16U7/Aug+04+2023_MG_0233_JuliaGunther_1707x2560.jpg Chedino A distraught Chedino, moments after blanking in the middle of an answer during the Q&A segment of the Miss Trans Global pageant, backstage, Rhoda McGaw Theatre, Woking, U.K., 2023. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618231729-BVNF6CD9OFJU5NMKR62C/Aug+04+2023_MG_8555_JuliaGunther_1707x2560.jpg Chedino Miss Trans Global contestant Miss Scotland, Jessy Tusi Hardy, in her quinceañera ball gown, Rhoda McGaw Theatre, Woking, U.K., 2023. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618231790-6Z1IF3M0UXQ5ZJQ51MI8/Aug+03+2023_MG_5185_JuliaGunther_2560x1707.jpg Chedino An exhausted and emotional Chedino looks out the window, as Miss France, Kevhoney Scarlett, wakes up early in the morning on the third day of the pageant, Travelodge Hotel, Woking, U.K., 2023. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618231600-OGVPM0OFEH0MG79BREIU/09_chedino_1707x2560.jpg Chedino Chedino poses in her national costume: a golden body suit with a sun crown and cape, paying homage to South Africa's illegal mine workers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618231627-ITR5EIBJMQSRPDR5AGUC/Aug+05+2023_MG_2012_JuliaGunther_2560x1707.jpg Chedino Miss Trans Global contestant Miss Italy, Rica Quines Santos in her national costume, Rhoda McGaw Theatre, Woking, U.K., 2023. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618231644-0ZF15HLEQEE2SFYSJDES/Aug+05+2023_MG_2055_JuliaGunther_2560x1706.jpg Chedino Miss Trans Global's contestants pose in their national costumes. Chedino said her feet were causing her so much pain that she'd returned to her dressing room to rest and missed out on the final group photo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618231633-FOFD4F9PTOS0Y0ST9HMY/Aug+05+2023_MG_0424+copy_Chedino_JuliaGunther_2560x1707.jpg Chedino MTG director saHHara (left in red) sweeps the stage as Chedino slumps on the Queen's throne during a 5 crowning marathon on the pageant's final day, during which each contestant experienced being crowned queen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618231717-K55PZ8LTNYTDA1C3YFIG/Aug+07+2023_MG_2924_Chedino_JuliaGunther_2560x1707.jpg Chedino After competing in MTG, Chedino traveled to Nottingham to visit her cousin Lynn whom she had not seen in 5 years. Daughter Erin was especially enamored with Chedino and didn't leave her side their entire week together. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618231855-2VA3J8XKIKHWZFVXGG2L/Oct+29+2023_MG_9951_JuliaGunther_2560x1707.jpg Chedino Chedino and her mother, Alma, Heideveld, 2023. Although they share a rocky past, there is much that connects Chedino and Alma. A former beauty queen herself, and one of the first to whom Chedino disclosed that she was transgender. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618231908-2JPZYE889JMUX727EOVC/_DSF0298_JuliaGunther.jpg Chedino Chedino, backstage, Mr & Ms Sovereign Western Cape, Joseph Stone Auditorium, Athlone, 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618231698-8Y52HBI9TPHIZM2H3FSU/_DSF0019_JuliaGunther.jpg Chedino Chedino on stage, Mr & Ms Sovereign Western Cape, Joseph Stone Auditorium, Athlone, 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618231950-GCNDDCUG8EMP5EJYQXRW/_DSF0069_JuliaGunther.jpg Chedino Contestant Ayanda Nino, Mr & Ms Sovereign Western Cape, Joseph Stone Auditorium, Athlone, Cape Town, South Africa, 2024 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618232015-6NG928RVE41SAH5X6OUN/_DSF0404_JuliaGunther.jpg Chedino Garth Arnolds, Mr & Ms Sovereign Western Cape 2023 winner walks on stage, Joseph Stone Auditorium, Athlone, 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618231902-LWM8033B0WW6V1IHPKM0/_DSF0332_JuliaGunther.jpg Chedino Chedino, Alicia & Jemma, backstage, Mr & Ms Sovereign Western Cape, Joseph Stone Auditorium, Athlone, 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618231613-C9VWAX591I4KB3VQXIBI/_DSF9844_JuliaGunther.jpg Chedino Chedino, backstage, Mr & Ms Sovereign Western Cape, Joseph Stone Auditorium, Athlone, 2024. Chedino didn't make it to the top three. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618231594-RA6QE3LB316JKQEAB30Q/IMG_2849_JuliaGunther.jpg Chedino Chedino prepares for a photo shoot - images that she needs for her Miss International press kit in India, Cape Town, 2025. https://www.juliagunther.com/malawi-eleven daily 0.75 2025-10-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618238609-KKBJUJ0BOKTO46CFKJ85/P3C3115_JuliaGunther.jpg Malawi Eleven Brenda, Bowler, Malawian U19 Women’s Cricket Team, Malawi, 2016. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618238515-PJ6LFSQM1R4C4RAIMNS4/P3C3101_JuliaGunther.jpg Malawi Eleven Triphonia, Allrounder, Malawian U19 Women’s Cricket Team, Malawi, 2016. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618238544-CIVBDNHTDPQ8GZNUEY9B/P3C3148_JuliaGunther.jpg Malawi Eleven Chimwemwe, Bowler, Malawian U19 Women’s Cricket Team, Malawi, 2016. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618238634-HV88KUSUL6S34NR07PXW/P3C5950_juliagunther.jpg Malawi Eleven Dalitso, Shahida, Vanessa & Brenda, During bowling practice, Malawian U19 Women’s Cricket Team, Malawi, 2016. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618238538-8J7M1J5AW6Q376S65S97/P3C5842_juliagunther.jpg Malawi Eleven Mary adjusts her helmet, Malawian U19 Women’s Cricket Team, Malawi, 2016. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618238651-2LPHZZXHT5KZ89JDAX07/P3C5933_juliagunther.jpg Malawi Eleven Batting practice, Malawian U19 Women’s Cricket Team, Malawi, 2016. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618238574-2H2P8L8PEIGVIXC32CZ5/P3C3037_JuliaGunther.jpg Malawi Eleven Dalitso, Bowler/batsman, Malawian U19 Women’s Cricket Team, Malawi, 2016. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618238617-UF0OR9ITD14NE6L1LU0C/P3C2773_JuliaGunther.jpg Malawi Eleven Shalani, Allrounder, Malawian U19 Women’s Cricket Team, Malawi, 2016. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618238568-H7R4KDMB0B26DWA2YVXL/P3C2860.jpg Malawi Eleven Daina, Batsman, Malawian U19 Women’s Cricket Team, Malawi, 2016. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618238604-5F4ZQG35IFDJN2FAW9DY/P3C5859_juliagunther.jpg Malawi Eleven Daina's shoes, Malawian U19 Women’s Cricket Team, Malawi, 2016. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618238639-DM2HTB6DYPZMWSBL5ERW/P3C5928_juliagunther.jpg Malawi Eleven Mary helps one of her teammates, Malawian U19 Women’s Cricket Team, Malawi, 2016. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618238645-2XSD1ARWEZZT2AXJMX89/P3C4132_juliagunther.jpg Malawi Eleven Batting practice, Malawian U19 Women’s Cricket Team, Malawi, 2016. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618238527-2Q66XPKGZD8OUA5INT8J/P3C2712.jpg Malawi Eleven Lydia, Allrounder, Malawian U19 Women’s Cricket Team, Malawi, 2016. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618238520-5UXI3A7BIJIO9FEJDEI2/P3C2928_JuliaGunther.jpg Malawi Eleven Thandi, Bowler/batsman, Malawian U19 Women’s Cricket Team, Malawi, 2016. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618238550-9FZ4YF507WL6NCAAEDYY/P3C2872_JuliaGunther.jpg Malawi Eleven Tadala, Batsman, Malawian U19 Women’s Cricket Team, Malawi, 2016. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618238592-O81HXP8LRAX0SBJX3P67/P3C5831_juliagunther.jpg Malawi Eleven Warm-up before practice, Malawian U19 Women’s Cricket Team, Malawi, 2016. 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https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618238598-PZ7Q8A5UL453MRSI5204/P3C6224_juliagunther.jpg Malawi Eleven Shalani, Triphonia, Chimwemwe, and Tadala wait to begin their cricket theory class Malawian U19 Women’s Cricket Team, Malawi, 2016. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618238497-RKTFR9414FSQOSKQUDM6/P3C6284_juliagunther.jpg Malawi Eleven The girls run during a training session Malawian U19 Women’s Cricket Team, Malawi, 2016. https://www.juliagunther.com/wddu daily 0.75 2025-10-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618241402-1T2HXUNXADIJNGV4I1BF/_MG_1828_JuliaGunther.jpg WDDU Wildlife Detection Dog Unit handler Kinord and dog Danna take a break from searching the luggage of departing passengers at Kamuzu International Airport, Lilongwe, Malawi, 2020. