PHOTO GALLERY: Camp Tuli Bonse, Lusaka, Zambia

Sep 23

Written By Mike Lawrence

Photos from the weeklong camp show joy, education, and empowerment, as young people living with type 1 diabetes or sickle cell disease shared experiences, learned about managing their health and, above all, discovered they were not alone.

Medical team members and camp mentors lead young people living with type 1 diabetes in a dance designed to show the best places on the body to inject insulin, during an educational session at Camp Tuli Bonse in Lusaka, Zambia, in August 2025. (All photos by DOD Media Hub)

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Gene BukhmanType 1 DiabetesSickle Cell DiseaseZambiaEmmanuel KisemboLwimba KasongoPEN-PlusPeer EducationSelf-Management EducationAdvocacyPeer SupportSonia Nabeta FoundationCIDRZColin PfaffCollin WhelleyMike Lawrence

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