“Partnering in this Great Adventure” – An Interview with Tom Beck.
African Road had the privilege of interviewing Tom Beck. Tom and his wife Harriet are long standing supporters of the work of African Road, and we asked them what inspires them to be such faithful partners in our work. My name is Tom Beck. I am Chairman of The Beck...
Why is the work of African Road Important? Joni Grace Powers shares her thoughts.
Joni Powers is pictured here with David Clemy, Ugandan Changemaker and Founder of Vicoba Plus, and Sean Callaghan, African Road Founding Board Member. I joined the board in 2017 after many years of following the work of African Road. Executive Director, Kelly Bean and...
Travels With…
Words and pictures by Christopher Thomsen. The literary genre of travel books is familiar to us all. The great history of travel writing spans from Homer’s “Odyssey”, to Mark Twain’s “Innocents Abroad”, to many contemporary books like “The Rule of the Land: Walking...
Gender Reconciliation Training, Rwanda
Inspirational peacemaker and African Road Changemaker, Philbert Kalisa welcomed gender reconciliation training to Kiberinka, Rwanda. Participants were trained by experts Dominic Misolo and Sean Callaghan in partnership with African Road and thanks to the generosity of...
Visiting Ruziba village, Burundi
Words & Pictures by Audra Warner - August 27th 2018 This blog post is from Audra Warner, one of the 2018 Learning Trip participants. The Learning Trip provides an opportunity for friends of African Road from America to travel to East Africa to learn more about the...
Our trip to the United States
by Evariste Ndikumana, African Road Changemaker It has always been my dream to discover the United States of America in its entirety and to see all my dear friends from Oregon and California. Now my dream has become reality! I did not go alone on this nice trip — I...
Wonderful news from Eastern Kenya!
In the spirit of what can be accomplished when many hands join together, we are thrilled to share that the long awaited and worked for well in Kibwezi is now up and running. This well provides clean water to the entire area of Kibwezi, a town in dry, rural Eastern...
The Power of Friendship: An Interview with Evariste Ndikumana, Batwa Leader
Evariste Ndikumana is a leader of the Batwa indigenous people. The Batwa are a traditional hunter-gatherer group indigenous to central Africa; today, they are the most marginalized ethnic group in Burundi. Evariste was the second Twa person in his country to complete...
A Founder’s Perspective on VICOBA
Changemaker David Clemy has been partnering with African Road since 2014 to bring VICOBA to six communities across East Africa, generating over $10,000 in savings, launching over 90 new businesses, and impacting over 1300 lives. In 2010, I started a great conversation...
Democratic Republic of Congo: A Contradiction of a Country
Katie Garner, African Road communications consultant and photographer, made a site visit to the Africa Reconciled women’s cooperative in Goma, DRC this February. Written with her characteristic British wit and frank perspective, Katie brings a bit of her recent...