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618241362-D6HYGKXI8O54LQ1AL6Q6/_MG_2596_JuliaGunther.jpg WDDU WDDU handlers Benjamin (left) and Kinord play with dog Danna while waiting to search departing passengers at Kamuzu International Airport, Lilongwe, 2020. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618241277-NOQGCRU6U2N3CWU1DBVC/_MG_2486_JuliaGunther.jpg WDDU WDDU handler Agnes and dog Max search luggage belonging to arriving passengers at Kamuzu International Airport, Lilongwe, Malawi, 2020. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618241395-FUX5J76KTO4LNKCRB1LW/_MG_5449_JuliaGunther.jpg WDDU WDDU Martha, and dog Tim, Kamuzu International Airport, Lilongwe, Malawi, 2020. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618241350-KT7MEERKW0WEL2YVJRVY/_MG_6197c_JuliaGunther.jpg WDDU WDDU Danna, Malawi, 2020. Danna, a two-year-old Belgian Malinois, was the last of 5 dogs to join the unit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618241334-PHSJF2N51HYMTFXNN4UD/_MG_4881_JuliaGunther.jpg WDDU WDDU handler Peter and dog Tim, Lilongwe, Malawi, 2020. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618241375-E6XI80UTEDAGUBDGC7D9/_MG_2724_JuliaGunther.jpg WDDU WDDU handler Kinord watches as Danna indicates that she has found a suspicious scent on a departing passenger’s bag, Kamuzu International Airport. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618241252-ZI76W9DF1P6ROAHJ4Y5K/_MG_2107_JuliaGunther.jpg WDDU WDDU Ian holds a handful of bullets he plans to use during a training session at the cargo halls at KIA airport. In the background handler Martha, and dog Danna wait for their turn to go and search. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618241308-E6VU9TKGLWGLVGQUITKQ/_MG_2202_JuliaGunther.jpg WDDU WDDU handler Martha and dog Danna search through the imported cargo hall at Kamuzu International Airport. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618241245-7FXFUB4Y3H2UFX3K1R90/_MG_5428_JuliaGunther.jpg WDDU WDDU handler Hardwell, Kamuzu International Airport, Lilongwe, Malawi, 2020. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618241238-4F6OXZIYJZB4TCIZP0R0/_MG_3551_JuliaGunther.jpg WDDU WDDU head Iain and dog Bubba search behind a bed during a mock raid, Lilongwe, Malawi, 2020. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618241356-LQY5718MAUZT5S0OYBF2/_MG_2234_JuliaGunther.jpg WDDU WDDU handlers Benjamin and Kinord, and dog Max walk through the imported cargo hall at Kamuzu International Airport. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618241290-9PGERMTYSQVN9DE6YHEJ/_MG_4715_JuliaGunther.jpg WDDU WDDU dog Tim search a row of plastic jerrycans on the back of a truck at a police road block, Lilongwe, Malawi, 2020. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618241231-CEEG0KE82G5RT8WFV953/_MG_4808_JuliaGunther.jpg WDDU WDDU handler Agnes and dog Max search a mini bus at a police roadblock, Lilongwe, Malawi, 2020. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618241341-UOAZTSNWBEK9EUEKBMXD/_MG_4697_JuliaGunther.jpg WDDU WDDU Tim searches a minibus at a police road block. The WDDU uses Malawi Police roadblocks to search vehicles for illegal wildlife products being smuggled in and out of Lilongwe, Malawi’s capital. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618241259-BOIMJ1DFEMKIFIW2XGYG/_MG_4453_JuliaGunther.jpg WDDU WDDU handler Peter and dog Tim search a truck loaded with elephant grass at a police roadblock. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618241328-JWTBWWD9BOZWFZGZG8I7/_MG_3583_JuliaGunther.jpg WDDU WDDU handler Boniface collects pieces of hippo tooth after completing a search of a house during a mock raid. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618241271-DHLFKTX2ETKRX4UNJ2T7/_MG_5753_JuliaGunther.jpg WDDU WDDU handler Benjamin and dog Nikita, walk past container stacks during a training session at Bridge Shipping, Lilongwe, Malawi, 2020. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618241297-AW1PBTEB4VRIB4TC0AFR/_MG_5719_JuliaGunther.jpg WDDU WDDU handler Benjamin and dog Nikita search a container during a training session at Bridge Shipping, Lilongwe, Malawi, 2020. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618241382-S7C2T7NNCIKHXTSHXNG2/_MG_5819_JuliaGunther.jpg WDDU WDDU handler Benjamin with dog Nikita, Bridge Shipping, Lilongwe, Malawi, 2020. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618241368-ACMJNHG3RV3969C4XXUV/_MG_5946_JuliaGunther.jpg WDDU WDDU handler Benjamin and dog Nikita walk through a loading hall at Bridge Shipping during a training session. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618241284-DTDNBM5BO5OS7NIHH047/_MG_3321_JuliaGunther.jpg WDDU During a training session, WDDU head Ian, gets dog Bubba, to identify Mulanje Cedar. 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Photographed at home in Got Agulu, Siaya, Kenya, 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618249256-FSRAW40BH0NBEL99PS63/_DSF7366_JuliaGunther.jpg Home - NPR | Love, Drugs & Condoms Erastus shows his ARVs (antiretroviral drugs) at home, Got Agulu, Siaya, Kenya, 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618249263-17DDRW82QROIWPI1AQIE/_DSF7487_JuliaGunther.jpg Home - NPR | Love, Drugs & Condoms Caleb & Diana, photographed at Got Agulu hospital's HIV testing service booth, Kenya, 2025. Diana is a HIV Champion /Educator and Caleb used to work as a HIV Counsellor but is now a farmer. 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A former charcoal burner, Tackwell agreed to retrain first as a beekeeper, and later learnt how to farm and rear goats after meeting with COMACO field workers in 2016. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618247405-7OVWWW855LHBZG1CB3NA/_MG_4388_JuliaGunther.jpg Home - IFAW | COMACO Judith, the wife of transformed poacher Ronald Mwale, holds up several shelled ground nuts, Chipelembe, Zambia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618247373-IXW8Q3A219XBLLQLXX1B/_MG_2741_JuliaGunther.jpg Home - IFAW | COMACO Transformed poacher Smoke Phiri stands in his maize field, Mwasemphangwe, Zambia. Smoke was a poacher for 20 years and used to kill up to two elephants a week. After being introduced to COMACO in 2003, he decided to retrain as a farmer, and now grows groundnuts and sunflowers, as well as maize. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618247356-BJ0A69MR58ZXH8HH8BGL/_MG_4033_JuliaGunther.jpg Home - IFAW | COMACO Transformed poacher, Edison Phiri, outside his home, Chikomeni, Zambia. Edison has 10 children with two wives. They all live in the same family compound. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618247389-7YL9ZSPO96L3RICNGO0N/_MG_3646_JuliaGunther.jpg Home - IFAW | COMACO Grace poses with a pile of soya beans, Chikomeni, Zambia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618247413-V80ZBK19SDHPQD49CNN2/_MG_2429_JuliaGunther.jpg Home - IFAW | COMACO Farmer Fainess Ngulube, sits on a bench in her family compound, Mwasemphangwe, Zambia. Fainess lost her husband in 2005, and moved back to her home village after his death. They have 5 children, and the food Fainess grows has to feed 10 people. