by Guest Author | Sep 26, 2018 | Events, Learning Trips, Misc., News and Updates
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...
by Guest Author | Aug 26, 2018 | Learning Trips, Misc.
Words & Pictures by Audra Warner – August 27th 2018 This blog post is from Audra Warner, one of the 2018 Learning Trip participants. The Learning Trip provides an opportunity for friends of African Road from America to travel to East Africa to learn more...
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 22, 2018 | Events, Learning Trips, News and Updates
By Glenda Montgomery, Gala Coordinator Though we might not be able to bring you all to Africa to become inspired by our Changemakers and by seeing their projects first hand, as I was so fortunate to do on the Learning Trip last summer, we CAN make sure you have a...
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 | Learning Trips, People
Carol is a very special member of the African Road community. Her accomplished background in the Oregon nonprofit community has made her an incredible asset to African Road as Board Treasurer. Her professional background includes 35 years as CFO, CEO and COO of...