Togetherness
Togetherness Youth Cooperative is perched on a hillside in Munini, on the skirts of Kigali, Rwanda. The rich afternoon sun casts its glow across the valley, off the red dirt and onto the hard working, fast moving limbs of young footballers, boys and girls, who will...
Wisdom from Rwanda: African Road according to the Changemakers
As African Road turns ten years old in 2020 and looks ahead to what’s next, my conversations with Changemakers were vital to helping us celebrate and plan. What I heard was encouraging: our friends understand that we are about deep, sustainable change and they know the value of friendship.
Ebenezer Women’s Cooperative Inspires New Vicoba Groups to Listen to Women and Dream Big
How did 42 women – mostly widows and survivors of genocide who were living on less than 50 cents a day – move out of poverty and despair and into hope and action? When we come together for the sake of others and bring what we have, we all are changed.
Jazz Concert Raises Funds to Provide ID Kits for “Invisible” Batwa People in Burundi
A Celebratory and Successful Event The October 19th 'Re-Birthing the Cool, BeBop and Beyond' jazz concert made for a celebratory and successful evening, thanks to top jazz talent generously given to further the work of African Road, and with thanks to the...
Rotary International: A Meaningful Cross-Cultural Partnership
African Road is grateful for individuals like Rich Ares and communities like the Rotary clubs across District 5100 and Kigali, Rwanda for partnering with African Road and Togetherness cooperative to bring lasting impact to build a better world.
“African Road is one of the most welcoming global families” An interview with Mora Complair
This month, we are delighted to recognize the contribution of the wonderful Mora Camplair, African Road transitional team member. Mora brought her organizational skill set to preparation and follow up for the gala in May. Here, we asked her to tell us more about her...
Survivors and perpetrators become friends and neighbors
Philbert Kalisa was born in a refugee camp in Burundi. His incredible story took him from that camp to seminary in London, to ordination as an Anglican priest and then to post-genocide Rwanda in 1996. There he found his heart moved to do work that others turned their...
“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...