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618247381-SPMJSMQCJ966LZJ3L8GL/_MG_4153_JuliaGunther.jpg Home - IFAW | COMACO Transformed poacher Edison Phiri poses in his groundnut field, Chikomeni, Zambia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618247397-RZNHPJXRV5VDN818JO7M/_MG_3470_JuliaGunther.jpg Home - IFAW | COMACO Elita shows off the inside of the shop she has built using some of the money she made by selling her groundnuts to COMACO, Chikomeni, Zambia. https://www.juliagunther.com/home/european-union-chilungamo monthly 0.5 2025-10-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618247023-SE2WRLJQJ280R29PQYTL/_MG_0459_JuliaGunther.jpg Home - EU | Chilungamo Martha, Chisanja school, Chipota Village, Malawi, 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618247060-V1RMLXO2QJ3J7QIVF1MN/_MG_0315_JuliaGunther.jpg Home - EU | Chilungamo From left to rightL Agnes, Martha & Tyamike, Chisanja school, Chipota Village, Malawi, 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618247048-X2225QCWR4GNJQAYK6JH/Gaffeen_JuliaGunther.jpg Home - EU | Chilungamo Gaffeen, Nkhata bay, Malawi, 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618247041-YA0L2753VT29CTLERWW9/_MG_8477_JuliaGunther.jpg Home - EU | Chilungamo Teacher Fanny and the school's principal, Nkhata bay, Malawi, 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618247066-797LSAXP5CCYHPG886Q5/_MG_8622_JuliaGunther.jpg Home - EU | Chilungamo Fanny and her siblings, Nkhata bay, Malawi, 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618247029-J8KY9FGR6MTS7UF6MG0H/_MG_9337_JuliaGunther.jpg Home - EU | Chilungamo Judical Council Mrs. Ntaba, Zomba court house, Malawi, 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618247035-9RZ24L4LFW00BHV425CV/_MG_1444_JuliaGunther.jpg Home - EU | Chilungamo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618247054-OJB74KDMD69YMSVH7HPC/_MG_9993_JuliaGunther.jpg Home - EU | Chilungamo Sleeping inmate, Maula prison, Malawi, 2019 https://www.juliagunther.com/home/ngo-ifaw-chikolongo monthly 0.5 2025-10-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618248468-44G3UAR1ZGI5PU39P7RE/_MG_9501_JuliaGunther.jpg Home - IFAW | Chikolongo After checking on the number of bees in a recently populated hive, Rodrick Juan climbs back into the baobab tree while Justin Mapira holds on to the rope they will use to hoist it back into place. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618248620-TLN6AGKZPJ0BHTAM2Y31/_MG_0115_JuliaGunther.jpg Home - IFAW | Chikolongo Rodrick Juan (left) & Justin Mapira (right), both CLP employees, take care of the project’s apiary, bees and honey. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618248508-OFQJOHKJVR65J6A2FEKD/_MG_9630_JuliaGunther.jpg Home - IFAW | Chikolongo Justin Mapira & Rodrick Juan walk towards their apiary. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618248589-Y9VK5ZRDYO6NB7J3GAVQ/_MG_0404_JuliaGunther.jpg Home - IFAW | Chikolongo Esnath Twaya carries home a pail of water collected at a community tap installed as part of the Chikolongo Livelihoods Project. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618248628-XT1312IS1MYQIPCK0TYX/_MG_0016_JuliaGunther.jpg Home - IFAW | Chikolongo Annie Twaya, a part-time worker, helps mill maize. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618248602-IF3T4HXBFZRBVYBAUIL4/_MG_9873_JuliaGunther.jpg Home - IFAW | Chikolongo Part-time worker Linley Chitseko, poses in a CLP rice paddy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618248553-FZXDWYNUNV2PQ4XN63HE/_MG_1269_JuliaGunther.jpg Home - IFAW | Chikolongo Farmer Twawenji William, daughter of Chief William. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618248577-9Y4H2E1N8LMH6E69IAMJ/_MG_0841_JuliaGunther.jpg Home - IFAW | Chikolongo Mvuu Camp, Liwonde National Park, Malawi. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618248566-SDIPB9DWIQL9FD59SRPK/_MG_0668_JuliaGunther.jpg Home - IFAW | Chikolongo Time Twelve, poses next to the boundary fence (on the LNP side) that separates Liwonde National Park from the Chikolongo Livelihoods Project. Time works for the national park, and his job is to maintain the fence line. In his right hand he holds a voltage meter. Every day, Time, patrols roughly 8km of LNP’s electrified fence, checking for holes or damage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618248495-DQ9BBAXX7WOAFUSDPGX7/_MG_1097_JuliaGunther.jpg Home - IFAW | Chikolongo Farmer Merry Julius, wife of Chief Mwamadi. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618248583-7EB98Y0JS984F3VADLK1/_MG_1139_JuliaGunther.jpg Home - IFAW | Chikolongo Farmer Agata Belo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618248559-VD05NL0YA0GBUAJOM87B/_MG_0928_JuliaGunther.jpg Home - IFAW | Chikolongo Farmer Beca Kasiyamo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618248571-4JWX36RG1JN7YHY3BG0J/_MG_1445_JuliaGunther.jpg Home - IFAW | Chikolongo Farmer Margarita Gunda. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618248489-8UZIU7DMAYXSNP2R6P2T/_MG_1076_JuliaGunther.jpg Home - IFAW | Chikolongo Farmer Nancy Salire. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618248521-KLQIK2PBLNJQ9744NNR3/_MG_1785_JuliaGunther.jpg Home - IFAW | Chikolongo Joyce Francisco. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618248461-YKW3MFN7N8N3R76EE15K/_MG_1223_JuliaGunther.jpg Home - IFAW | Chikolongo Farmer Catherine Paul. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618248596-YJ6HV8I0TIUT3ERGL47J/_MG_1621_JuliaGunther.jpg Home - IFAW | Chikolongo Farmer Susan Mangulenje. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618248546-ANO1H23F5U0L92RS4R2Z/_MG_1375_JuliaGunther.jpg Home - IFAW | Chikolongo Farmer Nelly Mpunga. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618248534-AA3F23RHVG29SGACIWXT/_MG_1401_JuliaGunther.jpg Home - IFAW | Chikolongo Farmer Eliza Duncan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618248475-EKGIZPUF7NBK6OCQKZL5/_MG_9589_JuliaGunther.jpg Home - IFAW | Chikolongo Justin Mapira, CLP employee, takes care of the project’s apiary, bees and honey. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618248455-6V41EY07HC8W1AURD4QS/_MG_1684_JuliaGunther.jpg Home - IFAW | Chikolongo Farmer Chistina Biriwita. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618248540-GHV0F2HJOAD3VFZ63TM6/_MG_2193_JuliaGunther.jpg Home - IFAW | Chikolongo Team member Kevin Mulinde, 15, poses for a picture on the overgrown football field. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618248481-3O66LTOZG16O6T49D60R/_MG_2138_JuliaGunther.jpg Home - IFAW | Chikolongo Chikolongo team captain, Felix Banda (30), stands on the overgrown football field. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618248514-CNPRC5ZVTFDXBDYBLLN7/_MG_2409_JuliaGunther.jpg Home - IFAW | Chikolongo Chikolongo team member, Harzad Masanjala (17). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618248608-349EIVEM0I37IPZKBQFY/_MG_2345_JuliaGunther.jpg Home - IFAW | Chikolongo Chikolongo team member, Henry Joseph (16). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618248528-XUUB6AGZSFRY8APXLPT9/_MG_2521_JuliaGunther.jpg Home - IFAW | Chikolongo Chikolongo team member, Bernard Kimu (20). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618248502-49Y614Q7S4JF18R8F8NB/_MG_2471_JuliaGunther.jpg Home - IFAW | Chikolongo Chikolongo team member, Tchaka Moleni (18). https://www.juliagunther.com/home/ngo-childrens-fund-of-malawi monthly 0.5 2025-10-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618248266-CFYI4WINGDTL2SLK5220/_P3C4026_JuliaGunther.jpg Home - Children's Fund of Malawi Ben Chumba (10) carries a solar battery home, Chiuta village, Malawi, 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618248303-0F5BG1XHEVXIYJO0XGSX/_P3C6897_JuliaGunther.jpg Home - Children's Fund of Malawi Violet Napazi holds up the solar panel owned by her son, Luchenza, Malawi, 2017. Charging mobile phones is becoming a profitable business, especially since solar panels are becoming cheaper to buy and build. Until recently, Violet’s family used the solar panel to charge a battery which was then to used charge mobile phones. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618248309-4EJQV2X7SD79UL4AEYU5/_P3C6730_JuliaGunther.jpg Home - Children's Fund of Malawi Felix Wonga waits for the sun to appear from behind a cloud, Luchenza, Malawi, 2017. Customers pay up to 50 Kwatcha (7 cents) to charge their phones using the electricity generated by Felix’s solar panels. Felix is saving to buy a set of bigger panels that provide enough power to ensure a continuous supply of electricity. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618248360-DRX3AYBDDVT4DGEU04PN/_P3C4180_JuliaGunther.jpg Home - Children's Fund of Malawi Ben sits on his bed, lit by a light bulb which is powered by a solar battery, visible in the bottom right hand corner, Chuita village, Malawi, 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618248398-3I5DY347ADGJ4VJJSBQP/_P3C4205_JuliaGunther.jpg Home - Children's Fund of Malawi Ben's brother Jan (12) looks up at the solar battery run light at his home, Luchenza, Malawi, 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618248353-F29CF6QCHWGQ0RFL7639/_P3C4111_JuliaGunther.jpg Home - Children's Fund of Malawi Jan and his brother Ben in the doorway of their home, Chiuta village, Malawi, 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618248422-YMK2S0KXO0HBHFKW1BJ8/_P3C6382_JuliaGunther.jpg Home - Children's Fund of Malawi Jennifer outside her gowelo, Mulanje District, Malawi, 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618248237-46DN2M2DSDBFPDAUSZ8P/_P3C6271_JuliaGunther.jpg Home - Children's Fund of Malawi Door Mat, Mulanje District, Malawi, 2016. