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Tara Kessaram decided enough was enough. The 33-year-old doctor was tired of losing patients to preventable diseases. She left clinical practice to study public health in 2011 and in April, moved to the Solomon Islands to reduce the impact of cigaret...

Genelle John’s first attempts at soap making were disasters. The soap kept getting stuck in the Pyrex bowl. She went through a couple of bowls before she realised she had to use something more flexible like silicon. “That was a few years ago when I ...

Doctors urged Sonya Smith to pull the plug after her son, Tony Grant, was seriously injured in a motorcycle accident; Arissa Wilson didn’t speak in full sentences before she was five. Both benefited from the range of therapeutic programmes in place a...

For many people, making a sandwich is a chore, but for Craig Dickens it’s an adventure. Mental challenges made it necessary for the 51-year-old to live with his mother for most of his life. A year ago he had the opportunity to move into a group home...

Antonio Sausys was 20 when his mother died from a sudden stroke. The Uruguayan threw himself into work and study. Two years later he discovered a bony growth on his rib cage. “My sternum had actually popped out,” he said. “In essence, what my mind co...

Virginia McKey dreamed of representing Bermuda in the Pan American Games for years. She was almost there when tragedy struck. Her horse, Wolkenglanz, got nervous and threw her as she trained in Canada for the 2011 games. The accident shattered one of...

Phillip Ingham hasn’t worked in five years. He’s filled out hundreds of applications but things often tank at the interview stage. The 45-year-old suspects it’s not a problem with his credentials or how he presents himself, it’s his cerebral palsy....

Susan Thomas feared being stigmatised when she publicly revealed she had a depressive illness. David is sharing his story anonymously today, because he worries he might be judged. Mrs Thomas was flooded with messages from people who said they had si...

Three days after a mammogram, Arlene Trott discovered a lump in her breast. She was fishing with her two young children at the time. “I wasn’t digging around or palpitating,” she said. “I just brushed my hands over my chest.” The lump was hard and t...

It was a year since her mother died and Bernice Zaft-Gibbons wasn’t over it. Waves of grief and anger would suddenly hit her, particularly around birthdays and anniversaries. It was especially difficult as her relationship with her mother hadn’t alw...