Moragh Reid

Moragh Reid is Director of Positive Help, an Edinburgh based HIV charity. She has developed a model of practical support based on asking people what they need and this approach was the basis of her involvement in establishing a healthcare clinic in the Omaheke region of Namibia, working to ensure the Bushmen had access to health care and support.Moragh has also supported the development of community-based enterprise to provide not only income-generation in a way asked for by the Bushmen, but also to provide purpose to their lives.

Moragh has travelled extensively across Africa and has a particular interest in cultural identity, literature and storytelling, tradition healing and magic. Moragh will chair the panel discussion on the Bushmen of Southern Africa after the Bushmen documentary screenings on Sat 1 Nov.