Black Excellence: Billiance Chondwe
https://www.npr.org/sections/goats-and-soda/2025/09/06/g-s1-86617/hiv-positive-aids-zambia
This year Billiance Chondwe has found himself careening between grave concern for his community and guarded optimism. Chondwe — who is affectionately called Pastor Billy by his congregants in Kitwe, Zambia — knows many people who are HIV positive. So, on January 24, when Secretary of State Marco Rubio issued a memo calling for stop work orders on all existing foreign aid awards, Chondwe watched in horror as many of the U.S.-funded HIV clinics in and around Kitwe suddenly locked their doors.