by Nicole Miller | Apr 8, 2024 | African Road Partners, African Road projects, Misc.
In August of 2023, 1,440 Batwa indigenous people from 18 villages received legal identity, access to essential social services, and basic rights for the first time through ID Kits. Eight months later, the ongoing impact of those ID Kits are still being felt and cherished. In March 2024, Changemaker Evariste Ndikumana and the ASSEJEBA team met with recipients of those ID Kits from August 2023, and listened as they shared on how their lives have changed.
by Guest Author | Oct 9, 2023 | African Road Partners, Events, Misc.
In 2017, Meazy Silva participated in a special African Road Learning Trip hosted for young women. This experience with African Road made an impression on Meazy who subsequently chose to pursue university studies in international development. The African Road team...
by Madison Zurcher | Apr 11, 2023 | African Road Partners, African Road projects, Learning Trips, Misc., News and Updates
Madison Zurcher, Grants Manager and Impact Curator at African Road, joined the February working trip to East Africa. Here, she shares her experience at New Hope for Girls in Tanzania. ______________________________________________ ‘Karibu’ ‘Karibu’ ‘Karibu’ (you are...
by Nicole Miller | Feb 11, 2023 | African Road Partners, African Road projects, Misc., News and Updates
There is much celebration and joy happening in Burundi, as remarkable progress with the construction of brick houses is being made in the indigenous Batwa village of Gahombo. Most families in the indigenous villages of Gahombo, Ndava, and Mwendo, live in makeshift...
by Guest Author | Nov 7, 2022 | African Road Partners, African Road projects, Misc., News and Updates
African Road Board Chair, Jenny Warner, recently joined Executive Director Kelly Bean for a special African Road trip to East Africa. Here, she reflects on her travels and the evident transformation that has taken place in East Africa since her last visit. ...
by Guest Author | May 9, 2022 | African Road Partners, African Road projects, News and Updates, People
Katie Garner, strategic communications professional and photographer based in Kigali, Rwanda is a long time collaborative partner with African Road. Recently, she made a site visit to Nairobi, Kenya and collected first hand reports and powerful photography. Here, she tells the story of an African Road partnership – Emergency COVID Relief Funds paired with pratical training, that brought life-changing impact to 30 households in the informal settlements of Nairobi, Kenya.