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618248272-2RQY89IA256U497ZFFG3/_P3C6890_JuliaGunther.jpg Home - Children's Fund of Malawi Nicholas inside his gowelo, Mulanje District, Malawi, 2016. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618248322-BSPDO0PPYBTZT54D528U/_P3C8949_JuliaGunther.jpg Home - Children's Fund of Malawi Elisa, Mulanje District, Malawi, 2016. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618248251-5F83EF68Z4ODIUKCVFXF/_P3C8965_JuliaGunther.jpg Home - Children's Fund of Malawi Maureen, Mulanje District, Malawi, 2016. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618248407-SL048ZXH1K9H8U33J81V/_P3C8926_JuliaGunther.jpg Home - Children's Fund of Malawi Gertrude, Mulanje District, Malawi, 2016. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618248366-8O56QLJ436KR603UZ69F/_P3C2243_JuliaGunther.jpg Home - Children's Fund of Malawi Esnat (left) & Memory, Green Malata entrepreneurs, Luchenza, Malawi, 2016. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618248315-0AFFQI5NIPSJD275BTQV/_P3C8874_JuliaGunther.jpg Home - Children's Fund of Malawi Sisters Gertrude, Elisa and Maureen cook in the courtyard of their gowelo, Mulanje District, Malawi, 2016. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618248290-RRCFLY1JU5PJ847RAOST/_MG_2939_JuliaGunther.jpg Home - Children's Fund of Malawi Linda, welding student, Green Malata, Luchenza, Malawi, 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618248278-R3V4WSBFNRZBT3OIERFD/_P3C7144_JuliaGunther.jpg Home - Children's Fund of Malawi Peter, on the porch of his gowelo, Mulanje District, Malawi, 2016. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618248414-9INWGX7E94SBGBAH1HY1/_P3C7429_JuliaGunther.jpg Home - Children's Fund of Malawi Alex sits in the bedroom of his gowelo that was damaged by a recent fire, Mulanje District, Malawi, 2016. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618248378-NDOBMBY3RFZ40WEFNJ7M/_P3C7617_JuliaGunther.jpg Home - Children's Fund of Malawi James sits on the porch of his gowelo, Mulanje District, Malawi, 2016. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618248336-ZEO83BM36CDGBPSDEINI/_P3C9348_JuliaGunther.jpg Home - Children's Fund of Malawi Francisco inside his gowelo, Mulanje District, Malawi, 2016. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618248228-DV5ZIAVCWNHSEFA6GPQ3/_P3C4625_JuliaGunther+copy.jpg Home - Children's Fund of Malawi Philip, Green Malata entrepreneur, Luchenza, Malawi, 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618248372-WJTO4YLLBFW47YATJA53/_MG_8175_JuliaGunther.jpg Home - Children's Fund of Malawi Doreen, Green Malata entrepeneur, Mulanje, Malawi, 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618248330-TGP3M5QNZ4HSBYICAJS6/_P3C9024_JuliaGunther.jpg Home - Children's Fund of Malawi Tamanda sits in her gowelo, Malawi, 2016. After her mother passed away in 2007, Tamanda was sent to a local orphanage, where she still lives. She rents out her gowelo in order to earn some extra income. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618248347-8V39Z93XPYB0YOJ8QWSU/_MG_4754_JuliaGunther.jpg Home - Children's Fund of Malawi Cynthia, keyboard, Yoneco’s Children’s Band, Zomba, Malawi, 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618248297-YGA03G3TAGIHRWULVST1/_MG_9187_JuliaGunther.jpg Home - Children's Fund of Malawi L-R: Agricultural workers Edith, Famous, Brighton, Mary and Maxwell, Luchenza, Malawi, 2020. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618248284-4CQZ4UXMQYUB2HSNB7YC/_P3C4473_JuliaGunther.jpg Home - Children's Fund of Malawi Blessings holds reusable sanitary pads, Luchenza, Malawi, 2016. “I always had to use cloth or something. When I had my period I was worried about going to school. I would stay at home. Now I can go to school and not worry.”. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618248342-5VP4JCCYZDDDEURDSPWD/_P3C4425_JuliaGunther.jpg Home - Children's Fund of Malawi Tamanda holds a reusable sanitary pad, Luchenza, Malawi, 2016. The pads are sold for 2,500MK (about $3.50) in “The School Girl Pack” (three pads and a pair of underwear), in and around Luchenza and Blantyre. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618248385-VQW1DL0JESR2K5989Q8J/_P3C4893_JuliaGunther.jpg Home - Children's Fund of Malawi Reusable sanitary pads on washing line, Limbe, Malawi, 2016. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618248258-YIPAJ7QNCS979JPQ0Z1J/_MG_0568_JuliaGunthercrop.jpg Home - Children's Fund of Malawi Memory, Deaf tailoring student, Green Malata, Malawi, 2020. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618248391-NTOTHOH4ORX04Z7LCLZH/_DSF4417_JuliaGunther.jpg Home - Children's Fund of Malawi Bessie & Esther, Mulanje mountain, Malawi, 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618248243-B2MDZZSPII31UED76BU7/_MG_9983_JuliaGunthercrop.jpg Home - Children's Fund of Malawi Esther, Deaf tailoring student, Green Malata, Malawi, 2020. https://www.juliagunther.com/home/ngo-light-for-the-world-sports-for-peace monthly 0.5 2025-10-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618248675-1NAJB87ADIY88FI1TV3O/_MG_7557_JuliaGunther.jpg Home - LFTW | Sports For Peace Cham Thoy, Sports For Peace football team member, Mahad IDP Camp, Juba, 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618248700-0A4ULMPILZ8Y0Y2QCT8D/_MG_8313_JuliaGunther.jpg Home - LFTW | Sports For Peace Sports For Peace football team during a training match, Mahad IDP Camp, Juba, 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618248681-B9YPMTQE3GPO796TGPSS/_MG_7691_JuliaGunther.jpg Home - LFTW | Sports For Peace Simon Madol, Sports For Peace football team member, Mahad IDP Camp, Juba, 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618248688-MMIK73A9EMLC5CS3IMT0/_MG_7762_JuliaGunther.jpg Home - LFTW | Sports For Peace Pashe Achuil, Sports For Peace football team member, Mahad IDP Camp, Juba, 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618248706-5KGA04OESK6J0SDBQMMV/_MG_8352_JuliaGunther.jpg Home - LFTW | Sports For Peace John Ishmael, Sports For Peace football team during a training match, Mahad IDP Camp, Juba, 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618248713-QWMOM25VW1AUJU4LC1UE/_MG_8121_JuliaGunther.jpg Home - LFTW | Sports For Peace Akuei Panchol, Sports For Peace football team member, Mahad IDP Camp, Juba, 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618248669-QTB1XCKYZPMTWUKWWBRN/_MG_8592_JuliaGunther.jpg Home - LFTW | Sports For Peace Goalkeeper Santino John's glove, Sports For Peace football team member, Mahad IDP Camp, Juba, 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618248694-1MIKO0WQ3HIRZNBO1LCP/_MG_8170_JuliaGunther.jpg Home - LFTW | Sports For Peace Steven Okony (left) & Peter Geu (right), Sports For Peace football team member, Mahad IDP Camp, Juba, 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618248663-WQK2T5H93HOV3MZSDL3O/_MG_8104_JuliaGunther.jpg Home - LFTW | Sports For Peace Dinar Ajang, Sports For Peace football team member, Mahad IDP Camp, Juba, 2018. https://www.juliagunther.com/home/ngo-sightsavers monthly 0.5 2025-10-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618248852-619KOCALS3H73EBQ8X2Z/_P3C1615_JuliaGunther.jpg Home - Sightsavers Paulo with his mother Imelda at their home in Peko Misegese Village, not far from Malali, Tanzania, 2016. Paulo has a cataract in one eye. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618248798-JERJ8P2YNT1BPDHGNT7J/_P3C1545_JuliaGunther.jpg Home - Sightsavers Dr. Ashraf, Mkenge Village, near Morogoro, Tanzania, 2016. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618248877-8FEYM8QG7U1L4Y2GBUIA/_P3C1800_JuliaGunther.jpg Home - Sightsavers Paulo's eyes are examined, Muhimbili Hospital, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, 2016. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618248888-ZBQACBFDWH99Y39UB3R8/_P3C0950_JuliaGunther.jpg Home - Sightsavers Haji has a cataract in his right eye that has been impairing his vision since October 2015. