Community Solutions to Empower Women’s Health in Burundi
Indigenous Batwa leaders are tackling an often neglected essential need in Burundi. A new initiative is taking shape in three indigenous communities, with the aim to enhance women and girls’ dignity, improve women’s health and girls’ participation in...
Cherishing the Impact of ID Kits
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.
Love is Our Language – at New Hope for Girls
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...
A Warm Welcome at New Hope for Girls
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...