Wielding a machete in her right hand, Christine Nalwadda and her two children wade through the water-logged Kantenga swamp near Kayunga Town in Kayunga District to cut papyrus. Her youngest son, aged ...

The papyrus swamps at the edges of Lake Victoria in East Africa have for generations provided a livelihood to communities living here. While some harvest reeds to make into mats, baskets, and ...