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618248772-VPF2JC7CEH5G8P3ZSNHU/_P3C0463_JuliaGunther.jpg Home - Sightsavers Haji’s eye’s are tested by Dr. Ashraf as his father looks on, Tanzania, 2016. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618248895-PLKL10T3RMLC6DIPPSIT/_P3C1292_JuliaGunther.jpg Home - Sightsavers Haji doodles on a blackboard at the local school, Tanzania, 2016. 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Dr Nyaluke: “Coming to us is an issue. The families are afraid to travel long distances, coming to a big city like this. Even if they want to, even if they are not afraid they may have no transport, no money to make them come this far.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618248870-D6FISGLWU5PZPFBNULHS/_P3C6184_JuliaGunther.jpg Home - Sightsavers Paulo & Baraka wait, Muhimbili Hospital, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, 2016. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618248744-M28QH5SKWTMWUSWXC4K2/_P3C6150_JuliaGunther.jpg Home - Sightsavers Entrance to the O.R., Muhimbili Hospital, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, 2016. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618248882-1Z4T38DEIFF21U5XCE1E/_P3C6311_JuliaGunther.jpg Home - Sightsavers Baraka is taken into the operating theatre, Muhimbili Hospital, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, 2016. Dr Nyaluke: “The difference between [cataracts in] adults and children is that adults can be done under local anaesthesia so we just give an injection, and after half an hour/45 mins it is done. But for children you have to give general anaesthesia so there are a lot of other things that come.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618248757-X7JNGG8O74JRN28WU4N9/_P3C6326_JuliaGunther.jpg Home - Sightsavers Two surgical staff gently move Baraka onto the operating table, while the anaesthetist keeps the mask in place, Muhimbili Hospital, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, 2016. Dr Nyaluke: “With children you cannot predict the time – sometimes there is difficulty with intubation, sometimes you can’t find the vein. 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NYTimes | The Black Mambas Black Mambas Felicia (left) & Joy, Balule Nature Reserve, South Africa, 2015. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618251056-A4WI5KMA9D5WG3SD2IC5/BlackMamba_MG_0623.jpg Home - NYTimes | The Black Mambas Mambas on patrol, Balule Nature Reserve, South Africa, 2015. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618251077-KJK73N5WC66NCWENUQVP/BlackMamba_MG_2385_JuliaGunther.jpg Home - NYTimes | The Black Mambas Black Mamba Leitah, Balule Nature Reserve, South Africa, 2015. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618250997-HVOBSNI9U0ZM54UYFYRB/BlackMamba_MG_0101.jpg Home - NYTimes | The Black Mambas Checking camera traps, Balule Nature Reserve, South Africa, 2015. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618251063-SSVOO8YR6BJHFSDEKRJX/BlackMamba_MG_1731.jpg Home - NYTimes | The Black Mambas Black Mamba Lukie, Balule Nature Reserve, South Africa, 2015. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618250990-GJYVTWP6CTCWQ0QEQOO6/BlackMamba_MG_0992_JuliaGunther.jpg Home - NYTimes | The Black Mambas Black Mambas Proud (left) and Yenzekile are looking for snares, Balule Nature Reserve, South Africa, 2015. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618251005-P29GIJQBV5M7LJJRSSUM/BlackMamba_MG_0477.jpg Home - NYTimes | The Black Mambas Lion tracks, 2015. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618251070-QMM7DCA2MMDK4LA5OFXZ/BlackMamba_MG_1898.jpg Home - NYTimes | The Black Mambas Three Black Mamba’s, and their driver, use the light of a full moon to look for poachers from the top of their jeep. Full moon is when poachers are at their most active, making use of the moonlight to spot their prey. The Black Mambas use the same moonlight to hunt the poachers. https://www.juliagunther.com/home/huffington-post-meet-the-rainbow-girls monthly 0.5 2025-10-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618247267-NFTZ66IAT1BM94MTEF1Q/01_terra.jpg Home - Huffington Post | Rainbow Girls Terra, Long Street, Cape Town, SA, 2012. "My name is Terra, and I was born in Cape Town on 21st April 1989. I got kicked out of the house when I was 16 years old because I’m a lesbian. Up until then, I lived a secret lesbian life and living a lie is very difficult; you have to come out and be yourself." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618247273-RCBR90DKR2NM38XL5T77/RainbowGirls_Groupshot_JuliaGunther.jpg Home - Huffington Post | Rainbow Girls Backstage, Miss Lesbian beauty pageant, Khayelitsha, South Africa, 2012. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618247287-N3IE0CJGVG33KGAZSXOC/15_inga.jpg Home - Huffington Post | Rainbow Girls Inga, backstage, Miss Lesbian beauty pageant, Khayelitsha, South Africa, 2012. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618247320-LLH2LGU3056N4PKU7QW2/RainbowGirls_GettingReady_JuliaGunther.jpg Home - Huffington Post | Rainbow Girls Contestants getting ready backstage, Miss Lesbian Beauty Pageant, Khayelitsha, 2012. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618247294-OTRGPUZC5W5FLJJK5M7B/13_vee.jpg Home - Huffington Post | Rainbow Girls Vee, backstage, Miss Lesbian beauty pageant, Khayelitsha, South Africa, 2012. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618247300-R6G2DW43P5NZA4LVSIQ5/zelda.jpg Home - Huffington Post | Rainbow Girls Zelda, Gugulethu, South Africa, 2012. “My name is Zelda, I’m 28 years old and I’m a lesbian woman. I’m having problems at home because of my sexual orientation. I’ve not been tolerated for my sexuality and I have never been accepted to live my life freely and I’ve been told to change if i want any support. My parents threw me out of the house and told me to never come back till I change or bring a child as a woman or bring a man of my own to them.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618247281-3Y2T6BWAJ86KKLY6Q6V8/14_sino.jpg Home - Huffington Post | Rainbow Girls Contestant Sino, Miss Lesbian Beauty Pageant, Khayelitsha, 2012. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618247313-O6J1VIDOOFLL7FIXA0BL/RainbowGirls_Zintle_Inga_JuliaGunther.jpg Home - Huffington Post | Rainbow Girls Contestants Zintle (left) and Inga Miss Lesbian Beauty Pageant, Khayelitsha, 2012. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618247306-RVMNOH24HWZKF2B1FH98/12_nozuko.jpg Home - Huffington Post | Rainbow Girls Contestant Nozuko, Miss Lesbian Beauty Pageant, Khayelitsha, 2012. https://www.juliagunther.com/home/npr-tristan-okalolies monthly 0.5 2025-10-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618250398-X3OB53ALN7MH2RV971VP/02_MG_1717.jpg Home - NPR | Tristan's Okalolies A group of Okalolies head toward a house belonging to one of their own in Edinburgh of the Seven Seas on Tristan da Cunha, in the South Atlantic Ocean, on Dec. 31, 2023. New Year's Eve, or Old Year's Night as it's known on the island, is a chance for the whole community to come together. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618250416-7YWEDNS3DFON55K59C8C/01_DSF1423.jpg Home - NPR | Tristan's Okalolies An Okalolie poses inside a clandestine changing room — a small sawmill. The Okalolies are part of a type of visiting custom known as mumming in which young men disguise themselves, visit homes and engage in playful pranks — mainly at Christmas and on New Year's Eve — that have existed in Europe for the past 500 years. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618250405-HDH1K3DR9XRAJ0X5RMT5/04_MG_1906.jpg Home - NPR | Tristan's Okalolies Several Okalolies peer into the kitchen of a house belonging to one of their own. 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NPR | Power Of The Sash Miss November on stage, 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618249630-UNXUC15MOR4MH8KEC3QH/2022_MG_6265_JuliaGunther.jpg Home - NPR | Power Of The Sash Miss November, Calendar Girls, 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618249613-UJWBXQM6F7BO8K5HCR8E/_MG_0319_JuliaGunther.jpg Home - NPR | Power Of The Sash Miss August, Calendar Girls, 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618249618-Y6MCUTO5FWFI0G37FV6X/2022_MG_8339_JuliaGunther.jpg Home - NPR | Power Of The Sash Miss April, Calendar Girls, 2022 https://www.juliagunther.com/home/npr-no-sex-for-fish monthly 0.5 2025-10-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618249506-E914DZU46MC40313OQA5/_MG_7887_JuliaGunther.jpg Home - NPR | No Sex For Fish Chairwoman of the No Sex For Fish cooperative, stands by her fishing boat, Nduru Beach, Kisumu, Kenya, 2019. Patrick Higdon, whose name is on the boat, works for the charity World Connect, which gave the group a grant to provide boats for some of the local women. