Tugende! (”Lets Go Together!” In Kinyarwanda)
After 17 days of travel, Learning Trip participants returned home from their impactful trip to East Africa. The team learned from Changemakers in Rwanda and Burundi, and their communities. For new staff member Valerie Plummer, this was her orientation trip as she...
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...
Highlights from a Special Working Trip
African Road Board member, Julie Solomon, joined a small travel team for the most recent African Road working trip. Connecting with Changemakers and seeing the tangible progress and pride of partner communities in person, Julie shares some of the moments that were...
Reflections on a Return to Burundi
In November 2021, African Road Operations Manager, Portia Manjengwa, Changemaker, David Clemy, Board member, Jeremy Stanley, and Communications consultant, Katie Garner, made a working trip to Burundi. They met with Evariste Ndikumana and the ASSEJEBA team, visited...
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.