by Guest Author | Aug 10, 2017 | Learning Trips, People
Guest post by Rikki Baltes, 2017 Learning Trip Participant The learning trip changed my life drastically. I ended the trip with so much love and hope in my heart. The learning trip has given me the opportunity to meet some of the strongest people I have ever met....
by Communications | May 8, 2017 | Learning Trips, People
I’m Katie, you may notice from my accent that I’m not from round here. I live in London, England and as Kelly’s already mentioned I work as a photographer and in communications. Over the last 4 years I have had the privilege of working with African Road, I was a...
by Craig Spinks | Apr 5, 2017 | Learning Trips, People
This post was adapted from a talk Craig Spinks gave at the African Road Gala in 2016. I want to tell you the story of how I fell in love with African Road. But it’ll help if you first hear a bit of my backstory. I’m a videographer. I started making videos at around...
by Communications | Feb 16, 2017 | African Road projects, Learning Trips
This post was written by photographer Katie Garner who is working on photo assignment with African Road in East Africa this month. Over the course of 2 days, we visited 3 Batwa villages. The Batwa, as you may be aware, are indigenous to East Africa and make up approx...
by Craig Spinks | Feb 7, 2017 | African Road projects, Learning Trips, News and Updates
Sitting around a table stretching 24 feet are 32 girls between about the ages of six and twenty. Each has a story of great suffering, but you wouldn’t know that from the tone of this gathering. They are laughing, playing games, and interacting like sisters. It’s...
by Communications | Feb 7, 2017 | Learning Trips, People
It’s good to be back. You may remember me, Katie Garner, from such chronicles as ‘How to eat your way around New York’ in 2010, or ‘How not to navigate the Congo’ in 2012, or ‘Various shades of coffee shop’ in Portland, Oregon 2015. Now, I’m back with East Africa...