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618249482-4CZJWQ3QWIP7OY9RAGPH/_MG_9372_JuliaGunther_1707x2560.jpg Home - NPR | No Sex For Fish Rose, Table banking meeting at Justine’s house, Nduru beach, Kisumu, Kenya, 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618249476-2X0I5IDKSJB2S4NRLQKD/_MG_1058_JuliaGunther.jpg Home - NPR | No Sex For Fish From left to right: Rebbeccah, Alice, Lorine, Justine, Rose and Naomy, members of the No Sex For Fish cooperative, Nduru Beach in Kisumu, Lake Victoria, Kenya, 2019. Even though some of their boats are now grounded, these women are part of the pioneering effort to, as Chairwoman Justine puts it, "empower women to come out from this selling sex for fish." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618249469-OMCA9D99V0GOAH1PRS9B/_MG_8027_JuliaGunther.jpg Home - NPR | No Sex For Fish Fishing nets need constant repair and are expensive to replace. After a fishing expedition, the crew lays its nets out on the shore to dry, Kisumu, Kenya, 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618249488-5KII9X3VAHJBBO71ZCS8/_MG_9852_JuliaGunther.jpg Home - NPR | No Sex For Fish Naomy with two of her children at home, Nduru beach, Kisumu, Kenya, 2019. When Naomy's boat was grounded, she says, "I was very discouraged. Because the money I was getting ... I was using to pay for my firstborn's school fees." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618249463-FEXLYRCKRJ29OVZ0UPPT/_MG_7745_JuliaGunther.jpg Home - NPR | No Sex For Fish Fishing nets, Lake Victoria, Kisumu, Kenya, 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618249501-DK9KRXTQ91MX6OVE582V/_MG_8740_JuliaGunther.jpg Home - NPR | No Sex For Fish Lorine, member of the No Sex For Fish cooperative, stands in her boat on Nduru Beach, Kisumu, Kenya, 2019. Lorine has one of the few No Sex For Fish boats that are still functioning in Nduru Beach. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618249512-GX4Q2PFT92D55BZZVGYQ/_MG_9386_JuliaGunther_1707x2560.jpg Home - NPR | No Sex For Fish Cheryl, Table banking meeting at Justine’s house, Nduru beach, Kisumu, Kenya, 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618249494-320YDVA1NN3UA6D0J5NE/_MG_0285_JuliaGunther.jpg Home - NPR | No Sex For Fish Sangorota Beach, Lake Victoria, Kisumu, Kenya, 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618249450-A7Z2DGLP1IDHCT1XANUP/_MG_1141_JuliaGunther_1707x2560.jpg Home - NPR | No Sex For Fish Justine, photographed at her house, Nduru beach, Kisumu, Kenya, 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618249517-P30VYYAUX22GYLWALSPD/_MG_0143_JuliaGunther.jpg Home - NPR | No Sex For Fish From left to right: Ester, Cornelia & Risper, Sangorota Beach, Kisumu, Kenya, 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618249456-TGLQ9DZ90QRI6I7S3MWZ/Danar_JuliaGunther.jpg Home - NPR | No Sex For Fish Danar, Table banking meeting at Justine’s house, Nduru beach, Kisumu, Kenya, 2019. https://www.juliagunther.com/home/huffington-post-keep-the-girls-in-school monthly 0.5 2025-10-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618247201-PGUJES5T0WRJIGACL96Y/_P3C4893_JuliaGunther.jpg Home - Huffington Post | Reusable Pads Reusable sanitary pads on washing line, Limbe, Malawi, 2016. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618247221-EXTL7ZVGSVEKJL8GMYGJ/_P3C4386_JuliaGunther.jpg Home - Huffington Post | Reusable Pads From left to right: Schoolgirls Blessings & Tamanda, Luchenza, Malawi, 2016. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618247215-8KY37I37E51A2T28Z9UD/_P3C4425_JuliaGunther.jpg Home - Huffington Post | Reusable Pads Tamanda holds a reusable sanitary pad, Luchenza, Malawi, 2016. The pads are sold for 2,500MK (about $3.50) in “The School Girl Pack” (three pads and a pair of underwear), in and around Luchenza and Blantyre. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618247195-BOV6BTBD64TJHOQW0UBH/_P3C4473_JuliaGunther.jpg Home - Huffington Post | Reusable Pads Blessings is enthusiastic, especially about the freedom the reusable pads have given her. “I always had to use cloth or something. When I had my period I was worried about going to school. I would stay at home. Now I can go to school and not worry.”. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618247234-4E8ZV2FQX4ALAGIWEX37/_P3C4662_JuliaGunther.jpg Home - Huffington Post | Reusable Pads Tamanda hangs up the pads to dry after washing, Luchenza, Malawi, 2016. Tamanda had to get used to the reusable pads, but now swears by them. “The first time it was difficult. I was not used to wearing them. But once I knew how, I realized that they were good. It is a good solution.” Malawi, 2016. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618247227-Y0JDIOYAWVZWC5YOEWQ7/_P3C4507_JuliaGunther.jpg Home - Huffington Post | Reusable Pads Tamanda: “In the future, once I have completed my schooling, I would like to go to nursing college. So that I can help other young women. I want to teach them about their health.” Malawi, 2016. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618247240-SPUBI3ZTAWJLQVJK0NGQ/_P3C1119_JuliaGunther.jpg Home - Huffington Post | Reusable Pads The reusable pads are made by tailoring course graduates who have set up a business close to Green Malata Entrepreneurial training village. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618247208-KGAM2BHVHL3U1U2V0B7H/_P3C1426_JuliaGunther.jpg Home - Huffington Post | Reusable Pads The blackboard, Green Malata Entrepreneurial Training Village, Luchenza, Malawi, 2016. The design of the pads is simple and tailoring students can learn how to make them in a week or two. https://www.juliagunther.com/home/npr-miss-trans-africas-long-wait-for-freedom monthly 0.5 2025-10-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618249420-N25RERTACK7PXYQE3Y4H/2017_MG_5531_JuliaGunther.jpg Home - NPR | Miss Trans Africa 3 days before her gender- affirming surgery. Chedino poses in the home she shares with her fiancé Keagan and his Deaf parents, Hanover Park, Cape Town, SA, 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618249392-25HOEUFF3MKX85GY0KEY/_MG_4531_JuliaGunther.jpg Home - NPR | Miss Trans Africa Chedino and her fiancé Keagan take a break from watching their favourite Indian soap opera, Hanover Park, Cape Town, SA, 2017. This is just a few days before Chedino’s gender-affirming surgery. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618249401-1QSQNJCG3GUBAJSHVUJ0/_MG_7611_JuliaGunther.jpg Home - NPR | Miss Trans Africa Chedino and Keagan kiss on the evening after her gender affirming surgery, Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618249386-PAZQQUQPGHINB3YRP5BG/_MG_3012_JuliaGunther.jpg Home - NPR | Miss Trans Africa Chedino is getting married! She wanted to get out of the limousine at Claremont Gardens, a famous spot for wedding pictures, but the weather was so bad that she decided not to go ahead with her pictures, and told the driver to take them straight to Muizenberg Civic Centre. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618249407-WJQCHMQF7CMADS5SQQDP/2022_DSF2947_JuliaGunther.jpg Home - NPR | Miss Trans Africa Chedino poses for a portrait in the outfit that she wore when she won Miss Transgender South Africa 2020/21 at the Governor's Office in the Castle of Good Hope, Cape Town, SA, 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618249413-XV13K667FKO13CI4CHYW/_MG_8899_JuliaGunther.jpg Home - NPR | Miss Trans Africa Chedino walks in Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens, 2022. The last time she was in Kirstenbosch, Chedino was still in primary school. https://www.juliagunther.com/home/pulitzer-center-grant monthly 0.5 2025-10-04 https://www.juliagunther.com/home/npr-for-the-love-of-the-game monthly 0.5 2025-10-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618249150-H20277WSK1GHUZU6I296/03_QBKelly_2560x1707.jpg Home - NPR | For The Love Of The Game Kelly, quarterback for the Amsterdam Cats, gives her team a pre-game pep talk before facing off against the Rotterdam Ravens in Amsterdam, Netherlands, on Sept. 27, 2020. This would be the only game of the season, which was canceled shortly afterward due to COVID-19. