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 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 Kelly Bean, Executive Director | Jan 9, 2018 | News and Updates
2018 has just begun, and we are off and running thanks to you! The Togetherness Cooperative in Rwanda is bursting with kids, with innovation and with hope for the future. Togetherness is one special example of what your faithful friendship paired with good local...
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...
by Guest Author | Oct 10, 2017 | African Road projects, News and Updates, People
by Evariste Ndikumana, African Road Changemaker Evariste Ndikumana is a leader of the Batwa Indigenous People in Burundi. Long marginalized and left out of development efforts, the Batwa are among the poorest people in Burundi, a country that stands as one of the...
by Guest Author | Aug 11, 2017 | African Road projects, Learning Trips, News and Updates, People
Guest post by Glenda Montgomery, 2017 Learning Trip participant The mandatory “feet on the carpet photo” at PDX marks my return to Portland from an extraordinary adventure with African Road this summer. During two weeks in July, a small group of us from the States was...