by Jennifer Hatton | May 14, 2018 | African Road Projects, Events, People
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...
by Guest Author | Apr 3, 2018 | African Road Projects, People
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...
by Communications | Apr 3, 2018 | African Road Projects, Learning Trips, News and Updates
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...
by Guest Author | Mar 1, 2018 | African Road Projects, Learning Trips
By Natalie Karakey, Learning Trip Member Today, we drove 40 minutes to the All Souls Church in Gasogi, Rwanda where we spent two hours worshipping and enjoying their music, dances, and skits. The church itself was dug out of the red earth mountainside. They had orange...
by Jennifer Hatton | Feb 6, 2018 | African Road Projects, News and Updates
Last Monday, US Ambassador to Burundi Anne Casper experienced something remarkable: dancing with the Batwa of Kayanza. Evariste and the ASSEJEBA team guided Ambassador Casper through the village as she was welcomed in full force. The Ambassador visited a Batwa village...
by Guest Author | Nov 2, 2017 | African Road Projects, News and Updates
By Joni Grace Powers, volunteer facilitator extraordinaire (thank you Joni!) Over thirty community leaders representing Village Community Banking (VICOBA) collectives around East Africa gathered for a focus group in Kigali, Rwanda this month. Imagine five languages...