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618249131-AIUYFRSMG01S8IRDA39J/01_GuntherJulia_QueensLeague.jpg Home - NPR | For The Love Of The Game Newlyweds Michelle, a center for the Amsterdam Cats, and Barry, her offensive line coach, sit for a wedding portrait, Queens Room, Fletcher Hotel, Leeuwarden, NL, 2021. Michelle and Barry met on the field in 2017 and have been together since 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618249186-9691R11HBFAHSNBIMHYU/_MG_7751_JuliaGunther.jpg Home - NPR | For The Love Of The Game Sushell, a linebacker for the Rotterdam Ravens, just before her game against the Amsterdam Cats, Amsterdam, NL, 2021. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618249119-K3XK7KM374S5YJL83E9S/_MG_4267_JuliaGunther.jpg Home - NPR | For The Love Of The Game Lisa, a tight end for the Rotterdam Ravens, during training, Rotterdam, 2020. At the time, the Cats were the only QFL team who had access to dedicated American football facilities — the field belonging to the Crusaders, Amsterdam's male American football team. The other five teams had to use soccer or other sports fields to practice on. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618249169-KKG9WQ7P1WJXD5GKR5Z8/03_QFL_JG.jpg Home - NPR | For The Love Of The Game Laila, receiver, Zwolle Blue Jays, poses in the main room at House van Brienen, Amsterdam, NL, 2023. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618249137-T1BMNVITAWPJRH95W7G6/01_TheOnlyGame_2560x1707.jpg Home - NPR | For The Love Of The Game Amsterdam Cats offensive line player Wenna (center with helmet) leads her team mates during a pre-game cheer against the Rotterdam Ravens, Amsterdam, NL, 2020. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618249174-L6G2NRHQYDCAXQ61R9ZJ/01_QFL_1707x2560.jpg Home - NPR | For The Love Of The Game Eindhoven Valkyries AB, running back, Eindhoven, NL, 2021. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618249107-NROWBWDO64CBKC926IFB/04_QBKelly_2560x1707.jpg Home - NPR | For The Love Of The Game Left to right: Amsterdam Cats center Michelle, quarterback Kelly, center guard Sitara and defensive back Rufina walk back to the rest of the team after winning the coin toss before the first and only game of the 2020-2021 season against the Rotterdam Ravens in Amsterdam, NL, on Sept. 27, 2020. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618249181-BTYY7398KX078Y3WFKUF/05_QueensLeague_1920x2560.jpg Home - NPR | For The Love Of The Game Utrecht Dominator Tasha, poses in the Gobelin Hall in Slot Zuylen, Utrecht, NL, 2023. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618249125-ZJ39Q82224T0M51ISLYP/_DSF1671_JuliaGunther.jpg Home - NPR | For The Love Of The Game Rufina, a flight attendant and mother, is the Cats' second quarterback, Schiphol, NL, 2021. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618249113-JLGZ5I6K6OWHF2G9LZO4/04_QFL_JG_1920x2560.jpg Home - NPR | For The Love Of The Game Amsterdam Cats quarterback Dominique, House van Brienen, Amsterdam, NL, 2023. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618249144-47HW0WX9QIEX1MQO3U5S/_MG_8257_JuliaGunther.jpg Home - NPR | For The Love Of The Game Tonny, a coach for the Rotterdam Ravens, is hit in the face during practice, Rotterdam, NL, 2020. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618249162-NI0MMCYKXU5TPH7R1WC3/10_QFL_1707x2560.jpg Home - NPR | For The Love Of The Game Ditte, Nose Tackle for the 0’30 Utrecht Wolverine, before a game against the Zwolle Blue Jays, Utrecht, NL, 2021. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618249156-MIDWNJ2OIRI7XI1FVB85/_MG_9533_JuliaGunther.jpg Home - NPR | For The Love Of The Game Together with her teammates, Dalila, a defensive end for the Rotterdam Ravens (center foreground), looks on as the Ravens' offense plays against the Eindhoven Valkyries, Rotterdam, NL, 2021. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618249102-E30AYS6XRMLVU78Q1XIG/_DSF4486_JuliaGuntherM.jpg Home - NPR | For The Love Of The Game Amsterdam quarterback Dominique (left) and Zwolle Blue Jay Laila (right), House van Brienen, Amsterdam, NL, 2023. https://www.juliagunther.com/home/al-jazeera-malawi-eleven monthly 0.5 2025-10-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618246472-PHOEUTB72W8JRHUS4S9Y/P3C2747.jpg Home - Al Jazeera | Malawi Eleven Vice Captain Mary Mavuka, 18, poses on the pitch of their training grounds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618246491-2L4JCORLEJWGLG13XE84/P3C3037_JuliaGunther.jpg Home - Al Jazeera | Malawi Eleven Batsman Dalitso Ndipo, 19, poses on the pitch. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618246498-4XE6WRE11UC4BQUXD4RW/P3C2676_JuliaGunther.jpg Home - Al Jazeera | Malawi Eleven Captain Shahida Hussein, 17, poses on the pitch of their training grounds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618246511-CZ5XZJZ3GOLUCGQSS9PN/P3C6422_juliagunther.jpg Home - Al Jazeera | Malawi Eleven Bowler Vanessa Phiri ,14, tries on batsman gear during a practice session at St Andrew's International School, Blantyre, Malawi, 2016. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618246504-WZND85YIZ6DJKAWQOSWO/P3C3115_JuliaGunther.jpg Home - Al Jazeera | Malawi Eleven Bowler Brenda Ndipo,15, on the pitch at St Andrew’s International School, Blantyre. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618246467-AMS3LF58TO3N78VRL3TP/P3C5933_juliagunther.jpg Home - Al Jazeera | Malawi Eleven Members of the Malawi Under-19 Women’s Cricket Team during a practice batting session at their training grounds, Blantyre, Malawi, 2016. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618246516-E37CCAAFADJ9OXEHJP92/P3C3101_JuliaGunther.jpg Home - Al Jazeera | Malawi Eleven Bowler Triphonia Luka, 15 on the pitch at St Andrew’s International School, Blantyre. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618246479-ONW51AU93VEL2GPS366Q/P3C5928_juliagunther.jpg Home - Al Jazeera | Malawi Eleven Vice Captain Mary Muvuka helps a teammate put her helmet on during a practice session at their training grounds at St Andrew’s International School, Blantyre, Malawi, 2016. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618246485-URGZWO4QRMBRWLT16ZFJ/P3C2773_JuliaGunther.jpg Home - Al Jazeera | Malawi Eleven Shalani, Allrounder, Malawian U19 Women’s Cricket Team. https://www.juliagunther.com/home/bloomberg-businessweek monthly 0.5 2025-10-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618250632-53PZTPHZQ8O6EJFCUED1/_DSF6746_JuliaGunther.jpg Home - Bloomberg Businessweek Arkady Volozh stands in the yet-to-be office building which will serve as the new home of NEBIUS from the summer of 2025 onwards, Amsterdam, NL, 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618250638-ILETUB39BFASSNBTXTNC/024-context01_E.jpg Home - Bloomberg Businessweek Bloomberg Businessweek, 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618250625-0IQP7E882OQ53TYHDP7N/024-context02_E.jpg Home - Bloomberg Businessweek Bloomberg Businessweek, 2025 https://www.juliagunther.com/home/the-new-york-times-earthquakes-nl monthly 0.5 2025-10-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618250878-LKV2W0EGAQ3OPMW5W0OW/_MG_8615_102JG.jpg Home - NYTimes | Earthquakes NL A long crack runs across the ceiling of Hippolystus church in Middelstum, NL, 2019. The 15th century building suffered significant damage to its original ceiling due to earthquakes related to the extraction of natural gas in the area. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618250866-53S8VTW2UO7YFTDC28KP/_MG_2104_36JG.jpg Home - NYTimes | Earthquakes NL Nienke Pastoor inspects a large crack in the roof and exterior wall of the family’s 160-cow shed, Middelstum, NL, 2019. Due to earthquake damage, the shed, which houses up to half the family's herd of 300 dairy cows, will be torn down and rebuilt in sections, starting with the roof. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618250872-QW5N25VB66PD4MKR1UXO/_MG_8150_98JG.jpg Home - NYTimes | Earthquakes NL Van Eijkern home, Appingedam, NL, 2019. The van Eijkern home, built in 1920, began to sag in 2009. In 2015, the situation got so bad that wooden beams were attached to the back of the building to keep it from collapsing. More were added to the front of the house in 2019. The family tied a knot into the Groninger flag in order to show their anger with the government and NAM, the Shell-Exxon joint venture that extracts natural gas in the area. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618250889-XI7XQWW0HH4PV0W87YT8/_MG_2523_49JG.jpg Home - NYTimes | Earthquakes NL Farmer Jaap Pastoor and his parents, retired farmers Klaas and Truus, inspect earthquake related damage to their shed Middelstum, NL, 2019. Klaas and Truus first noticed cracks in the walls of their house, built in 1901, in 2012. Although not as badly damaged as some of the buildings owned by their son Jaap, the couple is worried about the future of their home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618250884-5D5POB2DSKKJYOKJNGPO/_MG_2114_37JG.jpg Home - NYTimes | Earthquakes NL A large crack runs down an exterior wall of the Pastoor family cow shed, Middelstum, NL, 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618250895-QNVVNA0ZRL1W0FJBS7SL/_MG_2588_51JG.jpg Home - NYTimes | Earthquakes NL Nicole van Eijkern, walks through her backyard, Appingedam, NL, 2019. The wooden beams, attached to the back of her house, were installed in 2015 to keep the from collapsing. More were added to the front in 2019 as the structure, built in 1920, continued to sag. https://www.juliagunther.com/home/rainbow-girls-glaad monthly 0.5 2025-10-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618249751-VO1SNYJJNQMOXMXESR2Y/Rainbow+Girls+Film+Poster+copy.jpg https://www.juliagunther.com/home/npr-fish-for-sex monthly 0.5 2025-10-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618249012-0M6CPUVTMCHJLCVF8ZJV/_MG_8105_JuliaGunther.jpg Home - NPR | Trading Sex For Fish Boats slowly make their way across Lake Chilwa towards Chisi Island, Malawi, 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618249057-DCKY96A3QS9ANRLT8520/_MG_9045_JuliaGunther.jpg Home - NPR | Trading Sex For Fish Fisherman, Makawa beach, Mangochi, Lake Malawi, 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618249069-FSHWA7LNJEFE3A8TSWR6/_MG_3127_JuliaGunther.jpg Home - NPR | Trading Sex For Fish A group of fishermen prepare their nets on a beach, before heading out for a night on the water, Masaka, Malawi, 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618249051-21PLZ1FUGWDUZ2HCRGDW/_MG_1803_JuliaGuntherFINAL3uitgeleverd.jpg Home - NPR | Trading Sex For Fish Fisherman, Elephant Marsh, Malawi, 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618249045-EQGVTBFRXXXJZAHEBWDX/_MG_3595_JuliaGunther.jpg Home - NPR | Trading Sex For Fish A fisherman smoothes over a night’s catch of usipa, a small sardine-like fish that his crew will sell on the beach at Masaka, Lake Malawi, 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618249062-0AB77G56WJAAQ8WGFP44/_MG_9149_JuliaGunther.jpg Home - NPR | Trading Sex For Fish Fisherman Dominic, Makawa beach, Mangochi, Lake Malawi, 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618249032-CEYTJ1I24J1478L4H1H9/_MG_8826_JuliaGunther.jpg Home - NPR | Trading Sex For Fish Shortly after dawn, fishermen untangle and lay out their nets, Makawa beach, Mangochi, Lake Malawi, Malawi, 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618249019-60E78425VCOKVJMRRKDH/_MG_1980_JuliaGunther.jpg Home - NPR | Trading Sex For Fish Female Fishtrader stands in front of a reed hut with her son, Elephant Marsh, Malawi, 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618249075-WSF8IIL6HFCPMQK95SA9/_MG_8864_JuliaGunther.jpg Home - NPR | Trading Sex For Fish Fish traders crowd around boats which have just landed after the previous night’s fishing, Makawa beach, Mangochi, Lake Malawi, Malawi, 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618249039-CSJQ7XNEL0WFT5JQCAYW/_MG_0124_JuliaGunther.jpg Home - NPR | Trading Sex For Fish Former fish trader Cathrine sits in front of a building, holding her one-year-old son, Kachulu, Lake Chilwa, Malawi, 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618249005-JVHXHDCOZZT46EJT8HZM/_MG_9898_JuliaGunther.jpg Home - NPR | Trading Sex For Fish Chambo, Nkopola, Mangochi, Malawi, 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618249026-776XMR1ZCOOGGRLJVG8Z/_MG_0386_JuliaGunther.jpg Home - 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This Vee, the youngest Vee and the innocent Vee and shy Vee, who did not want to stand up for what was happening around me and around my friends, is different now because I was shy before this. I was reluctant to talk, but I had to learn to change that in 10 years.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618249686-93X4NX6LA8DQMLHUNB8G/RainbowGirls_Groupshot_JuliaGunther.jpg Home - NPR: Rainbow Girls 10 Years later From left: Nozuko, Thozama, Nana, Zintle, Hlomela and Tsidi (in front) pose for a photo backstage during the Miss Lesbian beauty pageant in Khayelitsha, Cape Town, SA, 2012. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618249694-PXD752GSCQZ406PE192L/RainbowGirls_DSF1098_JuliaGunther.jpg Home - NPR: Rainbow Girls 10 Years later Siya, photographed at the Castle of Good Hope, Cape Town, SA, 2022. “Something that helped me is to help other people. That child who is crying in me, she was crying for safety. I changed to be that person I wanted in my life. I became that thing I wanted in my life. I was that shoulder I wanted in my life. I became something that I wanted from other people.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618249675-JVCZNC1Y7VUBM10SRVA1/RainbowGirls_LineUp_JuliaGunther.jpg Home - NPR: Rainbow Girls 10 Years later A lineup at the Miss Lesbian beauty pageant in Cape Town’s Khayelitsha township in 2012. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618249713-4J3T2ZLNGOIG5SX4KN9O/RainbowGirls_DSF2304_JuliaGunther.jpg Home - NPR: Rainbow Girls 10 Years later Hlomela, photographed at the Castle of Good Hope, Cape Town, SA, 2022. “If somebody is mistreating or abusing you because you are gay or whatever, speak up. … Go out there and seek help. Do not stay in that situation. When you know you are not happy, when there is someone that’s taking advantage of you, speak up.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618249707-K5UEIH9RB8KC7BS364EC/RainbowGirls_IMG_0331_JuliaGunther_2560x1707.jpg Home - NPR: Rainbow Girls 10 Years later Hlomela poses for a photo backstage during the Miss Lesbian beauty pageant in Cape Town’s Khayelitsha township in 2012. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618249720-UCFE2X3B2P0PJPF98FLX/RainbowGirls_DSF1263_JuliaGunther.jpg Home - NPR: Rainbow Girls 10 Years later Terra, photographed at the Castle of Good Hope, Cape Town, SA, 2022. “I encourage the LGBTQ community to drive themselves to live a meaningful life. … I would like to say to our parents, allow LGBTQ community members and to allow their children to be what they want to become. You gave birth to them not to live your life, so let them live their lives.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618249680-D8PTM5LQJOSE3VVX6WHI/RainbowGirls_Terra_Long_JuliaGunther.jpg Home - NPR: Rainbow Girls 10 Years later Terra poses for a photo on Cape Town’s Long Street in 2012. “My name is Terra and I got kicked out of the house when I was 16 years old because I’m a lesbian.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618249657-FRHGEKNMCS49ZS94F3V7/RainbowGirls_GettingReady_JuliaGunther.jpg Home - NPR: Rainbow Girls 10 Years later Contestants getting ready backstage, Miss Lesbian Beauty Pageant, Khayelitsha, 2012. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618249726-O55F2Y6F8S59AK4CGNHU/14_sino.jpg Home - NPR: Rainbow Girls 10 Years later Contestant Sino, Miss Lesbian Beauty Pageant, Khayelitsha, 2012. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d262535c1c177f65461d90/1758618249669-101SH6K92DD5E0NEI7XE/RainbowGirls_DSF2343_JuliaGunther.jpg Home - NPR: Rainbow Girls 10 Years later Sino, Castle of Good Hope, Cape Town, 2022. “I have been trying, going to the community, street by street, carrying our flags. 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